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News of a resolution to VB Gate has been swirling since last Thursday.

However, no press release has yet been issued by USCIS. In response, AILF has said, "further delays or incomplete solutions will compel us to move forward with litigation"
Analyzing the situation, one can reasonably conclude that someone
at USCIS will have to take the fall for the VB Gate debacle -
probably someone acting in good faith and high up on the food
chain. That would explain why tentative settlements reached late
on Thursday (7/12) and Monday (7/16) have failed, because the
person(s) involved at USCIS is/are powerful enough to temporarily
scuttle a settlement. We commend Rep. Lofgren for her aggressive
leadership on this issue which is critical to tech companies and
we are confident that without her participation, the Executive
agencies would have gotten away unscathed, despite dashing the
hopes of hundreds of thousands.

USCIS's and DOS's actions, however well-intentioned, send a clear
message - that playing by the rules does not pay. Let's all
remember what is at stake here: it is not just the hundreds of
thousands immigrants ensnared in this confusing web, what is on
trial is the legal immigration system itself.
Immigrant's List has sent a 10,000+ signature petition
and
to DHS Secretary Chertoff on the matter.
http://www.immigrantslist.org/chertoff
http://www.ailf.org/lac/lac_lit_visab.shtml

Lawsuit on Visa Bulletin
Last updated July 17, 2007

AILF Welcomes Government Reversal on Permanent Resident Applications ("Green Cards")The American Law Foundation (AILF) is pleased that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of State (DOS) have announced they will comply with their own regulations and policies and accept the "green card" applications of tens of thousands of intending immigrants. A class action lawsuit scheduled to be filed by AILF today on behalf of all affected intending immigrants argued that the government must do exactly that. AILF is gratified that the government accepted AILF's arguments and belatedly is doing what it should have done in the first place."The government's reversal today is exactly what our thousands of plaintiffs and class members would have sought in their lawsuit," said Nadine Wettstein, Director of AILF's Legal Action Center and lead counsel in the lawsuit. "We were literally on the electronic courthouse steps, when we learned that a solution was imminent." AILF's lawsuit alleged that the federal government's refusal to accept tens of thousands of applications for green cards (and discouraging thousands of other workers from even applying) violated federal statutes, regulations and policies, as well as the U.S. Constitution. The announcements by DHS and DOS allow intending immigrants to file applications for adjustment of status "green cards" until and including August 17, 2007. They also allow these applicants to pay the current fees, even though the fees otherwise will increase on July 31, 2007.These changes resolve the majority of the issues in the class action lawsuit AILF has prepared. The one issue unresolved is for the "Other Workers." This is a small group of people who should have been allowed to file adjustment applications all during June 2007. Mid-month, however, DHS shut their window of opportunity. The announcement from DHS and DOS does not allow them to apply. AILF will assess the situation for this group of people and will consider whether litigation will proceed for them. AILF worked with intending immigrants from across the country to prepare the class action suit. Many of these applicants have waited in line for years and were following the government's rules to obtain a green card."The American Immigration Law Foundation created its Legal Action Center to protect fundamental principles of due process and demand government accountability under immigration law," said Benjamin Johnson, AILF's Executive Director. "Sadly, there are very few checks and balances left in our immigration laws to guard against government misconduct or abuse of power. AILF and its outstanding legal team will continue to do all that it can to ensure that our dysfunctional immigration laws are not made worse by agency misconduct or mismanagement. Even in this emotionally charged environment where it often appears to be open season on immigrants," said Johnson, "our government cannot disregard the law.""Compelling the government to correct this wrongdoing sends a message that all the recent talk about respecting those immigrants who are trying to follow the law isn't just empty rhetoric," said Paul Zulkie, President of AILF. "These are legal immigrants going through the process in the right way. To have the door slammed in their faces would have been a violation of basic principles of fairness and due process." AILF is very grateful to the hundreds of people - intending immigrants and their lawyers - who have contacted us to be plaintiffs and support the litigation. We received emails and calls from more than 500 people in the last two weeks. Your efforts enabled us to prepare a very strong challenge to the government's actions.
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and Immigrant's List has sent a 10,000+ signature petition
http://www.immigrantslist.org/chertoff
to DHS Secretary Chertoff on the matter.

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Sign our petition to Secretary Chertoff.

Dear Secretary Chertoff,

We request that the USCISÂ*accept the I-485 filings that it was supposed to accept not just in July 2007, but for a sufficient time thereafter to allow for the proper preparation of those filings, including the need for medical examinations and accommodation for travel plans by I-485 applicants. This means that the USCIS must accept I-485 filings at the earlier fee and grant a minimum of an additional 46 days (time that would have been allowed from the date of the issuance of the Visa Bulletin on June 12, 2007 until July 31, 2007, the date until when the I-485s could have been filed but for theÂ*actions of the USCIS).Â*Â*

Doing so is the only way we can begin to restore fairness to this process.


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The United States only Admits about 1 million new citizens a year.

Too many damn applications from illegal aliens is a big part of the problem. It's not a bottle neck, it's a log jam.

Illegalas are bogging down the system and complaining, even though they caused the problem. More hypocrisy. I bet the legal immigrants, that have been waiting a long time are irritated that their papers are not being processed in a timely manner due to all the illegitimate applications from illegal aliens.

Dixie

who said anything about not being pro immigration, do they mean that we should have politicians that are pro illegal immigration?
What a bunch of bs.

And preferably Hispanic pro immigration politicans at that!!!!




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"The United States only Admits about 1 million new citizens a year.

Too many damn applications from illegal aliens is a big part of the problem. It's not a bottle neck, it's a log jam.

Illegalas are bogging down the system and complaining, even though they caused the problem. More hypocrisy. I bet the legal immigrants, that have been waiting a long time are irritated that their papers are not being processed in a timely manner due to all the illegitimate applications from illegal aliens.

Dixie"

Well technically, they were supposed to be separate applications... but the load on USCIS is really unbearable. They need to double funding for this organization at the very least.

What they need is to stop letting the whole damn world in!!!! WE NEED A MORITORIUM ON IMMIGRATION NOW!!!

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

What they need is to stop letting the whole damn world in!!!! WE NEED A MORITORIUM ON IMMIGRATION NOW!!!

I couldn't agree more! Why does the international community feel that America owes everyone the right to enter our country, regardless of where they are from or what their intentions are? Illegal immigrants need to be deported immediately. I don't care if they have "planted roots" here. They are spoiling everything for legitimate and legal immigrants. I will never accept an illegal alien as a citizen of my country.

I hope no ALIPAC members signed the petition.

I say that because I came close to signing it without reading the details. When someone post a petition on here, I normally assume it's one we need to sign. You didn't want us to sign this did you, HOTCBNS?

Strange isn't it, Chertoff will listen to these goons, but he refuses to hear our pleas.

Originally Posted by MW

I hope no ALIPAC members signed the petition.

You didn't want us to sign this did you, HOTCBNS?

x

[b]HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b] I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF THE NEXT MOVE THEY ARE ON.......

Originally Posted by HOTCBNS

Originally Posted by MW

I hope no ALIPAC members signed the petition.

You didn't want us to sign this did you, HOTCBNS?

x

[b]HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b] I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF THE NEXT MOVE THEY ARE ON.......

Maybe you should edit and put DO NOT SIGN THE PETITION!!! I didn' sign it but someone might not pay attention