The sixth edition of this casebook continues its tradition of comprehensive analysis and coverage of immigration and citizenship. Additions and refinements include new material on the growing role of states and cities in the direct and indirect enforcement of federal immigration law, as well as a more compact treatment of asylum and the Convention Against Torture in a depth suitable for an introductory course in immigration and citizenship.
Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff (born 1952) is a law professor and former dean at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He specializes in immigration policy and has written a number of books on the topic.
a useful introduction back when it came out. the statute hasn't changed since then, but of course the trump years changed the practical aspects, insofar as far right mysticism was smuggled into the enforcement apparatus.