Also called: Immigration Lawyer
Represents immigrants seeking visas, green cards, citizenship, or asylum, and defends people facing deportation.
Prepares an asylum client to testify about why she fled her country, files a work visa for a software engineer, and argues a case in immigration court in the afternoon.
Nonprofit immigration lawyers earn less; business immigration firms pay more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 7 years after high school. Bachelor's, 3-year JD, and bar exam; immigration law is federal, so lawyers can practice nationwide.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Political Science, International Relations, Pre-Law.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Lawyers overall.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI fills forms and drafts briefs, so firms need fewer junior staff; court arguments and asylum prep with scared clients stay human.
Classes: AP Government, Spanish or another language, Speech or debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-1011.
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