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    Living in Legal Limbo – Where Do Afghan Refugees’ Immigration Process Stand?

    October 23, 2023By Rocio Iglesias Gonzalez

        Over two years ago, the United States retrieved American soldiers from Afghanistan.[i]  Within days, the Taliban invaded the capital of Afghanistan as the internationally recognized president fled the country.[ii]  Fearful, hundreds of thousands of Afghans escaped the country and found a new life in the United States through a humanitarian parole program.[iii]  The […]

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    Can a Writ of Mandamus Help Non-Citizens Jump the Immigration Line? Not So Fast

    March 22, 2023By Kaisha Ahye

    It is widely known that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has been experiencing a backlog of pending applications. As of March 2022, USCIS has faced a backlog of 9.5 million applications.[i] Until 2019, applicants and their legal representatives were able to schedule in-person appointments at the local USCIS office to discuss any issues […]

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