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, coauthored 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
chapter 10, portions of which first appeared in 02-06 Immigration Briefings (June
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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