| 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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| The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act |
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| Voluntary departure" is a form of relief whereby an alien is granted the opportunity to leave the United States of his own accord instead of being forcibly removed, and the alien does not have to incur the penalties associated with a formal removal order.More... |
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| Immigrating and Gaining Citizenship Through Adoption |
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| The Immigration and Naturalization Act provides that being a "child" of a U.S. citizen confers an exemption on the standard worldwide numerical limitations on immigration. Foreign children adopted by U.S. parents may qualify as "children" for purposes of the Act. The first step is that the adoptive parents request that the Immigration and Naturalization Service admit the child as a permanent legal resident. More... |
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| Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 |
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| The Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) was first made law in 1952. Prior to the INA, several immigration laws existed, but they were not compiled in one location in the United States Code. In 1952, immigration laws were gathered, updated, and organized to form the INA.More... |
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| Immigrants - Employment-Based Visas -EB-5/Alien Investors |
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| The United States uses both an annual cap on most permanent immigrant visas and a preference system to select who will ultimately be granted admissibility. Within the major category of immigrant visas known as employment-based visas, there are five levels of preference. The fifth level applies to aliens who invest a set amount in a new commercial enterprise.More... |
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