GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LEGAL RESOURCES

This page enables you to read and research all laws and regulations relating to immigration online. In addition, we link to internal USCIS Operating Instructions and other hard-to-find sources of agency policies and procedures.

We also link to the websites of the all major government departments and agencies which relate to immigration laws and procedures.  We link not only to the homepages of these agencies, but to specific and useful pages within their websites.  Our aim is to save you many hours of time and effort.

By clicking on the links listed below, you may either be transported to the official website of the particular government department or agency, or in the case of the USCIS, the Immigration Courts, the State Department and the Labor Department, to another page on our website which will provide you with dozens of helpful links to specific pages within the website of the government agency.

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This page is divided into the following subtopics:

• Laws and Regulations
• Government Studies on Immigration
• Government Agencies

LAWS AND REGULATIONS

• The Immigration and Nationality Act (USCIS)
• Search Immigration Regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

The following information may be useful in conducting your search:

8 C.F.R. Immigration and Naturalization Service

20 C.F.R. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration)

22 C.F.R. Department of State

29 C.F.R. Department of Labor (Employment Standards Administration)

42 C.F.R. Public Health

• USCIS Federal Register Announcements
• USCIS Adopted Decisions
• Interpretions of Citizenship Laws and Court Decisions (USCIS)
• The Federal Register (Daily listing of Federal Regulations)
• Immigration Federal Register Publications
• Search the United States Code (Titles 1 – 50)
• Search the Congressional Record

GOVERNMENT STUDIES ON IMMIGRATION

• Government Studies on Immigration

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

• Department of Homeland Security
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS)
• Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Office Of The Inspector General (Department of Justice) Audit Reports On The USCIS/INS

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

• U.S. Department of Justice Home Page
  • Immigration Courts
  • Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR)
• Office of Special Counsel (OSC) for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

• U.S. Department of Labor – Immigration Resources

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

• U.S. Department of State – Immigration Resources

U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

• Social Security Online: Immigration