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TOPICS

Battered Spouse, Children and Parents
- Questions and Answers: Battered Spouses, Children and Parents Under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to January 2018 Preliminary Injunction
Humanitarian Parole
Refugees and Asylum
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- Haiti
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- Nepal
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- Somalia
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- Yemen
Victims of Human Trafficking and Other Crimes
Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting (FGM/C)
Forced Marriage

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