Eager to connect with his roots, Fricchione decided to join the 5,000 Italian Americans who apply each year for dual citizenship in the land of their forebears. Together, they are helping to redefine what it means to be an Italian in America.

The Sudanese lost boys established a chain of command, delegated tasks and did their best to survive on the limited amount of resources they could scavenge. They became each other’s only and often last concept of family.

Not only were Alnidawi’s circumstances extraordinary, but he also worked for U.S. citizens while in Baghdad…If his whole neighborhood were bombed, that wouldn’t be enough to grant him asylum. Something must have happened on a more personal level.

Cynthia faced a dangerous outcome if she were denied asylum. She’d fled from Burundi and the ethnic violence between Hutus and Tutsis.

U.S. law allows a refugee to bring his spouse and any unmarried children under 21 with him into the country…but the form must be filed within two years of the refugee’s arrival.

When someone uses your SSN, years can go by and you may never understand why you cannot obtain credit or why collection agencies are trying to come after you for debts you never had.

“All the refugees think that they have a right to decide where they are going.” But don’t they?