Published Wednesday, July 11, 2007
A Floral Protest Over Job-Based Visas

NINA BERNSTEIN

In a Gandhi-inspired protest, foreigners working legally in the United States sent thousands of flowers to a top immigration official yesterday to draw attention to their complaints about job-based visas.

The official, Emilio Gonzalez, director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, arranged for trucks to haul the bouquets of roses, carnations and other flowers to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington and the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md.

“The reaction from the patients, family and staff was overwhelming,â€