Comments for AILA Leadership Blog http://ailaleadershipblog.org This blog is by the elected leadership of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), to help focus the national debate on the real facts about immigration and the means to achieve a just and rational system. Sat, 12 May 2012 03:16:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Washington, DC Leaders – Stop Talking and Please Do Something by jgnewman http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2012/05/11/washington-dc-leaders-stop-talking-and-please-do-something/comment-page-1/#comment-726 jgnewman Sat, 12 May 2012 03:16:44 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1731#comment-726 Thanks for sharing your thoughts Tony. I don't do any EB immigration as my clients are mostly asylum seekers, family based and removal defense. It's interesting to me that an attorney doing EB immigration work feels the same frustration that I do with Congress AND the administration. Jacquelyn Newman Thanks for sharing your thoughts Tony. I don’t do any EB immigration as my clients are mostly asylum seekers, family based and removal defense. It’s interesting to me that an attorney doing EB immigration work feels the same frustration that I do with Congress AND the administration.

Jacquelyn Newman

]]> Comment on Washington, DC Leaders – Stop Talking and Please Do Something by membershipblog http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2012/05/11/washington-dc-leaders-stop-talking-and-please-do-something/comment-page-1/#comment-725 membershipblog Sat, 12 May 2012 01:34:58 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1731#comment-725 AILA's only solution is always open borders and amnesty. Many of its members don't agree. The facts speak for themselves: obviously there is no "consensus across party lines", or Congress would have acted. It's not surprising at all. AILA’s only solution is always open borders and amnesty. Many of its members don’t agree. The facts speak for themselves: obviously there is no “consensus across party lines”, or Congress would have acted. It’s not surprising at all.

]]> Comment on AILA Film Fest Spotlight – Tony & Janina’s American Wedding by Love2Watch http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2012/04/23/aila-film-fest-spotlight-tony-janinas-american-wedding/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Love2Watch Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:53:08 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1704#comment-724 Tony and Janina were very lucky because they were able to re-unite. I am envious of them. I had been separated from my daughter and husband both USC for almost 4 years now. I have to wait another 6 more years if still alive by the time the 10 year bar is lifted lol... We had tried everything we could filed I-601 waivers both appealed and both denied. Does anyone on this site care about people like me? Please help I missed my only child so much. Can anyone here could help me? Tony and Janina were very lucky because they were able to re-unite. I am envious of them. I had been separated from my daughter and husband both USC for almost 4 years now. I have to wait another 6 more years if still alive by the time the 10 year bar is lifted lol… We had tried everything we could filed I-601 waivers both appealed and both denied. Does anyone on this site care about people like me? Please help I missed my only child so much. Can anyone here could help me?

]]> Comment on Passover In The First Person by Neil Sheff http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2012/04/07/passover-in-the-first-person-2/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Neil Sheff Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:14:47 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1691#comment-723 Beautifully stated; I wish I had read this last week so I could have my kids read it at our Seder. A very potent message for all. Thank you. Beautifully stated; I wish I had read this last week so I could have my kids read it at our Seder. A very potent message for all. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Immigration “Linsanity” by LetsBeReasonable http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2012/02/19/immigration-linsanity/comment-page-1/#comment-722 LetsBeReasonable Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:49:26 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1615#comment-722 Apparently NumbersUSA has replied to the accusations made by this blogger. https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/cchmielenski/february-27-2012/some-media-trying-connect-jeremy-lins-court-success-immigrati? Apparently NumbersUSA has replied to the accusations made by this blogger.
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/cchmielenski/february-27-2012/some-media-trying-connect-jeremy-lins-court-success-immigrati?

]]> Comment on Senator Grassley: The Puppetmaster? by bamarc http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2012/01/09/senator-grassley-the-puppetmaster/comment-page-1/#comment-721 bamarc Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:29:35 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1538#comment-721 CIS adjudicators are not standing on a street corner intervieing anyone who may seem foreign. Applicants at adjustment interviews are on the last step of a long and expensive process involving numerous forms, documentary evidence, biometrics, medical, fees, etc. At that point there may be some few who turn out not to be eligible to adjust, but one would expect that the approval rate should be very high after all that. CIS adjudicators are not standing on a street corner intervieing anyone who may seem foreign. Applicants at adjustment interviews are on the last step of a long and expensive process involving numerous forms, documentary evidence, biometrics, medical, fees, etc. At that point there may be some few who turn out not to be eligible to adjust, but one would expect that the approval rate should be very high after all that.

]]> Comment on New Immigration Rule Will Keep American Families Safe and Together by jdmattos http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2012/01/06/new-immigration-rule-will-keep-american-families-safe-and-together/comment-page-1/#comment-720 jdmattos Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:36:07 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1530#comment-720 If an I-601 was already filed oversees and denied, what would the procedure be? Could we re-file in the US under the new law if we qualify under US citizenship? If an I-601 was already filed oversees and denied, what would the procedure be? Could we re-file in the US under the new law if we qualify under US citizenship?

]]> Comment on Message to USCIS: Support Your Local (and National) Postal Service by Robert Lewis http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2011/12/19/message-to-uscis-support-your-local-and-national-postal-service/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Robert Lewis Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:49:37 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1483#comment-719 We had to file an I-485 at VSC within 4 years of issuance of U status. That deadline was Saturday June 18th. We used USPS Express (overnight, right?) Mail, postmarked at the local post office on Thursday June 16th. USPS delivery confirmation reflects that the package was delivered to the proper VSC address on Saturday June 18th (our deadline). Unfortunately, the receipt from VSC reflects a receipt date of Monday June 20th. Too late! I will write a letter to challenge their receipt date, with evidence of delivery date, but according to a 2007 VSC Liaison Meeting Minutes, "If the mail is received at the post office after our second pickup [for the day], the mail is considered to have been received the following day." Under what authority may VSC "consider" any date other than the date actually delivered to the address they provide for filing?!? We had to file an I-485 at VSC within 4 years of issuance of U status. That deadline was Saturday June 18th. We used USPS Express (overnight, right?) Mail, postmarked at the local post office on Thursday June 16th. USPS delivery confirmation reflects that the package was delivered to the proper VSC address on Saturday June 18th (our deadline). Unfortunately, the receipt from VSC reflects a receipt date of Monday June 20th. Too late! I will write a letter to challenge their receipt date, with evidence of delivery date, but according to a 2007 VSC Liaison Meeting Minutes, “If the mail is received at the post office after our second pickup [for the day], the mail is considered to have been received the following day.” Under what authority may VSC “consider” any date other than the date actually delivered to the address they provide for filing?!?

]]> Comment on Undone By His Politics Of Hate: The Political Demise of State Senator Russell Pearce by PeterAshman http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2011/11/09/undone-by-his-politics-of-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-718 PeterAshman Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:37:21 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1345#comment-718 Here's hoping we've seen the worst of this kind of restrictionist scapegoating. I'm so pleased that the good people of Arizona have done this that I may just go visit my mother there for the holidays. Here’s hoping we’ve seen the worst of this kind of restrictionist scapegoating. I’m so pleased that the good people of Arizona have done this that I may just go visit my mother there for the holidays.

]]> Comment on Secretary Napolitano’s Immigration Policy Speech, Prosecutorial Discretion, and Decency by Ally Bolour http://ailaleadershipblog.org/2011/10/06/secretary-napolitanos-immigration-policy-speech-prosecutorial-discretion-and-decency/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Ally Bolour Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:50:25 +0000 http://ailaleadershipblog.org/?p=1274#comment-717 Targeting children, for any reason, is incomprehensible. Targeting children, for any reason, is incomprehensible.

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