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Timing is Everything!

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Kareem* had been waiting patiently for several months for his work permit renewal to arrive but when he was asked to be the limo driver for a special “White House” guest, he was disappointed that he was going to have to let the job go to someone else. Even though he had the documentation that proved his status was renewed, the Secret Service required proof of the actual renewed card. He thought there was nothing he could do until he got the call from his Just Neighbors lawyer, Eva Maria Carney…

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From Undocumented to Documented, All Thanks to a Marine

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From Undocumented to Documented, All Thanks to a Marine… Henry* is a U.S. citizen and active-duty Marine; his mom, Josefina* was undocumented. She has been in the U.S. for 21 years and raised Henry and his brothers and sisters as a single mom. Over the years, she had visited two other immigration attorneys and received

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Teresa’s Courageous Journey to a Work Permit and Independence

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Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of physical abuse and sexual assault.  Teresa came to the US from Peru in 2000 with her 8-year-old son. A few years later she met Marco at the local mechanic shop in Arlington. They eventually exchanged numbers and began to date, but Marco was very jealous. Earlier on, he

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