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Dear Readers:

This week Greg Siskind was out of the office, enjoying a well deserved vacation with his family.  Because we are all a little busier in his absence, the newsletter may be shorter than usual.

We do have some interesting news, however, including a report on legal immigration levels during 1999 and 2000.  There have also been developments in the smuggling case brought against Tyson Foods.  Our ABC’s of Immigration Article this week features a discussion of the new T visa.  This visa was created in 2000 to help the victims of human trafficking.  The Justice Department announced this week that it would begin issuing T visas next month.  And, of course, we include all of our regular features including News Bytes, Border News, Legislative Update, News from the Courts and more.

We appreciate hearing from hundreds of you every week who have questions or are interested in hiring our law firm to handle your immigration work. We want to remind you of the various ways you can communicate with us:

- telephone or in person consultation (go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html or call 800-748-3819 or 901-737-3194 and ask for my assistant for scheduling)
- online individual chats (go to our main web page at www.visalaw.com and click on the chat link)
- weekly group chats at Monster.com
- email at gsiskind@visalaw.com

By the way, many people do not realize that our law firm is typically capable of handling immigration matters anywhere in North America so please don't assume that just because we don't have an office in your home town we can't handle your work.

Hope you have a great weekend,

Amy Ballentine