What we need to do to get BCIS attention

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dengdeng

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As all of you know, our petition has been sent over a month ago and so far no replies from any government agencies. Not the Ombudsman, not the congress. They keep ignoring us while giving religious workers 5 years extension.

That's enough. We have to take extreme measures right now

1) Contact AILA to start class action lawsuit. A threat is enough.
As long as BCIS know we're suing they have to compromise.
2) Let's organize volunteer groups in each state to talk(not sending emails) to local senators/congressmen. We know which senators/congressmen are helpful from experience. YJay is orgainzing VA applicants to talk to congressman, I urge you to join. Key states are NY, MA, VA, MD, PA. 20 volunteers each state, please write your name down.
3) Vermont applicants please help us to post our petition on local newspaper. St albans, Burlington, Manchester residents list local newspapers for us. If we can post the petition on VT paper, there're fair amount of chances that Vermont Center employees will read it.
4) Try our best to bring this issue to the President. If you know any politicians which have access to the president office, please do so.
5) Vermont residents, if you live near to St albans, can you organize a trip to the INS center, and pass our petition.
 
Let's carry out a full page ad. in that newspaper over the weekend. That will have the desired impact. Also let us find out which other national papers do they read and let us carry out the ad. in that also on the same day.

Originally posted by dengdeng
This is the St Albans newspaper website

http://www.samessenger.com/

Let's send our petition to the website. Who has the media version
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We need Vermont residents to give hints. Which newspapers you watch most.

And let's contact Vermont TV channels. Which channel news Vermont ppl watch.
 
Originally posted by sai_2367
Let's carry out a full page ad. in that newspaper over the weekend. That will have the desired impact. Also let us find out which other national papers do they read and let us carry out the ad. in that also on the same day.
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This sounds like a good idea. Even we can send the petition itself to the newspaper. It may not even cost our guys, because if the newspaper is interested, they may interview some of the affected parties and run a story. That will make some of the heads to turn.
 
We need a great lawyer who can talk to ALIF and AILA on our behalf and get them to accept our class action case. We have to hire a lawyer, who has the connections. That simply cannot be avoided.
 
WCAX-TV - Channel 3(www.wcax.com)
Ms. Judy Simpson, simpson@wcax.com, anchor of Channel 3 news, Vermont
Mr. Marselis Parsons, parsons@wcax.com, anchor and director of Channel 3 news, Vermont

WPTZ-TV - Channel 5(www.wptz.com)
WPTZ NewsChannel 5 New York Offices 5 Television Drive Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Phone: 518.561.5555 Phone: 802.655.0027 Fax: 518.561.5940
Ms. Stephanie Gorin, anchor of Channel 5 news

WVTV - Burlington TV
ABC22, WVNY
530 Shelburne Road
Burlington, Vermont 05401
Telephone: (802) 860-2222
General Fax: (802) 865-9976
 
I have listed the three major news station of Vermont. These ppl are dry of news. Think about it, in a small state of Vermont. They know the immigration center is there. Many ppl employeed there are government workers. They watch TV. Their kids, their spouses, relatives all watch TV. If the news stations brodcast our
petition, it will affect the Vermont Center. Remember, many employess are tired of shifting from tasks to tasks and they are complaining. So this may result in some reporters to interview INS employees.

I suggest we even send to Boston news crew. They cover whole New England, and they are very interesting in these kind of stuff. Particularly Fox news. I'll find the contact information.
 
If you are trying to run an ad. it will be very expensive. The news media may or may not be interested but we must try. The news will have an impact if it says this: "People are suing USCIS " officials rather than the pain and suffering involved.
Also recently vermont has lost lot of jobs and it can trigger a controversy.

Get a lawyer and target CLASS ACTION. This might be the easiest thing to do.
 
How about Angry immigrants are considering suing BCIS.

They lost their jobs, those are manufacturing jobs, nothing related to immigrants.
 
Originally posted by dengdeng
How about Angry immigrants are considering suing BCIS.
Sounds good.
They lost their jobs, those are manufacturing jobs, nothing related to immigrants.
Burlington, Vermont lost lot of high tech jobs in chip manufacturing
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How about Angry immigrants are considering suing BCIS.
Sounds good.
---- but we are not immigrants yet !!

how about 'Immigration seekers considering suing BCIS'
 
hey, www.dorsey.com, the firm helped 50 TPS immigrants to win the case. We have at least 100 here. Let's contact the firm. We should unite all 4 service center applicants on this board.
 
dengdeng,
I'm sure that I mailed thepetition to AILA, AILF,..... and also to all the media mentioned. But anyway I'll do that again.
Initially, you were against going to media but now you also joined us.


Our next press release should be "Immigration benefits applicants contemplating to sue USCIS" and we should distribute this press release through paid premier news distribution network like Business wire and Internet news bureau targeting National media and Government.
 
I think before lawsuite we need to send BCIS individual registered letter mentioing that case is pending and delayed for so and so months and please look into the matter. If they do not do any progress then say after 30 days one can go ahead for law suit. It is wise to write them a plain letter . Lets see feedback . As any way in the meantime lawyer consultation will go on.. what do you think guys ??
 
You guys send the petition to hundreds of different persons so far. Did anybody got a single response from anybody at all.

Also, recently I read somewhere, a single page of ad in NYTimes
costs a cool $120,000 (yes!).
 
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