• 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)

• USCIS Issues Additional Guidance on CSPA for Asylee and Refugee Children (Sep 15, 2004) (.pdf - 99 KB)

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• Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter June 22, 2009 (Vol. 4, No. 7) (Jun 22, 2009) (.pdf - 61 KB)

• Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter February 24, 2009 (Vol. 4, No. 3) (Feb 24, 2009) (.pdf - 74 KB)

• Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter October 13, 2006 (Vol. 1, No. 18) (Oct 16, 2006)

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

• Summary of the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (H.R. 3402) (Dec 23, 2005) (.pdf - 90 KB)

• Summary of VAWA 2005’s Immigration Provisions, Prepared by Legal Momentum (Dec 21, 2005) (.pdf - 70 KB)

• Summary of the “Child Status Protection Act” (H.R. 1209, Pub. L. No. 107-208) (Aug 9, 2002)

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

• BIA Addresses Effective Date of Child Status Protection Act (Feb 15, 2007)

• BIA Non-Precedent Decision on CSPA (Aug 15, 2006) (.pdf - 15 KB)

• CA4 Upholds BIA’s Interpretation that CSPA Does Not Apply to HRIFA Applicants (Jul 9, 2009) (.pdf - 50 KB)

• CA9 Finds the CSPA Applies to Adjustment Applications Pending on Appeal (Mar 1, 2004)

• Age-Out Protection Bill Cleared for President’s Signature (Jul 24, 2002)

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

• 107th Congress Legislative Scorecard (Oct 23, 2001)

• 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)

• President Signs Age-Out Protection Legislation (Aug 7, 2002)

• June 15: No Child Left Behind-Immigration Options for Children (Audio Seminar) (Feb 5, 2010)

• CSPA & Priority Date Retention Web Seminar Recording (Dec 9, 2009)

• An Update on CSPA (Seminar Recording) (Feb 4, 2009)

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

• DOJ OIL Immigration Litigation Bulletin June – July 2009 (Oct 21, 2009) (.pdf - 374 KB)

• USCIS Releases Q&As on the Applicability of the Child Status Protection Act (Jun 16, 2009) (.pdf - 243 KB)

• CIS Ombudsman "Spotlights" the Child Status Protection Act (Jan 8, 2009)

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

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

• AILA Liaison/NBC Q &As (11/07/08) (Dec 15, 2008) (.pdf - 28 KB)

• Stakeholder/USCIS Q & As (5/27/08) (Jun 12, 2008) (.pdf - 67 KB)

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• Practice Advisory on the Child Status Protection Act (Sep 9, 2009) (.pdf - 269 KB)

• AILA Prepares Last Minute Tips to Help With Retrogression Cases (Sep 29, 2005)

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