• AAO Finds 20-Year-Old Eligible as SIJ (Oct 18, 2007) (.pdf - 412 KB)

• USCIS Adopts AAO Decision Relating to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (Aug 20, 2007) (.pdf - 174 KB)

• DHS Instruction Sheet for Unaccompanied Alien Child Who Intends to File Asylum Application (Apr 22, 2009)

• Langlois Memo on Jurisdiction over Asylum Applications Filed by Unaccompanied Alien Children (Apr 22, 2009) (.pdf - 317 KB)

• Neufeld and Chang Memo on SIJ Provisions of TVPRA Act (Apr 16, 2009) (.pdf - 104 KB)

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• Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter January 25, 2008 (Vol. 3, No. 1) (Jan 25, 2008)

• Litigation Clearinghouse Newsletter June 9, 2006 (Vol. 1, No. 12) (Jun 12, 2006) (.pdf - 91 KB)

• Pro Bono Newsletter (May 24, 2006) (May 24, 2006) (.pdf - 32 KB)

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• The Immigrant Children Lawyers Network (ICLN) (Jul 11, 2006)

• Section-by-Section Summary of the STRIVE Act (Working Draft, Updated 4/16/07) (Apr 16, 2007) (.pdf - 281 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)

• CA3 Upholds District Director Denial of Consent to Dependency Hearing (Nov 7, 2003)

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

• P.L. 105-119 (Nov 26, 1997)

• Manual from the Bi-National Conference on Protections & Due Process for Unaccompanied Children (El Paso) (Jun 7, 2006)

• DHS Publishes Final Rule on the New Fee Schedule (May 30, 2007)

• INS Interim Final Rule 5-21-99 on NACARA (May 21, 1999) (.pdf - 118 KB)

• DHS Press Release and Q &As on Minimum Standards for Driver's License Compliance with REAL ID (Mar 2, 2007)

• DHS/HHS Sign Statement of Principles on Unaccompanied Minors (Apr 6, 2004) (.pdf - 102 KB)

• Fact Sheet on the INS’s Office of Juvenile Affairs (Aug 12, 2002)

• All Position Papers and Backgrounders in One (Updated 5/22/08) (Jun 23, 2006) (.pdf - 179 KB)

• Protecting Unaccompanied Children (Mar 9, 2005) (.pdf - 186 KB)

• Central Florida Chapter – Q & A Orlando USCIS Liaison Information (08/28/09) (Sep 21, 2009) (.pdf - 86 KB)

• Change in Chicago Lockbox Procedure: I-485 Fee Waiver Requests for Special Immigrant Juveniles in State Foster Care (Jul 11, 2008)

• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Caseworker’s Toolkit for Children in Federal Custody (Jun 28, 2008)

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• AILF Practice Advisory: Mandamus Actions: Avoiding Dismissal and Proving the Case (Updated 8/06/09) (Aug 6, 2009) (.pdf - 65 KB)

• Advisory on Expansion In Relief for Unaccompanied Minors Following TVPRA (Feb 18, 2009) (.pdf - 107 KB)

• AILF Practice Advisory- Immigration Lawsuits and the APA: The Basics of a District Court Action (May 9, 2007) (May 10, 2007) (.pdf - 120 KB)

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• Text of the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act (S. 1639) (Jun 19, 2007) (.pdf - 1040 KB)

• AILF-AILA Comment to May 21 NACARA Rule (Jul 26, 1999)

• Vera Institute Paper on Unaccompanied Children (Jun 3, 2008)

• INS Commissioner at Nat'l Immigration Forum Conference (Feb 13, 2002)