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Unaccompanied Alien Children: Potential Factors Contributing to Recent Immigration 3 July 2014 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Unaccompanied Alien Children—Legal Issues: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions 27 June 2014 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress 8 May 2014 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Apprehensions of Unauthorized Migrants along the Southwest Border: Fact Sheet 2 May 2014 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Malaysia: Background and U.S. Relations 21 April 2014 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Same-Sex Marriage: A Legal Background After United States v. Windsor 17 April 2014 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports
Rendered Silent: Denying defendants in military commission trials the right to complain of torture and enforced disappearance 12 February 2014 \| Publisher: REDRESS \| Document type: Country Reports
Women's Asylum News: Issue No. 121, January/February 2014 February 2014 \| Publisher: Consonant (formerly Asylum Aid) \| Document type: Country Reports
At Least Let Them Work: The Denial of Work Authorization and Assistance for Asylum Seekers in the United States 12 November 2013 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress 25 July 2013 \| Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service \| Document type: Country Reports

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