Immigration law includes the national statutes, regulations, and legal precedents governing immigration into and deportation from a country. Strictly...

states, either controlled (legal immigration) or uncontrolled and in violation of immigration laws (illegal immigration). Migration can be voluntary or...

immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States have been enacted in the United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are...

The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins Act (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 68–139...

limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level. Under a mostly prevailing "open border" policy, immigration was generally welcomed...

captain. In the late 19th century, immigration from China and Japan was restricted. In the 1920s, restrictive immigration quotas were imposed but political...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission...

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, also known as the Hart–Celler Act and more recently as the 1965 Immigration Act, is a landmark federal law passed...

Canadian immigration and refugee law concerns the area of law related to the admission of foreign nationals into Canada, their rights and responsibilities...

immigration law in the United States when passed. It has received international attention and has spurred considerable controversy. U.S. federal law requires...

governs immigration to and citizenship in the United States. It came into effect on June 27, 1952. The legislation consolidated various immigration laws into...

President Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986. The Immigration Reform and Control Act altered U.S. immigration law by making it illegal to hire illegal immigrants...

Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of that country's immigration laws, or the continuous residence in a country...

Asian immigration to the United States refers to immigration to the United States from part of the continent of Asia, which includes East Asia, South Asia...

Foreign nationals (aliens) can violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully or lawfully entering but then remaining after the expiration...

& Immigration and Immigration Enforcement and Law Enforcement. Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 Asylum and Immigration Tribunal...

presence in a nation is in violation of that nation's immigration laws. An "alien" in English law denoted any person born outside of the monarch's dominions...

fall of immigration reform, Washington Post (June 26, 2014). Alexander Bolton (May 24, 2013). "Gang of Eight's strategy for winning immigration floor fight:...

field in which critical immigration scholars conceptualize the current immigration law enforcement system. Increased immigration to the United States has...

Follow-up legislation on immigration matters was contained in the Nationality Law of 1952. Originally, the rights under the Law of Return applied only to...

preventing abuse, tracking immigration offenders and increasing compliance with immigration law. Its officers are warranted as immigration officers, holding various...

fiancés. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 has been amended many times, but still remains the basic and central body of immigration law. Immigrants...

applied to immigration law. In June 2012, immigration rights advocate Lavi Soloway said that recent legal maneuvers by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)...

and documentation processes. Immigration consultants may or may not have legal expertise about immigration laws and visa laws and about procedures for obtaining...

Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA) is a United Kingdom professional association of lawyers and academics practising in or concerned about...

Immigrants' rights advocates believe the all current immigration policies "have been undermined by the Immigration agency's continued overreliance on penal incarceration...

regulates immigration to the United States and citizenship of the United States. The United States Congress has authority over immigration policy in the...

(CBP). The INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) administered federal immigration laws and regulations including the Immigration and Nationality...

Opposition to immigration, also known as anti-immigration, is a political ideology that seeks to restrict the incoming of people from one area to another...

or denies its cooperation with the national government in enforcing immigration law. A city's council and mayor will usually declare itself a sanctuary...