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Dear Readers:

This week we are pleased to present the third in our series of ABCs articles on the interplay between the Social Security Administration and the immigration system. Our article this week covers tax issues and is guest written by our friend Steven Weiser, tax lawyer extraordinaire. We're also happy to plug Steven as an excellent tax professional and well worth contacting if you are shopping for the services of a tax lawyer.

We also include an article describing the provisions of two new bills introduced in Congress concerning the hot topic of the moment - the L-1 visa. One, sponsored by Congressman Mica would seek to bar L-1s from working as contract employees. The other bill, introduced by Congressman DeLauro is much more extreme and would impose an annual limit of 35,000 on L-1 visas (about half the current number used) and impose most of the same labor condition requirements as the H-1B visa.

We also include all of our regular weekly features this week and cover the rest of the news.

Finally, as always, we remind readers that we're lawyers who make our living representing immigration clients. We would love to discuss becoming your law firm. Just go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html to request an appointment or call us at 800-748-3819 or 901-682-6455.

Regards,

Greg Siskind