The Foreign Investor: Current Approaches toward United States Immigration Law

The topic of representing the foreign investor under the Immigration and Nationality Act is one of growing significance. Increases in the inflow of foreign funds have been substantial, with net foreign investment in the United States rising to an annual rate of more than eighty billion dollars in the second quarter of 1984, compared to thirty-four billion dollars in 1983. The foreign investor seeking entry into the United States to oversee an investment enterprise faces, however, a dearth of directly relevant provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act. This article addresses the salient features of United States immigration law relating to entry by foreign investors to engage in investment related activities

Procedural Aspects of Illegal Search and Seizure in Deportation Cases

This Article will outline the procedural guidelines with which counsel must be familiar, highlight the practical measures that must be undertaken by the practitioner litigating a deportation action, and catalogue the various stages of a deportation proceeding

Searching for Illegal Aliens: The Immigration Service Encounters the Fourth Amendment

The intent of this Article is to outline the clearly emerging constitutional standards which the Supreme Court has said attach to the broad powers granted to immigration officials. Historically, there was never any constitutional logic supporting the position that the fourth amendment\u27s protections should not apply to immigration-related searches removed from the actual border. Recent judicial decisions support this conclusion

The Immigration Selection System: A Proposal for Reform

This Article reviews the historical background of our present immigration law and analyzes the policy goals of immigration law in light of the major contemporary issues that bear directly on the immigration act: population growth, the requirements of the labor force, family reunion, illegal immigration, and refugee admission. The authors contend that the immigration act in its present form does not adequately deal with the expanding nature of these problems, and offer recommendations to reconcile present deficiencies with recent and foreseeable world developments. The authors suggest reforms that would balance humanitarian goals with domestic, political, socioeconomic, demographic, and foreign policy impacts