The status of undocumented visitors already in the U.S. must be clarified to remove the uncertainties that exist. The insurance industry can help policyholders understand and manage the risks in the current, confused system. Here, Iris Acosta, a 51-year-old hotel housekeeper from Honduras, pauses for photos in her sister's apartment in Los Angeles. Acosta is a Temporary Protected Status recipient, a program that is geared toward countries ravaged by natural disasters or war. (AP Photo) The status of undocumented visitors already in the U.S. must be clarified to remove the uncertainties that exist. The insurance industry can help policyholders understand and manage the risks in the current, confused system. Here, Iris Acosta, a 51-year-old hotel housekeeper from Honduras, pauses for photos in her sister's apartment in Los Angeles. Acosta is a Temporary Protected Status recipient, a program that is geared toward countries ravaged by natural disasters or war. (AP Photo)

Until recently, all I knew about immigration was that my grandfather came to the U.S. as a young boy, and that our family name was inadvertently changed.

Compared to what some immigrants face today, the typo that changed "Castorio" to "Castoria" was a small price to pay for becoming Americans.

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