Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvement Act
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Hmmmm
I do not recall reading theses sections. Can someone email me the entire Act. It will save me some time.
I do not recall reading theses sections. Can someone email me the entire Act. It will save me some time.
mazdur_desi
Registered Users (C)
just sent an email
of the copy of the law http://www.feds.com/basic_svc/public_law/106-313.htm
(The act was incorporated into the law as mentioned earlier in the thread)
Sec 204 (a) states
(a) AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL- The Attorney General shall take such measures as may be necessary to--
(1) reduce the backlog in the processing of immigration benefit applications, with the objective of the total elimination of the backlog not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) make such other improvements in the processing of immigration benefit applications as may be necessary to ensure that a backlog does not develop after such date; and
(3) make such improvements in infrastructure as may be necessary to effectively provide immigration services
of the copy of the law http://www.feds.com/basic_svc/public_law/106-313.htm
(The act was incorporated into the law as mentioned earlier in the thread)
Sec 204 (a) states
(a) AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL- The Attorney General shall take such measures as may be necessary to--
(1) reduce the backlog in the processing of immigration benefit applications, with the objective of the total elimination of the backlog not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) make such other improvements in the processing of immigration benefit applications as may be necessary to ensure that a backlog does not develop after such date; and
(3) make such improvements in infrastructure as may be necessary to effectively provide immigration services
Its a go!
I have Sent out the following e-mail to all concerned people:
Folks, I think we are getting ready to file a law suit against INS for 485 delays. I think we have enough legal support to at least sustain a cause of action. Our team has researched preliminarily some of the law in our support. A member of the community pointed out AC21 also. I doubt if we can file a private law suit to enforce these provisions. But at least we can make an argument. See attached memo. This memo is very rough, so please ignore any semantics that you find faulty.
What I need now from the community now is a list of may be 5 to10 I-485 applicants whose applications have been pending for a long time; who have relatively "clean cases" (degrees from USA, verifiable experience, no criminal background, working with the same employer who is processing the green card and preferably some extraordinary hardship because of the delay).
These people must be committed and make themselves available as needed for speaking with us on the phone. They must sign contracts with our firm agreeing to our representation. They will be charged nothing. But if you folks wish to collect money, please do so on volunteer basis. Vijay Sharma, vijay.sharma@immigration.com can open an account to hold the funds. You can contact him directly. We would certainly welcome contributions from the community. It will help us expend more resources towards the litigation.
Suman ji, our team just needs to meet with me today. I will explain the logistics. Monica, post this announcement in the Moderators' forum also.
Let me know.
I have Sent out the following e-mail to all concerned people:
Folks, I think we are getting ready to file a law suit against INS for 485 delays. I think we have enough legal support to at least sustain a cause of action. Our team has researched preliminarily some of the law in our support. A member of the community pointed out AC21 also. I doubt if we can file a private law suit to enforce these provisions. But at least we can make an argument. See attached memo. This memo is very rough, so please ignore any semantics that you find faulty.
What I need now from the community now is a list of may be 5 to10 I-485 applicants whose applications have been pending for a long time; who have relatively "clean cases" (degrees from USA, verifiable experience, no criminal background, working with the same employer who is processing the green card and preferably some extraordinary hardship because of the delay).
These people must be committed and make themselves available as needed for speaking with us on the phone. They must sign contracts with our firm agreeing to our representation. They will be charged nothing. But if you folks wish to collect money, please do so on volunteer basis. Vijay Sharma, vijay.sharma@immigration.com can open an account to hold the funds. You can contact him directly. We would certainly welcome contributions from the community. It will help us expend more resources towards the litigation.
Suman ji, our team just needs to meet with me today. I will explain the logistics. Monica, post this announcement in the Moderators' forum also.
Let me know.
mazdur_desi
Registered Users (C)
I can work on this...
if the steps that need to be taken can be listed.
I have already given info to anna eshoo on t his
if the steps that need to be taken can be listed.
I have already given info to anna eshoo on t his
Help to get the names, email addresses and fax #'s of congressmen and senators
Hi All,
I have seen this info before but can't locate it at this moment. Can somebody please point me to where I can find the name, email addresses and fax numbers for congressmen and senators who I should send letters to? Any help in this regards will be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Paras
Hi All,
I have seen this info before but can't locate it at this moment. Can somebody please point me to where I can find the name, email addresses and fax numbers for congressmen and senators who I should send letters to? Any help in this regards will be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Paras
Re: Help to get the names, email addresses and fax #'s of congressmen and senators
Hi, Paras,
You can find the information at karma_yoga's “Action required” info of Project Ocean.
-kashmir
Hi, Paras,
You can find the information at karma_yoga's “Action required” info of Project Ocean.
-kashmir
reply from senator Boxer after 45 days
Also note that I had been in touch with Boxer's office for more than 9 months. Did not apperantly see any benefit out of those efforts. But "World runs on hope".
I believe that if you write a letter to Boxer mentioning this law, you'll get a rather fast, and hopefully serious results.
Good luck.
Also note that I had been in touch with Boxer's office for more than 9 months. Did not apperantly see any benefit out of those efforts. But "World runs on hope".
I believe that if you write a letter to Boxer mentioning this law, you'll get a rather fast, and hopefully serious results.
Good luck.
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Re: reply from senator Boxer after 45 days
I'm very pleased to see your posting.
Do you know who wrote the letter ?
Julia Lee ?
or Immigration caseworker at San Francisco office ?
You can find it after Barbara Boxer's signature such as "BB:jl".
By the way,
I have not heard anything from Mr. Tim Haugh, Acting Director of Congressinal Relations since I received a letter from Barbara Boxer on 11/13/2003.
I will follow it up next week, mentioning "Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2000".
Hi, srohit,
I'm very pleased to see your posting.
Do you know who wrote the letter ?
Julia Lee ?
or Immigration caseworker at San Francisco office ?
You can find it after Barbara Boxer's signature such as "BB:jl".
By the way,
I have not heard anything from Mr. Tim Haugh, Acting Director of Congressinal Relations since I received a letter from Barbara Boxer on 11/13/2003.
I will follow it up next week, mentioning "Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2000".
Kashmir, invite srohit to be a part of the core action group
He is very active and motivated.
He is very active and motivated.