Siskind’s Immigration Bulletin
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1. Openers
2. ABCs of Immigration Law: Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) for Iraqi Nationals
4. Border and Enforcement News
- Report: More Central American Migrants Coming to USA
- How Many Cubans Come To America Each Year Though Mexican Border? Number Has Risen To Over 13,000
- Leahy: No Internal Border Patrol Checkpoints
- Border Patrol Hit with Abuse Complaints
- Shutdown Sends Border Patrol Trainees Home, May Cause Staffing Difficulties
- Ex-Immigration Official: Children Facing Deportation Deserve Lawyers
- USCIS Update on ABT Settlement Agreement
- 9th Circuit Refuses to Lift Injunction of Immigration Law
6. News Bytes
- California Lawmakers Move to Shield Illegally Present Immigrants from Deportation
- Congress’s Illegal-Immigration Detention Quota Costs $2 Billion a Year
- U.S. SEC Warns of Investment Scams in EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
- San Francisco Passes Law to Prohibit Immigrant Holds
- Suicides at CCA-run ICE Detention Center Spark Investigation
- Chris Christie Comes Out In Support Of Dream Act For New Jersey
- More Immigrants Asking for Asylum
- USCIS Interim Policy Memorandum
- USCIS Message: Workload Transfer from National Benefits Center to Service Centers
- USCIS Advises on Cases Affected by Shutdown
- Shaheen Successfully Seeks Extension of Immigrant Visa Program for Iraqis Who Served as US Interpreters
- E-Verify System Affected During Shutdown
- Reid, Amodei Can’t Wait to Move on to Next Big Issue: Immigration
- Critics: DHS Nominee Jeh Johnson Lacks Immigration Experience
8. Updates From the Visalaw.com Blogs
9. State Department Visa Bulletin: November 2013
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