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ANALYSIS OF THE 1996
IMMIGRATION LAW



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The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) was signed into law on September 30, 1996. The law changes the way illegal immigrants are treated in hundreds of significant ways.

ANALYSIS OF THE 1996 IMMIGRATION LAW

Highlights and Regulations


* State Department Cable: Consolidated Summary of Section 222(g) Guidance (June 1999)
* INS Regulations on Grounds of Inadmissibility (11-23-98)
* New Immigration Law Looks Worse With Age (10-6-97)
* Highlights of the New Immigration Law
* Interim INS Regulations Implementing the Law (3-6-97)

Entitlement Bars and Section 245(i)


* Immigrant Waivers: Procedures for Adjudication of Form I-601 For Overseas Adjudication Officers (USCIS)
* Consolidation of Guidance Concerning Unlawful Presence (May 6, 2009) -Supersedes Previous Memos
* INS Issues Foreign Travel Advisory For Aliens With Pending Immigration Applications (11-22-2000)
* INS Memorandum: No Unlawful Presence During Pendency of Application for COS/EOS (3-3-2000) -Superseded by Memo posted May 6, 2009, please see above
* INS Memorandum on Section 222(g) (3-3-2000)
* INS General Counsel's List of Resolved Issues (12-10-99)
* Unlawful Presence Hypotheticals
* Answers to Unlawful Presence Hypotheticals
* DOS Cable Re: Unlawful Presence and Canadians
* INS Memorandum Interpreting Employment-Based Provisions of Section 245(i) (6-10-99)
* INS Advises on Asylee Exception to Unlawful Presence (6-8-99)
* INS Memorandum Interpreting Section 245(i) (4-14-99)
* State Department Memo on Bars of Inadmissibility (4-4-98)
* 245(i) and Three and Ten-Year Bars to Inadmissibility I (7-31-97)
* 245(i) and Three and Ten-Year Bars to Inadmissibility II (7-31-97)
* Congressman Lamar Smith's Letter Opposing Extension of Section 245(i) (7-17-97)
* INS Memo Regarding Adjustment of Status and Entitlement Bars (6-17-97)-Superseded by Memo posted May 6, 2009, please see above
* How the Law Will Affect Illegal Immigrants: Entitlement Bars
* State Department's Cable on "Unlawful Presence" (12-17-97)

Effect on Legal Immigration


* Three Changes in the New Law Which Became Effective December 29, 1996
* INS Policy on Acceptance of Checks

New Affidavit of Support Requirements


* Affidavit of Support Requirements

Removal Proceedings

* Preliminary Instructions Issued on Suspension/Cancellation Cap (9/98)
* Press Release: Reno on N-J-B- and Suspension of Deportation (7-10-97)
* Attorney General Vacates Matter of of N-J-B- and Announces Initiative on Suspension of Deportation (7-10-97)
* Attorney General's Order Vacating Matter of N-J-B- (7-10-97)
* Letter From Attorney General to Speaker of the House (7-10-97)
* Suspension of Deportation/Cancellation of Removal Regulations (10-3-97)
* Suspension of Deportation Modified By The New Law
* Voluntary Departure Under The New Law

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