Phone# & UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW SPRING 2015 COURSE OUTLINE

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1 IMMIGRATION LAW HONORABLE JOHN F. GOSSART, JR. LAW 726 SEC. 550 UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION JUDGE (3 credits) (Retired) ADJUNCT PROFESSOR Phone# & UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW SPRING 2015 COURSE OUTLINE CLASS MEETING: Monday & Wednesday 4:45PM - 6:00PM Room 408 LC OFFICE HOURS: Adjunct Faculty Office Room 8 th Floor. Office Hours 3:30PM- 4:30PM Monday & Wednesday or by appointment. [I am also available after class and by ] REQUIRED TEXT: Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy, Fifth Edition University Casebook Series, The Foundation Press, Inc., 2009, Stephen H. Legomsky ; Bender s Immigration and Nationality Act Pamphlet, Publisher s Editorial Staff, Matthew Bender 2013/14 Editions. SUGGESTED REFERENCE MATERIALS: Kurzban s Immigration Law Source Book, 14th Edition, American Immigration Law Foundation. Immigration Law and Procedure, Revised Edition, Matthew Bender Publisher. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 8: Aliens and Nationality. Your favorite newspaper!!!! COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 1. Attendance at each class fully prepared to discuss the assigned readings and problems. Class participation is important. Attendance requirements are in accordance with ABA & UB guidelines; 5 absences are permitted. (3 excused, 2 un-excused) 2. Participation in Mock Hearing 3. A final examination. COURSE GRADING POLICY: The student s grade is based on a final exam. Attendance and class participation (including Mock Hearing) are considered for grade enhancement. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Our immigration laws impact virtually every area of the law. This course provides an overview of our immigration laws, past and present. It includes an examination of the constitutional and statutory provisions and their underlying policies. The course introduces the student to the laws that deal with aliens; immigrant and non immigrant visas, admissible, inadmissible, and deportable aliens, undocumented and criminal aliens, refugees and asylum seekers, Torture Convention applicants, employer hiring responsibilities and sanctions, naturalization, acquisition and loss of citizenship. COURSE OBJECTIVES: To understand the history and policies of our immigration laws and the complexities of those laws. To acquire a basic knowledge of the types of visas available to aliens and the requirements for those visas. To learn the laws of inadmissibility and deportability and how to overcome these bars. To acquire a basic knowledge of our asylum and refugee laws and obligations under the Convention Against Torture. To understand employer responsibilities in the work place for hiring aliens and employer sanctions. To acquire a basic knowledge of our citizenship and naturalization laws. To apply immigration law to real case problems through class discussion in the role of a student attorney. At the conclusion of this course you will have a working knowledge of United States immigration law. Please use my address at judge800@yahoo.com or MyUB address at jgossart@ubalt.edu

2 DISCLAIMER: The views expressed by this retired judge and adjunct professor in this course are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Justice, the Attorney General of the United States or the Chief Immigration Judge. 5 C. F. R (b) (2). Please, no taping is permitted!

3 Page #1 Code: (t)=top (m)=middle (b)=bottom READING ASSIGNMENTS 1/12 Class 1 Chapter 1 Introduction: Course Review Overview of Immigration Law xv-xviii; 1-13; No other required readings this chapter-read at own interest Modern Developments: Unlawful Detention; Mandatory Detention; Permanent Detention. Cases of Shaughnessy, St. Cyr, Ma-Zadvydas and Kim. 1/14 & 1/21 Class 2 & 3 Chapter 2 Immigration and the Constitution: Sources of the Federal Immigration Power: Limits to the Federal Immigration Power: The Foundation Cases **No class 1/19 Limits to the Federal Immigration Power: First Amendment; Ex Post Facto Clause; Bill of Attainder; Some Substantive Cracks in the Plenary Congressional Power? The Patriot Act of (m)-123(t); 132(m)-135(m); 136(m)-147(b); 155(t)-163(t); 171(m)-173(b); 177(m)-184(b); 206(t)-218(b);223(t)-225(m); 242(t)-243(b). 1/26 Class 4 Chapter 3 Immigrant Categories: Historical Background: Fundamentals about Quotas and Preferences. 250(t)-254(b) (do not do problems) 1/28 & 2/2 Class 5& 6 Immigrant Categories: Family: The Basics; Spouses, Parents, Children, Siblings; Conditional Residence and Waivers; Marriage Fraud Act. 262(t)-270(m); (do problems 3&4 pg.267); 282(m)-288(t); (do problems 5, 6, 8, 10, pg ); 291(b)-292(b); (do problem 12 pg.297)

4 Page 2 2/4 Class 7 Immigrant Categories: Employment Related Immigration: The First Three Preferences [including labor certification]; Fourth And Fifth Employment Based Preferences; Diversity Immigrants; Self Identify of Immigrants; General Policy Questions 304(b)-310(m); 327(b)-330(m); 344(m)-350(b) ***Invited Guest Speaker: Jose Pertierra, Esq., Immigration Attorney 2/9 Class 8 Chapter 4 Non immigrants: General; Business; Visitors; Treaty Traders and Investors; Tourists; Temporary Workers; Students; Exchange Visitors; Fiancés and Fiancées; Intent to Remain Permanently; Change of Status (t); (do problem 2 pg. 368); 368(b)-369(b); 371(b)-378(b); 383(t)-384(b); 386(m); (do problems 4&5 pg.388); 388(m)-390(t); 393(t)-398(b); 405(t)-410(m); (do problem 10 pg. 411); 411(m)-415(t); 418(m)-419(b) 2/11 &2/16 Class9 &10 Chapter 5 Inadmissible (Exclusion) Grounds: General: Political and National Security Grounds; Grounds Relating to Immigration Control; Criminal Grounds; Economic Grounds; Health Related and Moral Grounds ; 431(m)-439(b); (do problems 3&4 pg. 436); (do problems 6&8 pg ); 442(b)-450(t); 455(t)-460(b); (do problems 9&11 pg ); 461(m)-462(b) 2/18 Class 11 Chapter 6 Admission Procedure: General: Visa Petitions; Visa Applications; Actual Admission; Adjustment of Status 469(b)-473(t); 480(b)-481(m); 493(b)-496(m); 503(t)-510(b); (do problems 4&5 pg. 512) 2/23 & 2/25 Class 12&13 Chapter 7 Deportable Grounds: History; Current Grounds; Present Without Inspection; Entry While Inadmissible; Post Entry Conduct; Crime Related Grounds; Political and National Security Grounds (b); 522(t)-523(b); 544(m)-545(b); (do problems 9& 10, pg ); 548(t)-552(b); 557(t)-566((b); (do problems 17&18 pg.570); 571(t)-573(b); (do problems 20&21 pg.574); 574(b)-580(m); (do problem 23pg. 585); 585(b)-586(b); 588(m)-591(b).

5 Page 3 3/2 & 3/4 Class 14 &15 Chapter 8 Relief From Removal( Deportation): Permanent Relief: Cancellation of Removal for Non Lawful Permanent Resident; Registry; Legalization; Adjustment of Status; Waivers of Deportation; Limited Relief: Deferred Action; Voluntary Departure; Stays of Deportation; Miscellaneous Defenses; Perspective on Relief ; (do problems 1&2 pg. 601); 602(t)-605(m); 606(t)-612(t); 618(t)-622(m); 623(t)-632(m); 633(t)-637(m); 638(t)-642(m);644(b)-646(m) 3/9 Class 16 Chapter 9 Removal Procedure: Prosecution; Representation of Respondents; Representation of DHS; Burden and Evidence of Proof (m); 668(b)-671(b); 673(m)-677(b); (m); (b); 712(m)-728(t); (b); 775(b)-784(t) ****Invited Guest Speakers: Jennifer Piateski, Esq., Assistant Chief Counsel DHS, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Baltimore, MD. & Juan Washington, Esq., Private Immigration Practitioner 3/11 Class 17 Immigration Court: Process and Procedure; Practice Before the Court Requirements; How to Present a Case; Jurisdictional Issues. No class 3/15-3/22 Spring break **** Invited Guest Speaker: Honorable Lisa Dornell, United States Immigration Judge, Baltimore, Maryland 3/23 Class 18 Removal Proceedings: Preparation for Simulated Removal Hearing [student role assignments] 790(b)-806(b) 3/25 & 3/30 Class 19 & 20 Removal Proceedings: Simulated Removal Hearing. *** Chapter 10 No required readings - read at your own pleasure 4/1 Class 21 Chapter 11 Refugees: General; Overseas Refugees; Asylum and Nonrefoulement; Meaning of Persecution ; 879(b)-888(m); (b); 907(b)-911(b); 913(m)-915(b); 916(m)-922(t); 925(t)-928(t) 4/6 Class 22 Persecution: On Account of Race, Religion, Nationality, Membership in a Particular Social Group, Political Opinion. 929(b)-932(b); 940(m)-943(t); 945(b)-947(b); 950(m)-955(m); 959(m) - 967(b); 974(t)-976(b); 985(m)-990(b); 999(t)-1000(t); 1002(m)-1007(m)

6 Page 4 4/8 Class 23 Persecution: Problems on Substantive Criteria for Asylum and Nonrefoulement; Standards of Proof; Methods of Proof; Exceptions to Eligibility; Procedure (b); 1025(m)-1029(b); 1045(t)-1048(m); 1114(m)-1119(t) (do problem #7 pg. 1113) 4/13 Class 24 Students will be divided in groups to address problems 1-5 at pg , plus additional problems assigned 4/15 Class 25 Chapter 12 Immigration Offenses: Employer Sanctions; Prohibitions on Discrimination. 1158(m)-1164(b); (do problems1, 3, 4 pg. 1170); 1171(m)-1177(t); 1225(b)-1228(m). **** Invited Guest Speaker: Joseph Edlow, Esq. Assistant Chief Counsel, DHS/ICE 4/20 & 4/22 Class 26 & 27 Chapter 13 Citizenship: General; Significance of Citizenship. Citizenship: Acquiring Citizenship; Jus Soli, Jus San Naturalization, Derivation; Losing Citizenship: De-naturalization and Expatriation. 1289(b)-1295(m); 1300(t)-1302(m); 1308(b)-1311(t); 1315(t)-1321(t); 1336(t)-1338(t); 1357(t)-1368(b) 4/27 Class 28 Course Review; General Questions ***make up classes as required. ***law students are responsible for all readings assigned whether or not discussed in class. There is a lot to learn about Immigration Law. It is always changing, and always subject to interpretation. I will cover a lot of the materials you will read, but not all!! Time does not permit. You are responsible for all the reading materials. Sometimes we may fall a little behind, but you should stay current with the syllabus. I will be available after class to answer all your questions. You can also make an appointment to see me. My office hours are Monday & Wednesday from 3:30PM-4:30PM Adjunct Faculty Office 8 th floor LC. I hope you will enjoy the course! All students are invited to attend a Removal Hearing at the United States Immigration Court, Baltimore, Maryland. Please see me for arrangements. Judge Gossart READ THE LAW DO JUSTICE