| Controlling Alien Admission - Introduction - Data Management Improvement Act Task Force - Recommendations to Congress |
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| In 2000, the United States Congress passed the Immigration and Naturalization Service Data Management Improvement Act. This Act created a task force to consider how to improve traffic at U.S. ports of entry while also enhancing national security. Two years later, this function was transferred to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).More... |
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| Visa Types - Religious Workers - "R" Visas |
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| United States immigration law allows religious workers to visit the U.S. as nonimmigrants, on a temporary basis. An alien seeking temporary admission to the U.S. as a religious worker must show both that the organization for which he or she will work is nonprofit and that his or her work meets the criteria for a temporary religious worker visa, designated an "R" visa.More... |
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| Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 |
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| The Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 (Act) basically provides an exemption for certain refugees from certain requirements of the process for naturalization as a United States citizen. The provisions of the Act were incorporated into the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA). More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Immigrants - Interagency Taskforce on United States Coast Guard |
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| The United States Coast Guard, now a part of the Department of Homeland Security, has a complex role in the federal government. As one of the five military organizations, the Coast Guard has traditionally been charged with safeguarding critical maritime interests. In 1999, President Clinton set up an interagency task force to review the Coast Guard's roles and missions and to provide recommendations for its operation for the following 20 years.More... |
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| Grounds for Inadmissibility into United States - Miscellaneous |
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| Certain people are "inadmissible" for purposes of entry into the United States, either as an immigrant or as a visitor. There are several broad categories of inadmissibility and then there are several "miscellaneous" grounds. These include polygamy and child abduction. More... |
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