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• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• American University, Washington College of Law: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
• Amnesty International - United States of America
• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) - Refugee Integration
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