Further Action

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Please go to our advocay software:

http://econstituent.votenet.com/immigration

Click on the I-485 issues and send that to your Congressmen. Invite your friends to do the same.

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

You can also use the attached document

This is the document to send around for public info.

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Originally posted by hidden_dragon
Great! I am about to send mails to the congressman (Dick Gephardt), and I 'll definately attach it.

BTW, the congressman replied to my first email letter, in a very timelyfashion, with USCIS response that they are experinceing backlog with all kinds of application...blah blah...but the truth is the processing timetable clearly shows 485 is the one that suffers the most. I am glad now I can response with some solid evidence - our lawsuit is the best argument...

Good. Go for it!

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Re: Advocacy Software

Originally posted by w8nc
Is this software working correctly? I filled in my letter and my contact information and clicked next. The contacts provided were 2 Senators as well as the President and the Vice-president. It did not bring up the Congresswoman as a contact. I'm in Florida. When I was done, emails had been sent to the 2 Senators, the President and the Vice-president, but not the Congresswoman.

Let me have it checked.

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Originally posted by lisainaz
It looks like President Bush's call for immigration reform may have some positive benefits for us all. Apparently, President Bush wants to increase the amount of green cards issued, particularly, employment-based. Let's hope so!!!

Since this immigration reform still needs to be written by our legislators, I think we should all join the efforts and write to our congressmen to act.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...p/20040107/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_immigration_32

It actually does not look very promising for any people other than undocumented/illegal workers already in USA. But, too early to say. We should wait and watch (and act when needed).

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Originally posted by hidden_dragon
But the White House also said that workers accepted into the temporary program could immediately, with an employer's sponsorship, begin applying for a green card.

This shows how much the whitehouse understands about immigration issue in US. Why bother to be a legal immigrant and go through labor certificate? Let's all become illegal, undocumented workers! and get green card faster!

About alloting more green card issuing per year, obviously whitehouse/Bush is not aware the fact that INS/BCIS/USCIS couldn't handle what they've got now.

All these are politics, and none of these people really cares about our, the legal or illegal immigrants' benefit. So we need fight for our own good. We need get our voice through the mainstream. Since Bush are breaking the 9/11 silence, I thinkt it's the time we should tell people the truth about US immigration!

Naah. Let us keep perspective and focus. We support people getting legal, but NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, JUST BECAUSE BUSH WANTS THE HISPANIC VOTES. The illegal immigrants have lived here for years. We should legalize them. But put more resources in the system to handle the load.

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Originally posted by hidden_dragon
I agree we should write to legislator again, but not to support this bullshxxt Bush suggested, rather to tell them to solve the current problem about legal immigrant first. Bush is doing this purely for election, for employers that likes cheap labors, for hispanic voters

......I always though the employment-based legal immigrant community should be a strong force (becuase of potential donation?). But why can't we attract any attention? what are the immigration bodies doing for us? or is there any such body (except immigrationportal of course)?

We are it. But we are enough. We just need to get better organized. I think we are getting there.

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Re: I-485 Litigation

Originally posted by ved999
Thanks KHANNA jee for starting this litigation. I am not sure if this will do much good. It seems that after 9/11, the government does not care much about the immigrants especially from India who are thought of as Middle Eastern people.

I thought the American system would be good and they would care abouth the people, but I have been disappointed.

They care a damn about the immigants.

They only care about the votes. Since we have no votes, they care a damn about us.

I have little faith in American democracy. The whole system is rigged. It is for the benfit for the rich and the powerful.

The decision is not in the hands of the govt any more. It is with the courts. Hang in there.

 

[Rajiv S. Khanna]

Re: Congressman Ric Keller

Originally posted by CouldNotPost
On a work-trip to Orlando, I read a news clip in the Sentinel yesterday where Congressman Ric Keller protested against the President's push to illegal workers while ignoring a plethora of problems faced by legal tax-paying workers seeking residency. I sent the letter to him today - but if we are targetting specific individuals for someone in the area to follow-up, Keller may be one of them.

Noted.