Just for your information - The following was what I sent to TRIG inquiry:
"Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:19 PM
To: TRIG Query
Subject: TRIG ONHOLD CASE INQUIRY
I would prefer for the USCIS or the DHS to prosecute me in the court of law at my own expense if there is any honest and credible basis for any one of them to believe or suspect that I pause any threat to the security of the United States of America than to watch myself die slowly and painfully in the extremely unfair and unjust endless wait of the immigration bureaucratic limbo for the last 22 years living and working in this country as an asylee. While I dare to place the blame squarely on the shamefully irresponsible legislative work of the US Congress for the so called Tier III terrorist definitions, which is a syntactic marvel but a semantic disaster, I also dare to blame both the DHS as well as the USCIS for failing to exercise fairness in adjudicating my case despite all the subsequent legal tools made available to them to overcome the legislative overreach that has long been recognized by all honest broad array of independent observers and interested parties and institutions across the nation.
I have resigned to believe that nobody in the adjudicating institution has ever known me or want to know more about me beyond the shadows of the paper and electronic files they rely on to form opinions about me. Why does the USCIS continue to destroy my life by denying me justice that many others have taken for granted even if they could be proven to be less deserving of the benefits they have been afforded than I truly am? Do you really and honestly suspect that I could turn out to be a terrorist sometime in the future? Are you preventing that from happening by holding me captive to a system of unfairness and injustice while allowing me to live and work in the midst of the very country and people you purport to protect from harm? I prefer to think you are more intelligent than that.
Please try to put yourself in my shoe and think of how much harm has already been inflicted on me by your inaction in terms of preventing me from reaching my full potential in every positive sense of the terms. I sought protection against tyranny because I believed and still believe the US is the shining beacon of freedom and a nation of hope for all humanity in the world I have known since my childhood. I wish you would know how much more American I feel than most and how much more I care about its security and continued prosperity than many of those who call themselves US citizens.
Please make your decision whatever you think it should be and let me know sooner than later."
The following is the response I received from the USCIS:
"Thank you for your inquiry regarding your I-485 application. Your case has been reviewed. Your application is on hold for inadmissibility relating to INA 212(a)(3)(B). According to a review of your file, you were a member of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP) prior to 1993 (1975-1980). EPRP met the definition of an undesignated (Tier III) terrorist organization prior to Jan. 1, 1993.
On August 10, 2012 an exemption commonly referred to as the Limited General Exemption (LGE) was published in the federal register. Application of this exemption authority requires USCIS to examine whether the affected alien meets certain qualifications. In addition, USCIS must determine whether the terrorist group at issue meets certain qualifications, including whether the group has targeted U.S. interests or persons; engaged in a pattern or practice of torture, genocide or the use of child soldiers; has been identified in either Executive Order 13224, as amended, or otherwise designated by the Secretary of State or the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDNL); is found on lists established by United Nations Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999) or 1988 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities; or has ever been designated as a Tier I or Tier II terrorist organization as described in sections 212(a)(3)(B)(vi)(I) and (II) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi)(I) or (II). USCIS is in the process of conducting research to determine the whether groups associated with cases on hold, such as the EPRP, meet the LGE qualifications. If USCIS determines that EPRP is eligible for consideration under the LGE, your case will be removed from the hold, and USCIS will proceed with adjudication. Until USCIS makes such a determination, your case will remain on hold until a new exemption is issued that would benefit."
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