| Immigrants - Farmworkers - Replenishment Agricultural Workers-Benefits |
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| The replenishment agricultural worker (RAW) legalization program, established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), was designed to provide immigration benefits to farm workers who entered the country after a shortage of agricultural workers was deemed to have occurred. During the four-year span of the program, a shortage did not occur. However, had workers been needed, they would have received favorable immigration treatment. For example, not only would they have received temporary U.S. residency followed by permanent residency, the terms of their employment and stays in the U.S. would have been quite broad. More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Introduction - Data Management Improvement Act Task Force - Recommendations to Congress |
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| In 2000, the United States Congress passed the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act. This Act created a task force to consider how to improve traffic at U.S. ports of entry while also enhancing national security. Two years later, this function was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). More... |
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| Visa Types - Temporary Visa General Requirements |
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| There are several categories of nonimmigrant temporary visas, and which type is granted depends upon the purpose of an alien's visit. Examples of temporary visas include visas for U.S. citizen spouses and children, visas for U.S. lawful permanent resident spouses and children, travel visas for business or pleasure, visas for temporary workers, visas for students and exchange visitors, and visas for victims of trafficking in persons. More... |
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| Asylum - Affirmative Asylum |
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| Asylum, in a general sense, is a place of refuge or protection. In terms of a country granting asylum to a national of a foreign country, the protector country has the right to offer asylum, but the foreign national does not have the right to demand asylum. More... |
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| Lawful Permanent Resident Rights And Responsibilities |
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| An alien whose status has been adjusted to that of a lawful permanent resident (LPR) has certain rights and responsibilities under United States law as long as LPR status is not abandoned. Likewise, conditional residents, who have been granted status for two-year periods, receive the same rights and subject to the same responsibilities as LPRs.
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