Immigration Law

1 Credit · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This course seeks to teach the art of legislative drafting through the lens of the most intricate and complex part of the U.S. Code, immigration law. Crafting policy that can overcome the procedural, political, legal and interpretative obstacles in the federal system is a monumental task. Before the proverbial pen touches paper, the prudent legislative drafter has anticipated potential pitfalls along the winding path of lawmaking. In short, the good legislative drafter has in depth knowledge of the policy, the governing statutes, congressional procedure, implementing agency practice, policy and regulations, and relevant judicial interpretation. We will explore the rich field of immigration law as students work to develop an immigration idea of their own into a legislative text that could withstand congressional procedure, administrative implementation and judicial interpretation.