A MESSAGE FROM SISKIND, SUSSER, HAAS & DEVINE

Dear Readers:

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our readers in the United States. We at Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine have much to be thankful for this year especially the tremendous loyalty of our newsletter readers worldwide. We owe our firm’s success to you and hope we can continue to repay this debt by providing an ever-improving array of immigration publications and features. Again, thank you.

This time of year is normally quiet for immigration advocates. We would normally expect Congress to be out of session. We would normally expect to know who our next President would be and be waiting until January to see the changes brought by the election. Who knew that nothing would be settled?

Congress did not finish its work on a federal budget before the election and will be returning to work on December 5^th.  The question of whether the Latino Immigration Fairness Act (“LIFA”) will be covered in a budget bill is still far from clear. And not knowing who the next President will be affects the politics of immigration. Some believe a Bush win might actually help if Bush believes he needs to reach out to Hispanic voters. He might be inclined to signal his support LIFA and this would be a major boost to the bill’s chances.  Gore would no doubt support the bill as well, but a hostile Republican Congress will probably be in no mood to make a deal with him. Nevertheless, President Clinton still has the power to veto a budget bill and Republicans worried about a government shutdown may back down and support LIFA. When there is any news on LIFA, we will immediately notify readers.

There is major news this week on amnesty litigation. Litigants in the CSS case won a major victory in the courts this week and hundreds of thousands of individuals may be affected. We report on the case this week.

This week we also have many of our regular features including Border News, News from the Courts, Legislative Update, News Bytes and an ABCs of Immigration article on labor certifications.

And finally, as always, we remind readers that this newsletter is published by Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine, a law firm that represents clients throughout North America. If you are interested in scheduling a telephone consultation to discuss immigration questions you may have or to discuss the possibility of Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine handling your immigration case, please go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html.

In most cases, we are able to schedule a consultation within two days and we can often accommodate evening and weekend appointments.

Thanks again for your continued loyalty -

Greg Siskind

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