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1. Openers
2. ABCs of Immigration Law: U Visas for Victims of Certain Crimes
4. Border and Enforcement News
- Harvard Report Finds Canada, U.S. Failing in Refugee Protection
- 13 Pregnant Women Detained by ICE in Texas During Four-Month Period in 2013
- Ninth Circuit Will Revisit Migrant Bail
- Mexican Immigrant Can Practice Law, California Court Rules
- In Immigration Courts, Criminal Activity Continues to Drop as a Removal Reason
6. News Bytes
- Mayor-elect Walsh Says He Wants Boston to Pull out of Secure Communities Program
- Immigration CLaims for Asyulum Soar
- Iranians May Have Exploited Visa Program
- India Accuses U.S. of Immigration Fraud, Transfers Devyani Khobragade to UN Mission
- Undocumented Immigrants Must Have Authorization Card to Drive in Nevada
- U.S. Grants Asylum to Gay Couple from India
- Citizenship Applications are Down
- USCIS Message: 10,000 U Visa Cap Reached for 5th Consecutive Year
- LGBT Immigrant Detainees Face Higher Risk of Sexual Assault, Abuse
- Half a Million Employees Enrolled in E-Verify
- N.J. Senators to Fast in Support of Immigration Reform
- Deportations Drop as Obama Pushes forr New Immigration Law
- Jeh Johnson OK’d for Homeland Security
- Democrats Use New Filibuster Rules to Approve DHS Nominee Mayorkas under Investigation
8. Updates from the Visalaw.com Blogs
9. State Department Visa Bulletin: February 2014
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