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The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created in 1952. Before the INA, a variety of statutes governed immigration law but were not organized in one location. The McCarran-Walter bill of 1952, Public Law No. 82-414, collected and codified many existing provisions and reorganized the structure of immigration law. The Act has been amended many times over the years, but is still the basic body of immigration law.

The INA is divided into titles, chapters, and sections. Although it stands alone as a body of law, the Act is also contained in the United States Code (U.S.C.). The code is a collection of all the laws of the United States. It is arranged in fifty subject titles by general alphabetic order. Title 8 of the U.S. Code is but one of the fifty titles and deals with "Aliens and Nationality". When browsing the INA or other statutes you will often see reference to the U.S. Code citation. For example, Section 208 of the INA deals with asylum, and is also contained in 8 U.S.C. 1158. Although it is correct to refer to a specific section by either its INA citation or its U.S. code, the INA citation is more commonly used.

 

 

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Did You Know?    
 
 
Temporary worker H-2A Form is for agriculture workers
H-2A - temporary agricultural workers coming to the United States to perform agricultural services or labor of a temporary or seasonal nature when authorized workers are unavailable in the United States

 


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Latest news about Immigration cases in Rhode Island and nationwide:

Two Mexican Nationals Indicted For Holding Aliens For Ransom
“According to the indictment, the victims had their shoes, cash and personal belongings taken to keep them from fleeing,” said U.S. Attorney Eric M...
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Homeland Security Unveils Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement Strategy
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), today unve...
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Immigration Officials Opposed DHS Plan To Subject Immigration Functions To Possible Privatization
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, four ranking committee members - Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., ...
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Immigration Terms

 


Today's Terms

Alien

Definition:
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.

Immigration Act of 1990

Definition:
Public Law 101-649 (Act of November 29, 1990), which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements

Deferred inspection

Definition:
Authorized at the port upon alien’s arrival; may be conferred by an immigration inspector when aliens appear at a port of entry with documentation, but after preliminary examination, some question remains about their admissibility which can best be answered at their point of destination.

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Immigration Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Immigration:

  • NAFTA Applications
  • Intra-company Transferee (L-1) Petitions
  • Specialty Worker (H-1B) Petitions
  • Treaty Investor (E-2) Visas

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Rhode Island Immigration Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an Immigration attorney you should contact our Immigration Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Barrington
  • Bristol
  • Central Falls
  • Coventry
  • Cranston
  • Cumberland
  • East Greenwich
  • East Providence
  • Johnston
  • Lincoln
  • Middletown
  • Narragansett
  • Newport
  • North Kingstown
  • North Providence
  • Pawtucket
  • Portsmouth
  • Providence
  • Riverside
  • Tiverton
  • Wakefield
  • Warwick
  • West Warwick
  • Westerly
  • Woonsocket
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