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Opinion > Columns
The truth about America's chain migration
By Crispin Aranda
Jul 24, 2023 12:02 am

MIGRANT MATTERS

Isang prankisa, kabit sandosena. One franchise, many hangers-on.

IN America's visa language, which describes chain migration, there is one petition for a principal visa applicant and many derivative beneficiaries (DBs), and later each DB may sponsor their own spouse, minor children and parents.

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