NOTE: This report is based on a more extensive study prepared by consultant David C. Baluarte, Practitioner-in-Residence, International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law and this research will be published as a separate document in the future. UNHCR also drew upon its experience assisting stateless individuals in the U.S., interviews conducted with stateless individuals, surveys of 45 organizations in 19 states that provide legal services to immigrant communities, an examination of government statistics, and a review of federal case law. See acknowledgments for full credits.