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29 Conn. L. Rev. 1395 (1996-1997)
Admissions and Denials: A Dialogic Introduction to the Immigration Law Symposium

handle is hein.journals/conlr29 and id is 1405 raw text is: CONNECTICUT LAW REVIEW VOLUME 29 SUMMER 1997 NUMBER 4 Admissions and Denials: A Dialogic Introduction to the Immigration Law Symposium GERALD L. NEuAN I. United States immigration law is currently in a state of upheaval. Three major statutes enacted in 1996 have produced changes in sub- stance and procedure that affect every aspect of immigration practice. The effects of particular changes, and the interactive consequences of the multiple changes, cannot be fully foreseen, and they will occupy analysts, administrators and courts for years to come. The present Symposium offers a series of assessments of crucial aspects of immi- gration policy, as it exists and as it is evolving. The three transformative statutes are the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA),' the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRA),2 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA).3 The first two of these statutes were not primarily about immigration. AEDPA was a conjunction of two distinct legislative projects, with some additional immigration provisions tacked on. Its original purpose dealt with ter- rorism, both in the criminal context and in the immigration context, but * Professor of Law, Columbia Law SchooL 1. Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996). 2. Pub. L. No. 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105 (1996). 3. Pub. L. No. 104-208, div. C, 110 StaL 3009 (1996).

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