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As of November 27, 2013 there are only eight legislative days left for the House of Representatives in 2013.  Although they haven’t fled Washington for their winter retreats quite yet, it is a near certainty that any progress towards comprehensive immigration reform is on the back-burner until the House re-convenes on January 7, 2014.   It will be up to the second session of the 113th Congress to keep the conversation moving forward; a monumental task given the tenor of Congress post government-shutdown and the Affordable Care Act website rollout/fumble.

House Speaker John Boehner recently ended speculation that the Senate CIR bill (passed in June 2013) would be considered by the House.  In feigning a compromise, Speaker Boehner has mentioned the potential for piecemeal immigration reform; however any immigration-reform appears to be momentarily frozen.  Let’s hope the Spring thaws out negotiations, although bipartisan cooperation in 2014 may get worse given the upcoming mid-term elections.

At least the government is back open and paying their bills.  For that, we can all be thankful.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Your Immigration Specialist

Slepian Law was founded by Andrew Slepian in March 2013. Andrew was born in Buffalo, New York and graduated from Williamsville East High School in East Amherst, New York. After obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Pennsylvania State University in 2005, Andrew attended Brooklyn Law School in New York City. After graduation in 2008, Andrew passed the New York State Bar and was admitted to practice in March 2009.

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