| Ellis Island |
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| Ellis Island as an Immigration Port More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Humanitarian Parole |
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| Parole is a procedure whereby an inadmissible alien is permitted to enter the United States for a temporary period due to some type of emergency situation. Humanitarian parole is authorized by § 212 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), which gives discretionary authority to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to parole aliens into the United States on a case-by-case basis for "urgent humanitarian reasons" or "significant public benefit." Humanitarian parole is only available to aliens who are outside the United States. More... |
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| Nonimmigrants - Visa Types - Business or Pleasure Visitors -Border Crossing Cards |
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| For business and visitor travel to the United States, both citizens and permanent residents of Mexico must have nonimmigrant Border Crossing Cards (BCC), also known as laser visas, which are machine-readable, biometric visas typically issued to Mexican visitors to the U.S. BCCs are issued to both business and pleasure travelers. More... |
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| Collection and Disposition of Immigration-Related Fees |
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| Several immigration-related violations result in the imposition of fines. Other money is collected as reimbursement to the U.S. government for costs associated with detaining, transporting, or removing aliens, for example. Section 286 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) discusses how the collected money is handled. More... |
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| Immigrants - Employment-Based Visas -EB-4/Special Immigrant Religious Workers |
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| United States immigration law uses an annual limitation on the number of most permanent admittees, that is, immigrants, who may enter the country. Central to the U.S. immigration system is the use of a preference system to allocate the available visas. One of the predominant types of visas issued to permanent immigrants is known as an employment-based visa. More... |
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