A
A visas, 148
ABC (television network), 49, 59, 60
Abduction Conference, 89
Abdullah, Prince of Saudi Arabia, 44, 51, 61
Accessibility, of lawyers, 20 Ackerman, Gary, 8
AEDPA (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act), 127–128
Afghanistan, war in, 71–76
AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association), xx
Air France Flight 63, 66–69
Airborne Warning Control Systems (AWACS), 42
AJC (American Jewish Congress), 40
Al Qaeda in Europe: The New Battle Ground of International Jihad (Vidino), 39
Alien crewmen visas, 149–150
Aliens of exceptional ability visas, 164–165
Aliens of extraordinary ability visas, 159
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), xx
American Jewish Congress (AJC), 40
Anti-immigration sentiment, xx, 9, 23, 97, 108
Anti-Muslim sentiment, 82, 130
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), 127–128
Artamonov, Alexei, 100–106
Artamonov, Victorya, 100–106
Asadabad, Afghanistan, 73
Assistants to aliens of extraordinary ability visas, 159
Asylum Law, 41
Athlete visas, 160
Atta, Mohammed, 64
B
B-1 visas, 148–149
B-2 visas, 149
Bar-Zohar, Michael, 39
Begleiter, Robert, 9
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 12
Berezovsky, Boris, 102
Bergman, Ronen, 39–40
Bhutto, Ali, 78
Bhutto, Benazir, 78–79
Board of Immigration Appeals, 4
British Uniform Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 3–4
Business immigration, 17
Business visitors visas, 148–149
C-1 visas, 149
Cap-Gap extensions, 153
Cardozo School of Law, 17
CBP (Customs and Border Protection), 100, 146
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 26, 36–37, 59, 64, 102, 104
Certain victims of trafficking in persons visas, 161–162
Chaudhry, Iftikhar Khan, 77, 79–84, 126, 134
Cherny Nal, 100
Chevra Kadisha, 7
Children, 85–91. See also International child abductions
CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency
CIS. See U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Claims Committee, 125
Clients, treatment of, 19
Cole, USS, 50
Commission of Immigration, 2
Communication with clients, 20
Compliance, 17
Confidentiality, 21
Conflict Preemption, 109
Congress
and international child abductions, 88
private immigration bills in, 122
state laws and, 109–110
testimony to, 125–131
Constitutional Preemption, 109
Corruption, in Saudi Arabia, 42
CPT (curricular practical training), 152
Cultural exchange visas, 161
Culturally unique athlete visas, 160
Culturally unique entertainer visas, 160
Curricular practical training (CPT), 152
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 100, 146
D
D visas, 149–150
Dabbagh, Maureen, 89
DACA. See Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
DeCanas v. Bica, 110–112
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 118
Deferral of Removal, 106
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), 5, 93–97
and anti-immigration sentiment, 97
and Barack Obama, 97
drawbacks of, 94
rescission of, 93
Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, 169
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), xx, 68, 100, 111–112, 118, 146, 149
Department of Justice, 23, 116–117, 128
Department of State, 145
Deportations, 108
Designated School Official (DSO), 153
DHS. See Department of Homeland Security
Diplomat visas, 148
Disclosures, 49
Discretion, 21
Discrimination, by U.S. government, 9
Diversity Visa Program, 65, 168–169
DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), 118
Drai, Bernard, 90–91
Drai, Rachel, 90–91
DREAM Act, 97
Dreamers, 5
Drug Enforcement Administration, 100
DSO (Designated School Official), 153
Dunn, Scott, 9
E
E-1 visas, 150
E-2 visas, 150–151
E-3 visas, 151
E-Verify, 111–112
Eastern District of New York, 9
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), 146, 149
Emory International Law Review, 143
Employees of international organizations visas, 153–154
Employers, 111
Employment-based immigrant visas, 163
Employment-creation immigrant visas, 167
Englewood, New Jersey, 10–11, 32, 58, 125, 133
Entertainer visas, 160
Entrants under NAFTA visas, 162
Equal Access Education v. Merton, 112
ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization), 146, 149
Exchange visitor visas, 156–157
Express Preemption, 109
F
F-1 visas, 151–153
Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia, 42, 44, 51, 55, 61
Faisal, King of Saudia Arabia, 44
Falun Dafa movement, 37
Falun Gong, 37
Family immigration, 17
Family-sponsored immigrants, 168–169
Farooqui, Waqil, 94–96
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
and Artamonov family, 102–106
and international child abductions, 89, 138
and lawyers, 25
and John Lennon, 1
and marijuana, 3
and Saudi Arabia, 56–59
and terrorism, 95
Fiancé(e)s of U.S. citizens visas, 157–158
Field Preemption, 109
First Amendment, 3
FOIA (Freedom of Information Act), 4, 94
Foreign consular processes, 18
Foreign government official visas, 148
Foreign media representatives visas, 156
Foreign Service Offices, 145
Fourteenth Amendment, 118
Fourth Amendment, 114
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 4, 94
FSB (Russian Security Service), 100–102, 105
G
G visas, 153–154
Gaddafi, Muammar, 11–12, 35, 83
Gheshayan, Khalid al-, 86–88
Ghussein, Fred, 47
Gilbey, Paul, 62–64
Green card lottery, 65
GRU (Russian military intelligence), 103
Gulab, Mohammad, 72–76
H
H-1B3 visas, 122
H-2 visas, 155
H-3 visas, 155–156
Hague Convention, 32, 85–87, 90, 137, 140–142
Hamouda, Mohamad, 88–90
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 170–171
House Foreign Relations Committee, 49
House Subcommittee on Immigration, 125
Huber, Mary, 88–90
Human asset intelligence, 122
Human Rights Caucus, 49
I
I visas, 156
Ibn Saud, 42
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), xx, 100, 106
Immigrant classification, 147
Immigrant community, 66
Immigrant couples, 19
Immigration Act of 1990, 163, 169
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), xx, 100, 106
Immigration and Nationality Act, 53, 113
Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), 71, 109
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), xx, 30–31, 50, 128, 130 and John Lennon, 1, 3–4
and PATRIOT ACT, 63–65
and political asylum, 83
and terrorism, 127–128
Immigration cases, 15–22
taking on, 16–17
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), 110, 113
Immigration status, 114
Implied Preemption, 109
INA (Immigration and Naturalization Act), 71, 109
India, nuclear weapons in, 78, 80–81
Informant visas, 161
INS. See Immigration and Naturalization Service
Inter-Services Intelligence, 80
International child abductions, 86, 133–144, 141
and Congress, 88
and domestic laws, 141
and FBI, 89
litigation, 142–143
preventing, 137–139
and Saudi Arabia, 141
and U.S. State Department, 91
and U.S. law enforcement, 88
International Child Kidnapping Act, 91
Intracompany transferee visas, 158
IRCA (Immigration Reform and Control Act), 110, 113
Islam
child custody and, 141
J
J visas, 156–157
James, Kwame, 32, 67–69, 96, 122
Jews and Judaism, xix, 44, 74–75
Journalist visas, 156
K
K-1 visas, 157–158
K-3 visas, 158
Karim, Rezai, 93–97
Kaufman, Irving, 4–5
Khan, Ayub Gohar, 81
Khilewi, Mohammed al-, 33, 43–51, 56, 58, 61, 86, 126, 134
Khobar Towers bombing, 55–61, 126, 134
Kidnapping, 85–91
L
L-1 visas, 158
Labor Certification, 165–166
Labor Condition Application (LCA), 154–155
LaMonte-Shaban, Louis, 30–31
LaMonte-Shaban, Mariann, 30–31
Latino immigrants, 98
LCA (Labor Condition Application), 154–155
LGBTQ community, 118–119
Litvinenko, Alexander, 102
Local government, 114
Local law enforcement, 112, 114
and international child abductions, 88
and terrorism, 127–128
Lone Survivor (Luttrell), 72–74
Louisiana v. Neri Lopez, 113–114
Lozano v. Hazleton, 112–113
Luttrell, Marcus, 72–76
M
M-1 visas, 158
Marriage, 118–119
Materials witness visas, 162
Media
dark side of, 35–40
public opinion influenced by, 66, 75
social media, 19
talk shows and, 34
threats due to coverage, 58
visas for representatives of, 156
Megrahi, Abdelbaset al-, 11
MI6, 56
Mossad (Mishal), 39
Muehler v. Mena, 114–115
Multinational executive visas, 164
Multinational manager visas, 164
Muslims
deportation and, 130
distrust of, in US, 23
travel ban, 107
N
N visas, 159
National Automated Immigration Lookout Systems (NAILS), 38
National Interest Waiver, 165
National Security Agency (NSA), 100
Neumann, Janosh, 103–106
Neumann, Victoria, 103–106 9/11, 11, 23, 31, 54
anti-Muslim sentiment and, 82
and Pakistan, 79
and Saudi Arabia, 51
and undocumented immigrants, 62–66
victims of, 62–66
Nonacademic student visas, 158
Nonimmigrant visas, 145–162
changing between, 146–148
classifications of, 148–162
process of obtaining, 145–146
NSA (National Security Agency), 100
O
O-1 visas, 159
O-2 visas, 159
Obama, Barack, 5, 97, 108, 118
Office of Children’s Concerns, 88
Office of Children’s Issues, 91
Office of International Students (OIS), 153
Office of Professional Responsibility, 57
Office of Special Investigations, 38
Ono, Yoko, 1–6
Operation Whalers, 73
Optional practical training (OPT), 152
Other workers visas, 166
Outstanding professor visas, 164
Outstanding researcher visas, 164
P
P-1 visas, 160
P-2 visas, 160
P-3 visas, 160
Pam Am Flight 103 bombing, 11
P.A.R.E.N.T. International, 89
PERM process, 165–166
Permanent resident cards. See Green cards
Permanent resident status, 162–163
PL-110 program, 104
Plyler v. Doe, 110–111
Political dissidents, 45
Political repression, 55
Precertified shortage occupation visas, 166–167
Preemption, 109–110
Presumption of immigrant intent, 147
Priority worker visas, 164
Private immigration bills, 122
Professionals of “exceptional ability” visas, 164–165
Q
Q visas, 161
Quick Reaction Force, 72
R
R visas, 161
REAL ID Act, 114
Reasonable suspicion, 129
Reciprocal exchange athlete visas, 160
Reciprocal exchange entertainer visas, 160
Regulation of immigration, 110
Relatives of employees of certain international organizations visas, 159
Religious worker visas, 161
Reunification of families, 85–91
Roush, Patricia, 86–88, 91, 129, 135, 138
Ryjov, Tatiana, 64–66
Ryjov, Vasily, 64–66
S
“Safe harbors,” 140
Salman, Prince of Saudi Arabia, 48, 51
Same-sex marriage, 118–119
Saudi Arabia, 41–51, 54–58, 86–88
and 9/11, 51
bribery in, 45
and international child abductions, 141
political dissidents in, 45 political repression in, 55
royal family of, 42–43
SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification Entitlement) program, 112
Sayegh, Hani al-, 54–56, 126, 134
The Secret War with Iran (Bergman), 40
SEVIS, 152
Shah, Ahmad, 72–73
Skilled professional visas, 166
Skilled worker visas, 166
Soumare, Mamadou, 31
Soviet Union, 99–100
Special immigrant visas, 167
Special limited provision for spouses and children of permanent residents visas, 162
Specialty occupation worker visas, 154–155
Spouses of U.S. citizen petitioners visas, 158
State Department Children’s Issues Desk, 138
STEM Extension visas, 153
STEM segment of economy, 121
Stoeffel, Dale, 37–38
Student visas, 151–153
Stylianoudis, Steve, 49, 58, 61
Supreme Court, 107–108, 110, 114, 118
SVR (Russian foreign intelligence), 103
Syria, 38, 44, 57, 95, 107, 144
Systematic Alien Verification Entitlement (SAVE) program, 112
T
T visas, 161–162
Taliban, 71–76
Taxes and taxation, 169–171
Temporary worker visas, 155
Tentative nonconfirmation (TNC), 111
Terrorism, 22–27, 53–69, 125–131. See also 9/11
cases, 54
and constitutionalism, 128
and FBI, 95
and immigration laws, 24
and INS, 127–128
legislation, 126–127
and local law enforcement, 127–128
Middle Eastern, 56
victims of, 62–66
TN visas, 162
TNC (tentative nonconfirmation), 111
Trainee visas, 155–156
Transit alien visas, 149
Treaty investor visas, 150–151
Treaty trader visas, 150
Trump, Donald, 23
and DACA, 97–98
deportations under, 108
on immigration, 107–108
and Twitter, 77
Trump, Melania, xvii
U
Undocumented immigrants, 62–66, 94, 112–113
United Nations, 11–12, 25, 36, 43, 153–154
United States v. Illinois, 111–112
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 146, 153, 156, 158
U.S. Constitution, 3, 114, 118, 121, 128
U.S. Secret Service, 12
Unlawful presence, 147–148
V
V visas, 162
Victims of severe criminal activity visas, 162
Visitor visas, 149
W
Whistle-blower cases, 26–27
Wildes, Leon, xx, 1–6, 9–10, 16, 33, 45, 60, 126, 133
Wilding, Michael, 122–123
Witness visas, 161
Work authorization, 111 World Bank, 153–154
World Health Organization, 153–154
World Jewish Congress (WJC), 39