available to assign to her.        As the defendants
explain, at any given time, the USCIS is able to issue only a limited number of
visas in each category. The USCIS determines the number of available visas in
a category based on several variables, including past number use, estimates of
future number use and return dates, and estimates of USCIS demand and
pending USCIS number requests. If the number of eligible applicants in a
category is less than the number of visas available for that category, then the
category is considered “current,” and the USCIS is able to issue visas to every
eligible applicant. If, on the other hand, the number of eligible applicants in a
category is greater than the number of visas available for that particular


   [Corrected, 5:30 p.m.: A previous version of this post misspelled the word "cheerleading" in the headline.]

The Cal State Long Beach cheerleading team forfeited its national title and its coach was fired after an administrator discovered that a former student competed with the team, officials said Wednesday.

The nationally recognized team competed April 9 and 10 at the National Cheerleaders Assn.’s competition in Daytona Beach, Fla., and won the title for its division.

But the non-student who competed had graduated in December and was ineligible to participate, said Christina L. Esparza, communications coordinator for Associated Students Inc. at Cal State Long Beach.

The non-student’s participation was revealed after the team’s advisor noticed him while watching a video of the performance.

The school has terminated its contract with Coach Eric Anderson, who had been