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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TOPICS

Battered Spouse, Children & Parents
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to January 2018 Preliminary Injunction
Deferred Enforced Departure
- DED Granted Country: Liberia
Humanitarian Parole
Refugees & Asylum
- Asylum
- Refugees
Special Situations
- Previous Special Situations
Temporary Protected Status
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syria
- Yemen
Victims of Human Trafficking & Other Crimes
- Victims of Criminal Activity: U Nonimmigrant Status
- Victims of Human Trafficking: T Nonimmigrant Status
Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C)
Forced Marriage

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Last Reviewed/Updated: 08/02/2018

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