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Today's Terms
Port-of-entry parole
Definition:
Authorized at the port upon alien’s arrival; applies to a wide variety of situations and is used at the discretion of the supervisory immigration inspector, usually to allow short periods of entry.
Country of Former Allegiance
Definition:
The previous country of citizenship of a naturalized U.S. citizen or of a person who derived U.S. citizenship.
Refugee
Definition:
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution.
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