I've adapted my original letter to respond to Senator Barbara Boxer and an aid at her office. Feel free to change/modify to your needs.
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Dear Senator Boxer and [name],
I am responding to you regarding a letter sent by [name] dated January 12, 2004 addressing my concerns with delays in adjudication of Employment-Based I-485 Adjustment of Status application at the California Service Center (CSC) of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS). My EB I-485 receipt number is WAC-##-###-#####. My alien registration number is ###-###-###.
First of all, I would like to thank you and [name] for contacting the CSC on my behalf. However, Congress has expressed repeatedly that the reasonable adjudication period is 6 months for immigrant benefit cases. Looking at CSC’s current progress report, it is adjudicating I-485 cases received on December 16, 2001. I must submit to you that the lag of 26 months to today’s date has already failed Congress’ standard of reasonable adjudication period. Apropos, it is unfathomable to me for the CSC to claim that I-485 applications are being processed within the current processing time.
My research of published USCIS/BCIS/INS’ monthly reports in the year 2003 also revealed another alarming fact the CSC may have neglected to present to you. During the year 2003, the CSC had only processed I-485 applications from November 16, 2001 to December 16, 2001. This evidence suggests that the USCIS has again failed to comply with legislations and Congress’ wish. Because of its unjust activities, a class action lawsuit has been initiated in the District Court of the District of Columbia (Complaint for Mandamus, Declaratory, and Injunctive Relief, Civil Action 03-2606, Judge James Roberson, Filed 22 December 2003).
Even though the USCIS is a government agency, it should never be above the law. Thus, I urge Senator Boxer to enforce legislations passed by members of the Congress and hold the USCIS to higher standards of service. I would also like to remind Senator Boxer of words by Thomas Jefferson, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The unreasonable delay at the USCIS is unequivocally infringing upon my career and my pursuit of happiness. As a champion of human rights, I believe the Congresswoman will take appropriate actions to rein the USCIS.
Through the internet, I was able to find a group of concerned immigrants whom also filed their I-485s but find themselves in quagmire. Many of us have contacted members of the Congress for assistance. One of us was lucky enough to reach Representative Anna Eshoo and her assistant contacted Don Neufeld, Director of CSC for the USCIS on our behalf. I am submitting the correspondence between Congresswoman Eshoo and Don Neufeld for your review. In his response, Don Neufeld mentioned the El Salvadoran receiving Temporary Protected Status (TPS) immigrant benefits before I-485 applications. It is revolting to think that many legal immigrants such as myself pay taxes and contribute to the American economy and yet we are regarded as low priority by the USCIS. I also would like to bring to your attention that starting from April 2004, Don Neufeld is promising to appropriate more resources to reduce the processing time for Adjustment of Status applications (I-485) to 12 months or less by the end of September 2004. I encourage the Congresswoman to hold Don Neufeld to his words and improve the service at the CSC. Any further delays and broken promises would only create distrust among government agencies, its elected officials, and the people, whom the elected are supposed to represent.
In summary, I would like to request for Senator Boxer’s help to 1) contact the CSC of the USCIS and express her constituents’ frustrations with the I-485 processing delays; and 2) hold Don Neufeld to his promise and obtain specific plans to reduce the I-485 backlogs without more de-prioritizing of I-485 immigrant benefits.
I’m available for any comments at (###) ###-####. Thank you for your attention and your time.
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Dear Senator Boxer and [name],
I am responding to you regarding a letter sent by [name] dated January 12, 2004 addressing my concerns with delays in adjudication of Employment-Based I-485 Adjustment of Status application at the California Service Center (CSC) of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS). My EB I-485 receipt number is WAC-##-###-#####. My alien registration number is ###-###-###.
First of all, I would like to thank you and [name] for contacting the CSC on my behalf. However, Congress has expressed repeatedly that the reasonable adjudication period is 6 months for immigrant benefit cases. Looking at CSC’s current progress report, it is adjudicating I-485 cases received on December 16, 2001. I must submit to you that the lag of 26 months to today’s date has already failed Congress’ standard of reasonable adjudication period. Apropos, it is unfathomable to me for the CSC to claim that I-485 applications are being processed within the current processing time.
My research of published USCIS/BCIS/INS’ monthly reports in the year 2003 also revealed another alarming fact the CSC may have neglected to present to you. During the year 2003, the CSC had only processed I-485 applications from November 16, 2001 to December 16, 2001. This evidence suggests that the USCIS has again failed to comply with legislations and Congress’ wish. Because of its unjust activities, a class action lawsuit has been initiated in the District Court of the District of Columbia (Complaint for Mandamus, Declaratory, and Injunctive Relief, Civil Action 03-2606, Judge James Roberson, Filed 22 December 2003).
Even though the USCIS is a government agency, it should never be above the law. Thus, I urge Senator Boxer to enforce legislations passed by members of the Congress and hold the USCIS to higher standards of service. I would also like to remind Senator Boxer of words by Thomas Jefferson, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. The unreasonable delay at the USCIS is unequivocally infringing upon my career and my pursuit of happiness. As a champion of human rights, I believe the Congresswoman will take appropriate actions to rein the USCIS.
Through the internet, I was able to find a group of concerned immigrants whom also filed their I-485s but find themselves in quagmire. Many of us have contacted members of the Congress for assistance. One of us was lucky enough to reach Representative Anna Eshoo and her assistant contacted Don Neufeld, Director of CSC for the USCIS on our behalf. I am submitting the correspondence between Congresswoman Eshoo and Don Neufeld for your review. In his response, Don Neufeld mentioned the El Salvadoran receiving Temporary Protected Status (TPS) immigrant benefits before I-485 applications. It is revolting to think that many legal immigrants such as myself pay taxes and contribute to the American economy and yet we are regarded as low priority by the USCIS. I also would like to bring to your attention that starting from April 2004, Don Neufeld is promising to appropriate more resources to reduce the processing time for Adjustment of Status applications (I-485) to 12 months or less by the end of September 2004. I encourage the Congresswoman to hold Don Neufeld to his words and improve the service at the CSC. Any further delays and broken promises would only create distrust among government agencies, its elected officials, and the people, whom the elected are supposed to represent.
In summary, I would like to request for Senator Boxer’s help to 1) contact the CSC of the USCIS and express her constituents’ frustrations with the I-485 processing delays; and 2) hold Don Neufeld to his promise and obtain specific plans to reduce the I-485 backlogs without more de-prioritizing of I-485 immigrant benefits.
I’m available for any comments at (###) ###-####. Thank you for your attention and your time.
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