A Primer on Immigration Law and Compliance (Second Edition)

This first edition of this book published and distributed by Textbook Media Press under a non-exclusive distribution agreement was intended as both a supplemental "mini-textbook" to accompany primary textbooks on business law, the legal environment of business and other law-related college courses as these generally do not cover immigration law or immigration compliance. In this second, updated edition which is aimed primarily at a reference text and primer on immigration law for a general audience, end of chapter questions for further study are retained for faculty who may wish to use the book as a very inexpensive supplement for their usual adopted textbooks and assign these to students as assignments or use them for class discussion.
Coverage includes a brief history of the development of immigration law in the U.S. from colonial times to the present, and a detailed coverage of the various non-immigrant and immigrant visas available to individuals who want to visit the U.S. temporarily for pleasure, business, study or work, as well as those seeking to permanently immigrate here. Eligibility requirements and the process for applying for refugee and asylum status is also covered. The last chapter provides detailed information about the process employers and employees are required to follow under federal law to verify the identity and authorization of employees they hire, as well as potential civil and criminal liability employers face if they fail to comply with the required Form I-9 process.
Readers are advised that no textbook or reference guide on law can provide legal advice for the reader's specific circumstances. That is something that only an attorney can do who is aware of all the relevant circumstances of their clients, knows both the substantive and procedural law that applies to their clients' specific situation, and can make informed predictions on how courts will likely interpret statutory law, Executive Orders, and relevant agency rules relevant to their clients' circumstances.

Victor D. López is the Cypres Family Distinguished Professor in Legal Studies in Business at Hofstra University's Frank G. Zarb School of Business. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from St. John's University School of Law and is a member of the New York State Bar. His professional affiliations include membership in the New York State Bar Association, the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB), the North East Academy of Legal Studies in Business (NEALSB), and he serves as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. He is a past president of the North East Academy of Legal Studies in Business (2011-2012) and has served as the organization's vice-president (2009-2010) and program chair of the 2011 NEALSB Academic Conference.
Professor López published several textbooks in the areas of business law and the legal environment of business that have been used in colleges and universities throughout the U.S. since 1993. His past publishers include Irwin/Mirror Press, McGraw-Hill and Prentice Hall, and in 2010-2011 he published two revised and expanded business law/legal environment textbooks with his new publisher, Textbooks Media, that are available in inexpensive print and electronic versions. The third edition of his Business Law and the Legal Environment of Business was published in July 2016 (2017 Copyright--available at http://www.textbookmedia.com/Products/ViewProduct.aspx?id=4396 ). He has presented articles at conferences and published scholarly articles in refereed journals in recent years in a range of subjects that include immigration law, bankruptcy law, unauthorized practice of law, state and federal efforts to regulate the high cost of college textbooks, and ethics among others. (For a list of current publications you can visit http://victordlopez.com/index.html.)
Since 1990, he has served as a Professor of Business for 12 years at SUNY Delhi and more recently as the dean of the business division at Broome Community College for four years immediately prior to joining the Hofstra University faculty. He has also served as a professor and dean at other higher education institutions since 1987.
Professor López has published law-related textbooks for Irwin/Mirror Press, McGraw Hill, Prentice Hall and Textbook Media Publishing. Since 2011 he has also published short story collections, a book of poetry and a general reference book on intellectual property in paperback and eBook versions through CreateSpace, Kindle D...