The Immigration and Nationality Act, codified in Title 8 of the United States Code, established modern U.S. immigration law.
Many immigration law practitioners will refer to immigration laws by citing to the INA rather than to the US Code. The USCIS, Westlaw, and Lexis all have charts that allow for quick correlation between the Act and the Code:
Westlaw and Lexis allow you to search within immigration-related statutes:
To research the legislative histories of federal immigration statutes, utilize our Federal Legislative History Guide:
