• Neufeld Memo Revises Guidance on CSPA (May 6, 2008) (.pdf - 107 KB)

• USCIS Memo on Effect of Age-Out Provisions on Preference Relatives and Immediate Family Members (Jun 28, 2006) (.pdf - 518 KB)

• USCIS Issues Additional Guidance on CSPA for Asylee and Refugee Children (Sep 15, 2004) (.pdf - 124 KB)

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• VOICE: March-April 2013 (Mar 27, 2013)

• VOICE: November/December 2012 (Nov 14, 2012)

• VOICE: March/April 2012 (Mar 14, 2012)

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• LAC Seeks Information on CSPA Appeals (Feb 15, 2013)

• AILA Files Amicus Brief on CSPA Eligibility Under Matter of Wang (May 16, 2012) (.pdf - 602 KB)

• LAC Argues for Favorable Interpretation of CSPA (Apr 29, 2010)

• AILF/AILA Files Amicus Brief In CSPA Class Action (Jul 22, 2009) (.pdf - 234 KB)

• BIA Finds Respondent Eligible for Derivative Asylum (May 8, 2012) (.pdf - 464 KB)

• BIA Finds CSPA "Sought to Acquire" Requirement Not Equivalent to Filing an Application (Oct 13, 2010) (.pdf - 480 KB)

• BIA Finds Aged Out Beneficiary Cannot Automatically Convert from Fourth to Second Preference (Jun 18, 2009) (.pdf - 63 KB)

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• CA9 Rejects BIA’s Interpretation of CSPA in Matter of Wang (Sep 26, 2012) (.pdf - 514 KB)

• CA5 Rejects BIA’s Interpretation of CSPA in Matter of Wang (Sep 8, 2011) (.pdf - 154 KB)

• CA7 on the Effective Date of the Child Status Protection Act (Jul 28, 2011) (.pdf - 145 KB)

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• CSPA Case Certified as a National Class Action (Jul 20, 2009) (.pdf - 658 KB)

• Text of Enrolled Version of H.R. 3402, Containing VAWA 2005 (Jan 6, 2006) (.pdf - 445 KB)

• Summary of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3402) (Dec 23, 2005) (.pdf - 213 KB)

• Summary of VAWA 2005’s Immigration Provisions, Prepared by Legal Momentum (Dec 21, 2005) (.pdf - 106 KB)

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• EOIR Interim Rule on Background and Security Investigations (Jan 31, 2005)

• DOJ OIL September 2011 Litigation Bulletin (Oct 27, 2011) (.pdf - 390 KB)

• USCIS Presentation to 7/26/11 USCIS SCOPS Stakeholder Teleconference on CSPA (Updated 7/26/11) (Jul 26, 2011) (.pdf - 411 KB)

• CIS Ombudsman Recap of 1/31/11 Teleconference on CSPA (Updated 5/4/11) (May 4, 2011) (.pdf - 125 KB)

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• The 107th Congress: A Legislative and Regulatory Overview (Mar 17, 2003) (.pdf - 128 KB)

• San Diego Chapter ICE OPLA Liaison Minutes (10/9/12) (Nov 7, 2012) (.pdf - 591 KB)

• Practice Pointer: Emerging View of CSPA Provisions in INA §203(h)(3) (Nov 3, 2011) (.pdf - 176 KB)

• DOS Liaison Committee Update on CSPA for F-2A Visa Applicants (Feb 25, 2009)

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• Text of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005, as Reported Out of the Senate Judiciary Committee (Sep 13, 2005) (.pdf - 1615 KB)

• Hot Bills: 107th Congress (May 9, 2002)