Green Card

A green card is a document that allows a foreign national to live and work in the United States as a permanent resident. It is also known as a Permanent Resident Card or Form I-551.

To be eligible for a green card, an individual must generally meet certain criteria, such as having a close relative who is a U.S. citizen or having a job offer from a U.S. employer. There are also other categories of eligibility, such as asylum seekers and victims of human trafficking.

Holding a green card allows an individual to live and work in the U.S. on a permanent basis, although it does not provide the same rights and privileges as U.S. citizenship. Green card holders are subject to U.S. laws and are required to pay taxes. After living in the U.S. as a green card holder for a certain period of time, an individual may be eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship.

 

 

Human trafficking terms
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Human trafficking terms

ByBilly Joe Cain

Editor’s note: We’ve collected terms and definitions from a variety of sources for your research. From Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children The following list of key terms used in sex trafficking is published in Renting Lacy: A Story of America’s Prostituted Children by Linda Smith. To learn more, order your copy of…

For labor trafficked immigrants, T-visas are a life-saving but flawed relief – WGBH
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For labor trafficked immigrants, T-visas are a life-saving but flawed relief – WGBH

ByEyes on Trafficking News

In 2018, the police came to a home in Saugus, Massachusetts, to rescue Anabelle Masalon, a Filipina housekeeper who had been essentially a prisoner of the family from the United Arab Emirates that employed her. She had been forced to work 21-hour days, earning no more than $400 a month, unable to leave the house…

Most trafficked children are victims of family members – The Dispatch
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Most trafficked children are victims of family members – The Dispatch

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Human trafficking doesn’t look like what you think it does based on social media, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation Human Trafficking Coordinator Ashlee Lucas told the Exchange Club Thursday afternoon. Ashlee Lucas “It is very important that you not spread the misinformation that is so prevalent on social media,” she said. “They’re saying there are zip…

Department of Labor makes ‘historic’ recovery of $270K in unpaid wages
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Department of Labor makes ‘historic’ recovery of $270K in unpaid wages

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Sep. 5 — The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) has announced that $271,527 in wages has been returned to a domestic worker after an investigation by NYSDOL’s Division of Labor Standards determined the individual was chronically underpaid over the course of three years. This was one of the largest recoveries in the history…