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1. "A Refugee Crisis of Epic Proportions on U.S. Soil," CNN.com, June
13, 2014.
2. Statement of Craig Fugate, administrator, Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to the United
States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Af-
fairs, July 9, 2014.
3. See 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 and 1255 et. seq.
4. 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J)(ii).
5. See, Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-260 (Michie, 2013).
Endnotes
Richard E. Garriott Jr. is a shareholder with Pender & Coward, P.C., in Norfolk. He is
a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and is completing a second
one-year term as Vice Chair of the VBA Domestic Relations Section Council.
6. Matter of Menjivar, File Number A70-117-167, INS Administrative Ap-
peals Unit (December 27, 1994).
7. See, Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-241 (Michie, 2012).
8. See, Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-244 (Michie, 2003). See also Bell v. Bell, 59
Va. Cir. 88 (2002).
9. Field Guidance on Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Petitions, Memo-
randum #3, page 6 (May 27, 2004).
10. USCIS TVPRA Memo of 2004 at 8 C.F.R. § 204.11(c)(6).
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