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GLOSSARY
(MRG) • adjudication of naturalization petitions; • adjudication of asylum and refugee applications; • adjudications performed at the service centers, and all other adjudications performed by the INS. VETERAN - The term veteran means a person who served in the active military, naval or air service of the United States who fulfilled the minimum active duty service requirements and was honorably discharged or released, not on account of immigration status.
VICTIMS OF A SEVERE FORM OF TRAFFICKING: A “victim of a severe form of trafficking” is defined as anyone who:
1. has been subjected to a “severe form of trafficking in persons” which is defined as “sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery; and
2. has not attained the age of 18 years or who is the subject of a certification issued by the federal government pursuant to Section 107(b)(1)(E) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-386).
VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF PATERNITY – An acknowledgement by both parents, that the man is the father of a child, provided in writing on a form. This acknowledgement establishes paternity of the child without a court hearing.
WAGE SUBSIDY – A payment made to a public or private employer to subsidize an employee’s wage or fringe benefits. A wage subsidy may be offered as an incentive for an employer to hire a welfare recipient. Funds used to provide wage subsidies may be made available through diversion of the public assistance grant or other funds.
WAGE WITHHOLDING – Procedure by which automatic deductions are made from wage or income to pay some debt such as child support; may be voluntary or involuntary.
WINDFALLS - One-time payments such as inheritances, court ordered settlements, lottery winnings and gifts.