Adopted at 185 U.S. law schools since its inception, this casebook mixes theory, policy, and politics with legal doctrine, planning, and problem-solving. The book incorporates key current issues and events, and is rich in policy analysis, fact problems, and simulation exercises. The new edition incorporates the sweeping developments of the past five years. Highlights include:


Prosecutorial discretion, "zero-tolerance" and immigration-related criminal charges, and sanctuary cities
Updates on DACA and DAPA
Detention and Jennings v. Rodriguez
The Travel Ban and Trump v. Hawaii
A rewritten section on children, the family separation policy, and SIJ status
Attacks on the independence of the immigration courts
Revamped section on asylum, with full coverage of A-B-, other gender-related and gang-related asylum cases, non-state actors, and new credible fear guidance
Major restructuring of materials on the immigration consequences of crime, including the categorical and modified categorical approaches, incorporating major court decisions
Terminations of temporary protected status
Dramatic cuts to the overseas refugee program
Pereira v. Sessions and immigration court jurisdiction
Kerry v. Din and judicial review of consular visa denials
Sessions v. Morales-Santana and gender distinctions in citizenship acquisition
Expanded coverage of VAWA and T & U-visas
Material support for terrorism and Matter of A-C-M-
Proposed new rules on public charge