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HHS: How the Department of Health and Human Services Works

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Advance Parole: How DACA Recipients Can Travel and Re-Enter the Country

BY Rommel H. Ojeda May 25, 2022

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TPS: What Temporary Protected Status Means for Civilians who Qualify

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What to Know About USCIS, the Agency in Charge of Processing Immigration Cases

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Apr 02, 2022

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What Does Customs and Border Protection Do for the U.S.?

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How the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 Upheld Controversial Immigration Quotas

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Mar 29, 2022

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How Homeland Security Investigations Works

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ICE: The Agency in Charge of Enforcing U.S. Immigration Law

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IGSA Contracts: How ICE Holds Immigrant Detainees in Local and State Facilities

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Mar 13, 2022

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Immigrants Can Wait Indefinitely for a Bail Hearing

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Mar 12, 2022

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Mariel Boatlift: The Mass Emigration of Cubans to the United States

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Mar 08, 2022

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O-1 Visa: Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Mar 06, 2022

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How Operation Streamline Changed Illegal Border Crossing

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Mar 05, 2022

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TVPRA: How U.S. Law Protects Children Victims of Human Trafficking

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Mar 01, 2022

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How the Office of Refugee Resettlement Works

BY Rommel H. Ojeda Feb 18, 2022

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