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Immigrating and Gaining Citizenship Through Adoption

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...

Immigrants - Farmworkers - Replenishment Agricultural Workers-Benefits

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...

Immigration Law - Introduction

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Immigration Law - Office of Detention and Removal

Within the federal government, the Office of Detention and Removal (ODR) is responsible for carrying out the removal of an alien. ODR is a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ODR is the agency charged with removing unauthorized aliens and detaining them pending removal. More...

Immigrants - Farmworkers - Special Agricultural Workers - Temporary and Permanent Resident Status

The special agricultural worker (SAW) program applied to aliens who could establish that they worked in seasonal agricultural services for a certain period of time. Of the three legalization programs initiated in the Immigration and Reform Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), the SAW program offered the clearest benefits to mere applicants, temporary residents approved under its provisions, and, later, to lawful permanent residents who entered the United States in the SAW program.More...