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1 LexisNexis Congressional Digital Collection Supporting Research and Education Area of Practice: Immigration Use primary source congressional documents to: Understand legislative process Compile research for law review articles Develop legal arguments based on legislative intent Access all bills and publications related to enacted laws Access all publications related to legislative proposals Link to CIS legislative histories Sample search terms: Immigration, aliens, deportation, refugees, political refugees, migrant and seasonal workers Access Recent Content: Sample Search Keyword: Immigration Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0056, Nov. 8, 2007, 260 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full Text Available Access Historic Content: Sample Search Results Keyword: Immigration Prohibiting Emigration of Choctaws, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: ASP08 Ind.aff.156, December 1, 1818, 2 pp., Full Access Committee Hearings: Employment of "Green Card" Aliens During Labor Disputes, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1969-EDL-0036, July 16, 17, Aug. 7, 8, 1969, 254 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital

2 Access Committee Prints: Immigration and Nationality Act, with amendments and notes on related laws and summaries of pertinent judicial decisions. 6th edition revised through May 1, 1969, CIS-NO: H2097, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints, DATE: 1969, SESSION-DATE: 1969, SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:Im6/3/969, Congressional Indexes, Access Congressional Research Service reports: Private Bills for Citizenship or Permanent Residency: A Brief Overview, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS AML-0081, Feb. 4, 2000, 5 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Access Legislative Histories: LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Secure Fence Act of 2006, CIS- NO: 2006-PL , CIS-DATE: December, 2006, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Oct. 26, 2006, LENGTH: 3 p. Access Misc. Congressional publications: On the Right To Emigrate for Religious Reasons: The Case of 10,000 Soviet Evangelical Christians, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, ID:CMP CSC-0005, May 1979, 203 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital (SOURCE: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) Access Serial Set documents: Message from the President Relative to Amending Immigration and Nationality Act, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET- ID: H.doc.52, January 13, 1965, 12 pp., Full Access Serial Set reports: Facilitating Admission into United States of Certain Aliens, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.rp.670, August 31, 1965, 63 pp., Full

3 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): CRS Reports Recent content sample results: 1. Removing Aliens from the United States: Judicial Review of Removal Orders, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-2008-AML- 0230, Apr , 19 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full 2. Immigration Fraud: Policies, Investigations and Issues, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-2008-DSP-0325, Apr. 3, 2008, 21 pp., LexisNexis 3. Farm Labor: The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-2007-DSP-0321, Mar. 26, 2008, 15 pp., LexisNexis 4. Federal Protective Service and Contract Security Guards: A Statutory History and Current Status, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS GVF-0287, Mar. 19, 2008, 6 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 5. Asylum Law and Female Genital Mutilation: Recent Developments Price Gouging, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-2008-AML- 0192, Mar. 15, 2007, 5 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full 6. U.S. immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-2008-DSP-0259, Feb. 29, 2008, 61 pp., LexisNexis 7. Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 110 th Congress, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-2008-DSP-0224, Feb. 14, 2008, 32 pp., LexisNexis 8. Social Security Benefits for Noncitizens: Current Policy and Legislation, DOC- TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-2008-DSP-0258, Feb. 1, 2008, 37 pp., LexisNexis

4 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): CRS Reports Historic content sample results: 1. Immigration: Temporary Admission of Nurses for Health Shortage Areas (P.L ), DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-1999-DSP- 0092, Dec. 14, 1999, 2 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full 2. Immigration: Nonimmigrant H-1B Specialty Worker Issues and Legislation, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-1998-EPW- 0121, Nov. 2, 1998, 16 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full 3. Immigration: Admission of HIV-Positive Aliens, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-1991-EPW-0108, June 6, 1991, 12 pp., LexisNexis 4. Asylum Rights and Federal Authority to Detain Aliens in Holding Centers in Various United States Territories and Possessions, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS-1990-AML-0061, June 21, 1990, 8 pp., LexisNexis 5. Immigration: Numerical Limits and the Preference System, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-1988-EPW-0023, May 20, 1988, 17 pp., LexisNexis 6. One Year After INS v. Chadha: Congressional and Judicial Developments, DOC- TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-1984-GOV-0012, June 23, 1984, 44 pp., LexisNexis 7. Section-by-Section Comparison of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1983, S. 529 as Passed by the Senate and H.R as Reported by the House Judiciary Committee, DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CRS EPW-0013, June 8, 1983, 103 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 8. U.S. Immigration Law and Policy: , DOC-TYPE: CRS Reports -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CRS-1979-EPW-0050, May 1979, 111 pp., LexisNexis

5 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): Committee Prints & Misc. Publications Recent content sample results: 1. Immigration Benefits: Internal Controls for Adjudicating Humanitarian Parole Cases Are Generally Effective, but Some Can Be Strengthened, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2008-GAO-0046, Feb. 2008, 51 pp., LexisNexis 2. Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments: CBO Paper, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC- ID: CMP-2007-CBO-0135, Dec. 2007, 24 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 3. Merit-Based Permanent Immigration: A Look at Canada's Point System, DOC- TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2007-SER-0024, May 22, 2007, 8 pp., LexisNexis 4. Administration-Proposed Substitute to S. 1348: "Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Reform Act of 2007", DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2007-SER-0049, May 22, 2007, 21 pp., LexisNexis 5. America Needs Tough, Fair, and Practical Immigration Reform, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2007-DPC-0010, May 21, 2007, 3 pp., LexisNexis 6. S Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2007-SER-0047, May 15, 2007, 24 pp., LexisNexis 7. Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market, CBO Testimony, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2007-CBO-0048, May 3, 2007, 18 pp., LexisNexis 8. S Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2007-SER-0033, Jan. 25, 2007, 31 pp., LexisNexis 9. Present Law and Background Relating to Tax Issues Associated with Immigration Reform, Scheduled for a Public Hearing, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID:CMP-2006-WAM-0008, July 25, 2006, 25 pp., LexisNexis

6 LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection (CRDC): Committee Prints & Misc. Publications Historic content sample results: 1. Report on Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal, Vol I: Findings and Recommendations, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-2005-CIR-0005, Feb. 2005, 89 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 2. Explanation of H.R. 2716, To Revise, Codify, and Enact Title 8, U.S. Code, "Aliens and Nationality", DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-1997-HJH-0007, Oct. 24, 1997, 382 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 3. Report on the Use of Temporary Foreign Workers in the Florida Sugar Cane Industry, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP EDL-0015, July 1991, 243 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 4. Asylum and Migration Issues: The Case of South Texas, Feb. 1989, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-1940-NEC-0002, 1940, 445 pp., LexisNexis 5. Immigration and Nationality Act, With Amendments and Notes on Related Laws, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-1980-HJH- 0001, 1980, 244 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital Collection, Full Text Available 6. Haitian Emigration, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-1976-HJH-0008, July 1976, 43 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 7. Asylum and Migration Issues: The Case of South Texas, Feb. 1989, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-1940-NEC-0002, 1940, 445 pp., LexisNexis 8. Canadian Border Immigration. Cases of Aliens Employed in the U.S. but Residing in Canada, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP IMN-0006, Dec. 3, 1928, 18 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Research Digital 9. Memorandum in Re White-slave Trade, DOC-TYPE: Committee Prints -- Digital Collection, CRDC-ID: CMP-1909-FCH-0003, Dec. 17, 1909, 29 pp., LexisNexis

7 LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Recent content sample results: 1. Diplomatic Assurances on Torture: A Case Study of Why Some Are Accepted and Others Are Rejected, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING- ID: HRG-2007-FOA-0139, Nov. 11, 2007, 137 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 2. Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0056, Nov. 8, 2007, 260 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 3. Detention and Removal: Immigration Detainee Medical Care, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0047, Oct. 4, 2007, 283 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 4. Deportees in Latin America and the Caribbean, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-FOA-0104, July 24, 2007, 82 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 5. International Students and Visiting Scholars: Trends, Barriers, and Implications for American Universities and U.S. Foreign Policies, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-FOA-0072, June 29, 2007, 82 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 6. Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Government Perspectives on Immigration Statistics, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH- 0043, June 6, 2007, 243 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full 7. Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Business Community Perspectives, DOC- TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0037, June 6, 2007, 58 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 8. Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Labor Movement Perspectives, DOC- TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0036, May 24, 2007, 143 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 9. Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Perspectives from Faith-Based and Immigrant Communities, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2007-HJH-0033, May 22, 2007, 163 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital

8 LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Historic content sample results: 1. Visa Overstays: Can We Bar the Terrorist Door?, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2006-HIR-0096, May 11, 2006, 40 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 2. International Adoptions: Problems and Solutions, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-2002-HIR-0025, May 22, 2002, 87 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 3. Designations of Temporary Protected Status and Fraud in Prior Amnesty Programs, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1999-HJH- 0083, May 4, 1999, 284 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full 4. Problems Related to Criminal Aliens in the State of Utah, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1998-HJH-0010, July 27, 1998, 40 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 5. Employer Sanctions, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING- ID: HRG-1993-HJH-0022, June 16, 1993, 570 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 6. Immigration Status of Chinese Nationals Currently in the U.S, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1989-HJH-0009, July 20, 1989, 257 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 7. Temporary Safe Haven Act of 1987, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1987-HJH-0024, Oct. 28, 1987, 178 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 8. Implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (P.L ), DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1987-HJH- 0048, Dec. 17, 1986, 246 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection, Full 10. Medical Treatment of Illegal Aliens, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1976-WAM-0022, Jan. 27, 1976, 71 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 11. Refugee Act of 1979, S. 643, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING- ID: HRG-1979-SJS-0015, Mar. 14, 1979, 400 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 12. Refugees from Sicily, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING- ID: HRG-1968-HJH-0001, Feb. 21, 1968, 51 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital

9 13. Extension of the Mexican Farm Labor Program, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1953-AFS-0007, Mar. 23, 24, 1953, 110 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 14. Displaced Persons, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG SJS-0004, , 1241 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 15. Providing for Equality Under Naturalization and Immigration Laws, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1948-HJH-0004, Apr. 19, 21, 1948, 217 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 16. Naturalization of Filipinos, DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING- ID: HRG-1944-IMN-0002, Nov. 22, 1942, 63 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 17. Supervision and Detention of Certain Aliens. [Part 1], DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1941-CSH-0001, Mar. 19, 1941, 128 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital 18. Deportation of Criminals, Preservation of Family Units, Permit Noncriminal Aliens To Legalize Their Status. [Part 1], DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection, HEARING-ID: HRG-1936-SIM-0001, Feb. 23, 1939, 42 pp., LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital

10 LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection: Transcripts of Historic Unpublished Hearings (coming to the Digital Collection Fall 2008): 1. To Adjust the immigration Status of Cuban Refugees in the U.S., CIS-NO: 89 SJ- T.91, SOURCE: Senate Committee on Judiciary, DOC-TYPE: Senate Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: Aug. 16, 1966, SESSION-DATE: 1966, Congressional Indexes, To Amend Section 104 of the immigration and Nationality Act, CIS-NO: 87 HJ- T.40, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: House Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: Feb. 2, 1962, SESSION-DATE: 62, Congressional Indexes, Japanese Temporary Workers, CIS-NO: 85 HJ-T.536, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: House Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: May 16, 1957, SESSION-DATE: 57, Congressional Indexes, Investigation of Alien Status, CIS-NO: 77 HIm-T.102, SOURCE: Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. House, DOC-TYPE: House Unpublished Hearings Collection, DATE: Feb. 17, 1942, SESSION-DATE: 1942, Congressional Indexes, Basic Subscription Temporary Hearings Records: Timely Links to Selected Transcripts and Submitted Statements of Recent Hearings Not Yet Published 1. [Immigration Needs of America s Fighting Men and Women], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: May 20, 2008, CIS/Index 2. [Visa Backlogs], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary, House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Apr. 30, 2008, CIS/Index 3. [Citizenship and Immigration Services: Strengthening Legal Immigration and Improving Refugee Processing], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Appropriations. House, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Mar. 11, 2008, CIS/Index 4. [Visa Waiver Program], CIS-NO: Not Yet Assigned, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Hearing, DATE: Feb. 28, 2008, CIS/Index

11 LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection : 1. Amend Immigration and Nationality Act, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: H.rp.1129, February 28, 1968, 14 pp., Full Text Available 2. Immigration and Naturalization Systems of United States, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.rp.1515, April 20, 1950, 985 pp., Full Text Available 3. Preserving Citizenship of Infant Children Born Abroad to Servicemen under 21 Years of Age at Birth of Child, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET- ID: H.rp.256, March 6, 1945, 3 pp., Full 4. Amending Act Relating to Naturalization of Certain Women Born in Hawaii, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: S.rp.2198, June 7, 1938, 2 pp., Full 5. Immigration of Japanese, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET- ID: 4000 H.doc.686, May 14, 1900, 21 pp., Full 6. Establishing Regulations Concerning Immigration, with Testimony, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: 3073 S.rp.1333, February 22, 1893, 297 pp., Full 7. Report on Immigration of Chinese, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: 2686 S.exdoc.97, April 12, 1890, 28 pp., Full 8. Consular Reports on Emigration and Immigration, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: 2483 H.exdoc.157, February 11, 1887, 762 pp., Full Text Available 9. Information on Foreign Governments in Transferring Criminals and Paupers to United States, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL-SET-ID: 450 S.doc.42, January 14, 1845, 8 pp., Full 10. Emigrants from West Indies, DOC-TYPE: Serial Set Digital Collection, SERIAL- SET-ID: ASP02 For.rel.145, June 27, 1798, 2 pp., Full

12 LexisNexis U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection 1970-present (coming 2009): 1. [Assistance for States Incarcerating Undocumented Aliens Charged With Certain Crimes], CIS-NO: 2008-H523-10, CIS-DATE: 2008, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: May 5, 2008, LENGTH: 5 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index 2. Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008, CIS-NO: 2008-H523-7, CIS-DATE: 2008, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: Apr. 14, 2008, LENGTH: 6 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index 3. To Increase the Number of Iraqi and Afghani Translators and Interpreters Who May Be Admitted to the U.S. as Special immigrants, CIS-NO: 2007-H523-15, CIS- DATE: 2007, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: May 21, 2007, LENGTH: 7 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index 4. Physicians for Underserved Areas Act, CIS-NO: 2006-H523-46, CIS-DATE: 2006, SOURCE: Committee on Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: Dec. 5, 2006, LENGTH: 17 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index 5. Adopted Orphans Citizenship Act, CIS-NO: 2000-H523-32, CIS-DATE: September, 2000, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: Sept. 14, 2000, LENGTH: 16 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index 6. Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1991, CIS-NO: 91-H523-29, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: Nov. 25, 1991, LENGTH: 74 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/8: , CIS/Index 7. Immigration Reform and Control, CIS-NO: 82-S523-15, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: S. Rpt , DATE: June 30, 1982, LENGTH: iii+128 p., SUDOC: Y1.1/5:97-485, CIS/Index 8 Granting an Alien Child Adopted by an Unmarried U.S. Citizen the Same Immigrant Status as an Alien Child Adopted by a U.S. Citizen and His Spouse, CIS- NO: 75-H523-2, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: Mar. 26, 1975, LENGTH: 7 p., CIS/Index 9. Repealing the "Cooly Trade" Laws, CIS-NO: 72-H523-3, SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House, DOC-TYPE: Report, DOC-NO: H. Rpt , DATE: Feb. 2, 1972, LENGTH: 5 p., CIS/Index

13 Access CIS Legislative Histories: Immigration Law P.L Secure Fence Act of 2006 Link to PL Text Link to Bill Text and Tracking for enacted bill 109 H.R Citations and links to bill text and bill tracking for all related bills: 108 H.R. 5130; 109 H.R. 4312; 109 H.R. 4437; 109 H. Res. 610; 109 H. Res. 621; 109 H. Res. 1002; 109 H. Res. 2454; 109 S Access content through controlled vocabulary indexing: Department of Homeland Security; Border patrol; Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act; Customs Administration; Law enforcement; Homeland security; Border security; Secure Fence Act; Mexico; Canada; Customs and border protection; Technological innovations Access all Congressional Record debate, Access all related reports, 109 th Congress Access all related hearings, 109 th Congress Weekly Compilation citation Note: partial full-text access is provided to all subscribers; complete full text coverage is made available through digital modules

14 Legislative Histories: Immigration Law Sample Results: 1. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Religious Workers Immigration Program Extension, CIS-NO: 2003-PL108-99, CIS-DATE: December, 2003, DOC- TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Oct. 15, 2003, LENGTH: 1 p. 2, LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Family Sponsor Immigration Act of 2002, CIS-NO: 2002-PL , CIS-DATE: December, 2002, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Mar. 13, 2002, LENGTH: 2 p. 3. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Visa Waiver Pilot Program Extension and Revision, CIS-NO: 98-PL , CIS-DATE: December, 1998, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Apr. 27, 1998, LENGTH: 2 p., CIS/Index 4. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Soviet Scientists Immigration Act of 1992, CIS-NO: 92-PL , CIS-DATE: December, 1992, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Oct. 24, 1992, LENGTH: 2 p., CIS/Index 5. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986, CIS-NO: 86-PL99-653, CIS-DATE: December, 1986, DOC- TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Nov. 14, 1986, LENGTH: 5 p., CIS/Index 6. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Refugee Assistance Amendments of 1982, CIS-NO: 82-PL97-363, CIS-DATE: December, 1983, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Oct. 25, 1982, LENGTH: 4 p., CIS/Index 7. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Immigration and Nationality Act, amendment, CIS-NO: 78-PL95-579, CIS-DATE: December, 1978, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Nov. 2, 1978, LENGTH: 1 p., CIS/Index 8. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976, CIS-NO: 76-PL94-571, CIS-DATE: December, 1976, DOC- TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Oct. 20, 1976, LENGTH: 5 p., CIS/Index 9. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , "Cooly trade" laws, repeal, CIS-NO: 74- PL93-461, CIS-DATE: December, 1974, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Oct. 20, 1974, LENGTH: 1 p., CIS/Index 10. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L , Immigration and Nationality Act, amendment, CIS-NO: 69-PL91-136, CIS-DATE: December, 1970, DOC-TYPE: Legislative History, DATE: Dec. 5, 1969, LENGTH: 1 p., CIS/Index

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