02823cam a2200421 i 4500 on1097365179 OCoLC 20260623153909.0 251202t20192019ncua f b 001 0 eng 2019016443 9781531016135 (OCoLC)1097365179 (OCoLC)1111641685 PUCPR eng cicg KF 4819 .U53 2019 Johnson, Kevin R., author Understanding immigration law / Kevin R. Johnson ; Raquel Aldana ; Bill Ong Hing ; Leticia M. Saucedo and Enid Trucios-Haynes. Third edition. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, LLC, 2019. xxiii, 735 pages ; 26 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Understanding series Includes bibliographical references and index. Understanding and evaluating U.S. immigration law and policy -- The evolution of U.S. immigration law and policy -- The federal immigration power -- Immigration federalism -- Immigration actors : federal agencies and courts -- Judicial review -- Immigrant visas -- Nonimmigrant visas -- Inadmissibility grounds and waivers -- Asylum, withholding of removal, convention against torture and temporary protected status -- Admission procedures -- Removal -- The removal process -- Enforcement against undocumented immigrants -- Crimmigration -- The rights and responsibilities of immigrants -- Citizenship -- The future of American immigration law. "[This book] lays out the basics of U.S. immigration law in an accessible way to newcomers to the field. It offers background about the intellectual, historical, and constitutional foundations of U.S. immigration law. The book also identifies the factors that have historically fueled migration to the United States, including the economic 'pull' of jobs and family in the United States and the 'push' of economic hardship, political instability, and other facts of life in the sending country. Each chapter has been updated to analyze the unprecedented number of immigration enforcement measures--and many simply unprecedented measures--taken by the Trump administration..."-- Emigration and immigration law United States. Immigration enforcement United States. Emigration and immigration Government policy. United States Emigration and immigration Government policy. Aldana, Raquel, author. Hing, Bill Ong, author. Saucedo, Leticia M., author. Trucios-Haynes, Enid, author. lcc 6 305266 305266 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2025-12-23 Carolina Academic Press 49.50 159448 0 KF 4819 .U53 2019 70000000906245 2026-02-02 14:40:00 c. 1 49.50 2025-12-23 6