Understanding and evaluating U.S. immigration law and policy -- The evolution of U.S. immigration law and policy -- The federal immigration power -- Immigration federalism -- Immigration actors : federal agencies and courts -- Judicial review -- Immigrant visas -- Nonimmigrant visas -- Inadmissibility grounds and waivers -- Asylum, withholding of removal, Convention Against Torture and temporary protected status -- Admission procedures -- Removal -- The removal process -- Enforcement against undocumented immigrants -- Crimmigration -- The rights and responsibilities of immigrants -- Citizenship -- The future of American immigration law