Representing Clients in Immigration Court
| Release Date: 04/02/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Size | ISBN/SKU |
| Print* | 1016 pages | 978-1-57370-542-4 |
| eBook | 1016 pages | 978-1-57370-543-8 |
The seventh edition of Representing Clients in Immigration Court is full of tips, strategies, and practical advice for a successful removal defense case.
This highly anticipated new edition includes updates related to:
- Removal proceedings generally
- Ways to contest removability
- Criminal and noncriminal grounds of inadmissibility and deportability
- Adjustment of status as a defense to removal
- Waivers of inadmissibility and deportability in removal proceedings
- INA §212(c) relief and cancellation of removal for lawful permanent residents
- Cancellation of removal for non–lawful permanent residents
- Detention authority and bond hearings
- Applications in immigration court for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention against Torture
- Voluntary departure
- Immigration court strategies for respondents simultaneously pursuing relief with USCIS
- Trial skills
- Review of removal orders by the BIA and federal courts
- Forms of prosecutorial discretion and how to ask for them
- Motions to reopen
The authors have also significantly expanded the appendices, which contain sample forms and pleadings illustrating all facets of a removal defense case.
Ensure you’re prepared for any immigration court proceeding with clear and strategic guidance. Add Representing Clients in Immigration Court to your bookshelf or digital library today.
*Interested in a bulk purchase? Contact us to receive a bulk discount when purchasing 5 or more copies.
CLINIC provides training and support to a dedicated network of more than 400 Catholic and community-based immigration law providers in 49 states. By supporting approximately 3,000 network employees with diverse and in-depth training, real-time updates and best practices, CLINIC ultimately serves nearly 500,000 immigrants a year, making it the largest nonprofit immigration law organization in the country. In addition to supporting the network, CLINIC offers highly specialized direct legal representation, and training and technical assistance for immigrant defenders about current practice and strategy before the courts.
CLINIC’s program areas are Advocacy, Field Engagement, Training and Technical Assistance, and Religious Immigration Services. The Training and Technical Assistance Team, which edited this version of the manual, trains and provides technical assistance to thousands of immigrant defenders throughout the country on an annual basis. We are guided by the Catholic principle of subsidiarity — to support our Affiliate network in doing their best work within their communities.