Xvi Immigration Law & the Family

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I want to acknowledge and thank the many people who assisted in the unfolding of this book from its inception as a basic training manual to its current status as a comprehensive yet practical reference tool for immigration practitioners. During that 10-year period, several staff from the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), as well as other practitioners, assisted with the creating and revising of various chapters. The following is a catalogue of those who played a significant role. The portions of this book that first appeared in the publications identified below are reprinted with permission.

I wrote and updated chapters 1–4. The appendix to chapter 2 was provided by Sheryl Winareck, a practitioner in Silver Spring, MD. CLINIC attorney Kristina Karpinski updated chapter 4 and assembled those appendices. I also wrote and updated chapter 5, portions of which first appeared in 90-03 Immigration Briefings (Mar. 1990), and which evolved into a chapter in the Immigrants’ Rights Manual, co- authored by CLINIC and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC). Portions of chapter 6 were originally written by NILC’s Daniel Levy and first appeared in 91-08, 91-09 Immigration Briefings (Aug., Sept. 1991). This was later updated by NILC’s Linton Joaquin and evolved into another chapter of the Immigrants’ Rights Manual. CLINIC attorneys Jennie Guilfoyle, Susan Schreiber, Sarah Bronstein, and Deborah Smith assisted in the expanding and updating of this chapter.

Juan Osuna, when he was editor of Interpreter Releases, contributed the portion of chapter 7 on waivers to health-related grounds of inadmissibility, while I wrote other portions. Kristina Karpinski and Jennie Guilfoyle expanded and updated this chapter. The appendices containing sample waivers were provided by Maria Eveleth, New Hampshire Catholic Charities; David McHaffey from the firm Barker, Epstein & Loscocco; Sarah Flagel, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago; and Mary Holper, Boston College Immigration and Asylum Project.

Chapter 8 was adapted from several articles I wrote that originally appeared in AILA’s Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law (2008–09); 11 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 857 (Aug. 1, 2006); AILA’s Immigration & Nationality Law Handbook (2002–2005 Eds.); 6 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 772 (Aug. 1, 2001); 5 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 125 (Feb. 1, 2000); 4 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 97 (Feb. 1, 1999); AILA’s INS Forms for Applications and Petitions (4th Ed.); 98-06 Immigration Briefings 1 (June 1998); and 74 Interpreter Releases 1581 (Oct. 20, 1997).

Chapter 9 was adapted from an article written by CLINIC’s Anne Marie Gibbons that originally appeared in AILA’s Handbook on Waivers and Relief from Removal. The chapter was later expanded by CLINIC attorney Evangeline Abriel. It was recently revised and updated by Susan Schreiber. CLINIC’s Laurie Joyce wrote xvii xviii IMMIGRATION LAW & THE FAMILY chapter 10, portions of which first appeared in 02-06 Immigration Briefings (June 2002), and later in Affidavit of Support and Sponsorship Requirements: A Practitioner’s Guide, published by CLINIC and NILC. This chapter was recently updated and revised by Debbie Smith and former CLINIC attorney Mary McClenahan. Thanks to all of you!

Charles Wheeler October 2010