BIA Edge

Immigration law research for AI tools

Immigration law for AI research

Give your AI a real immigration law library.

BIA Edge lets ChatGPT, Claude, Codex, and other compatible tools search an immigration-law library of precedential cases, statutes, agency guidance, and 416,927 unpublished BIA and AAO decisions. Coverage dates and update cadence vary by source.

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Connection details

https://mcp.biaedge.com/mcp

ConnectionRemote AI access
Tools42
AccessOAuth sign-in or issued API key
Latest corpus activity July 15, 2026 · View coverage
Works with Claude · ChatGPT developer mode · Claude Code · Codex · other compatible tools
Security OAuth-secured access · minimized query logging · private database networking · tested recovery · Review the controls →

See it work

Watch an AI research with BIA Edge.

Three recorded examples using the live library. The first is a question many AI tools get wrong if they rely only on training data.

biaedge-mcp — trace

›Is Matter of A-B- still good law for my asylum case in the Fifth Circuit?

✓get_case_by_citation("27 I&N Dec. 316")0.2 s
↳ Matter of A-B- · A.G. 2018 · cited by 69
✓check_validity(case:4359)0.3 s
↳ valid — A-B- III overruled in Matter of S-S-F-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. Sept. 2, 2025); follow A-B- I and II
✓search_cases("Jaco v. Garland")0.5 s
↳ Jaco v. Garland, 24 F.4th 395 [valid] · cited by 126

Yes — again. A-B- was vacated by Matter of A-B- III, 28 I&N Dec. 307 (A.G. 2021), but the Attorney General overruled A-B- III in Matter of S-S-F-M-, 29 I&N Dec. 207 (A.G. Sept. 2, 2025), directing adjudicators to follow A-B- I and II in all pending and future cases. An assistant answering from its training data would likely still tell you it’s vacated. In the Fifth Circuit, frame your social group with Jaco v. Garland, 24 F.4th 395 (5th Cir. 2022), in mind — a group defined by the persecution itself is circular and fails.

⚑ ImmCite · reinstated 2025 Checked against current authority Verify the source →
Recorded examples using the live library, June 2026, condensed for time. Not legal advice.

Setup

Once approved, connect in about a minute.

1

Open connector settings

In Claude, ChatGPT, or the AI tool you already use.

2

Paste the BIA Edge address

https://mcp.biaedge.com/mcp — then sign in.

3

Ask your first question

Your AI can now search the available BIA Edge sources.

No code. No IT department. Access is by request during the pilot — request a connection, then follow the setup guide after approval. BIA Edge uses queries to answer your request and operate the service; BIA Edge does not use them to train foundation models. Your chosen AI client has separate terms and workspace settings. Review the security boundary.

Research tools

One connection to the immigration-law sources your AI needs.

Full index →
search_cases

Precedent and federal case law, ranked case-first

check_validity

ImmCite treatment — overruled, caution, or good law. How ImmCite works →

search_unpublished_cases

416,927 unpublished BIA and AAO decisions

lookup_criminal_code

Crimmigration screening across state and federal criminal codes

search_passages

Pinpoint source-text spans, ready to cite

get_visa_bulletin

Priority-date movement, current and historical

Access

01

For attorneys

Use BIA Edge from the AI tool you already use. Free while the pilot runs; paid access will come later.

Request access →

02

For AI products

License selected immigration-law data, citations, validity signals, and source-specific updates for your product.

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03

For everyone

The public library is free to search. Citations can link back to real BIA Edge pages.

Search the library →

472,000+

Decisions

416,927

Unpublished

47,943

State-code provisions with text

Varies

Refresh cadence by source

“I’m an immigration attorney. I built BIA Edge because AI research is only useful when it can check the right immigration-law sources.”

Chris Hammond · Houston, Texas