CLINIC Publications
The following publications are available for purchase. Immigration Manuals must be purchased through AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association). The other handbooks can be ordered through CLINIC.
Citizenship For Us: A Handbook on Naturalization and Citizenship (5th ed.)
A comprehensive guide to the naturalization process. Includes a test preparation study guide with 13 units on U.S. history and civics, updated to reflect the new citizenship test that will take effect on October 1, 2008. The 5th edition, published in August 2008, also includes a new chapter on civic participation and the latest changes in immigration law, policies, forms, and procedures.
Citizenship For Us: Test Preparation Guide
Citizenship for Refugee Elders: Issues and Options in Test Preparation
A unique handbook for teachers and administrators on creating and managing a citizenship program for the elderly learner. Contains information on citizenship requirements, refugee cultures, and instructional materials. CLICK HERE TO ORDER
Family Immigration & the Law: A Practitioners Guide
This book is a practical guide to all aspects of family-based immigration, including immediate relatives and the preference system, application process for permanent residence, consular processing, immigrating through marriage, grounds of inadmissibility, the affidavit of support, and other topics of concern to practitioners. It is published by AILA.
AILA's Focus on the Child Status Project Act
Charles Wheeler, director of CLINIC's National Legal Center for Immigrants, draws from his own experience and expertise, as well as from the collective wisdom of other practitioners, to explain the Child Status Protection Act(CSPA). encourages leaders to challenge government interpretations that are at odds with the regulation. Focus on the Child Status Protection Act is published by AILA.
Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
This book is a practical guide to the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. It provides detailed information to assist legal advocates in analyzing the potential immigration consequences of criminal conduct. The manual covers the basic framework for evaluating the impact of crimes, and discusses in detail crime-based inadmissibility and deportability grounds, establishing good moral character, detention and removal issues, post conviction relief, and judicial review.
Relief From Removal
This book is a practical guide to all aspects of relief from removal cases. This manual provides a detailed description of the law, as well as strategies for defending clients in removal proceedings. Chapters cover an overview of removal proceedings, asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, NACARA, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. This manual is available from AILA.
VAWA: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants
Written by CLINIC and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center under a generous grant from the California Endowment, the manual is a comprehensive guide for legal advocates working with immigrant survivors of domestic abuse and crime. The manual consists of 15 in-depth chapters on VAWA self-petitioning, adjustment of status, inadmissibility and waivers, and consular processing; conditional permanent residence, VAWA cancellation of removal, special immigrant juvenile status, T and U visas, gender-related asylum, and public benefits. The manual also contains extensive appendices of sample applications and forms, primary source documents, and community education brochures. CLICK HERE TO ORDER
FREE GUIDES
Below are a list of guides that are available for free download from CLINIC's website. Please see our Resources page or click on the name of the guide to download.
Citizenship For Us: A Handbook on Naturalization and Citizenship (5th ed.)
This handbook and the test preparation guide are also available for free download. Spiral bound hard copies may be ordered for only $25 each. To order, click here.
Test Preparation Study Guide
Manual on Deportation Defense and Child Custody for Criminally Incarcerated Immigrant Parents in California. July 2008.
Immigrant parents who are serving time in prison may be facing deportation from the United States. They also may be at risk of losing custody of their children. This self-help manual gives information on child custody and deportation for immigrant parents serving time in California prisons and jails. It can help immigrants, their families, and their supporters to work toward a better future while the immigrant is still serving criminal time.
Resource List for Immigration Detainees in Southern California. July 2008.
Immigrants facing detention and deportation often have questions about how to deal with property, loans, taxes, child support, Social Security, housing, probation requirements, and other issues. This resource list gives information about where Southern California immigration detainees and their families can go to get help with these problems.
Strategies for Naturalizing the Most Vulnerable Applicants
This handbook discusses English exemptions, due consideration, reasonable accommodations, disability waivers, oath waivers, fee waivers, and expedited processing.
Asylee Eligibility for Resettlement Assistance: A Short Guide
The purpose of this guide is to give service providers the information needed to address the resettlement needs of asylees. The guide contains crucial and timely information about the benefits and services for which asylees are eligible, including job placement assistance, English language classes, health screening cash assistance, social security cards, adjustment of status, travel authorization, petitioning for immediate relatives and federal student financial aid.
CLINIC-LAFLA-MRS Trafficking Legal Guide
Chapters 4 and 7 were updated in November, 2006.
This manual provides a starting point for charitable immigration service providers to begin preparing for immigration legalization.
Immigration Management Manual. January 2008
This manual describes best practices used by many of the country's most experienced nonprofit immigration programs and managers. The training curriculum covers program design, case selection criteria, case management systems, fee schedules, alternative funding sources, financial controls, marketing, staff training, BIA agency recognition and staff accreditation, and legal representation ethics.
An Advocate's Manual for Solving Employment Problems in Louisiana and Mississippi. July, 2006
| Attachment | Size |
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 CLINICJuly2008ResourceList.pdf | 224.04 KB |
| Natzhandbook.pdf | 712.38 KB |
| CLINIC_Asylee.pdf | 155.11 KB |
| HumanTrafficking.pdf | 5.49 MB |
| LegalizationManual.pdf | 234.36 KB |
| ManagementManual312008.pdf | 5.07 MB |
| advocatesmanual.pdf | 2.27 MB |