{"id":358548,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/amerasian-act.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"amerasian-act","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/amerasian-act.html","title":{"rendered":"Amerasian Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fl-index-heading\">\n    <p>term:<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"fl-h1 fl-mb20\"><\/h1>\n\n    <dl class=\"fl-index-heading-description-list\">\n            <dt class=\"fl-mb10\"><p class=\"fl-text-bold\"><\/p><\/dt>\n        <dd><p>The law provides for the immigration to the United States of certain Amerasian children. In order to qualify for benefits under this law, an alien must have been born in Cambodia, Korea, Laos, Thailand, or Vietnam after December 31, 1950, and before October 22, 1982, and have been fathered by a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n    <div class=\"fl-index-heading-source\">Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n            <div class=\"contentList list parbase section\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Related Terms from the Immigration Law Glossary<\/h2>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"grid\" style=\"--bs-gap: 0 15px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"g-col-12 g-col-12 g-col-md-6 g-col-xxl-4\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"fl-list fl-no-margin fl-mt20 fl-mb20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"fl-flex fl-list-control-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right small\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a title=\"Accompanying\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/accompanying.html\" 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