Thread: What do YOU think of this ???

Just got this in my email. What do you think?


Subject: Hurricane Relief Workers?


I got this in email from a known source.
However there does not seem to be any way to verify the below
info from CBP.




Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 6:35 PM
Subject: Hurricane Relief Workers?

The orders have come in. Just about anybody can be classified as
a Hurricane Relief Worker.

They don’t even need a passport or visa to enter.

They can be “Paroled� into the US and given an “Employment
Authorization�.

For those that are not familiar with the INA, an “Employment
Authorization� is worth gold.

With a simple stamp on your document bearing these 2 words a
person can get a Social Security card in their name, a job, a whole
new identity.



Los Señores Presidentes Fox y Bush have found a way to facilitate
the Guest Worker Program without a fight in Congress. Following
are the requirements for the program. But, you know as well as I
do, that these requirements will not prove to be an obstacle to
anyone.

By the way, any of you listen to Univision or any other Spanish
language TV network? The word is out throughout Latin America –
There are millions of jobs waiting for the willing workers.



As always I ask that I remain ANONYMOUS









MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTORS, FIELD OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR, PRECLEARANCE



FROM: Assistant Commissioner

Office of Field Operations



SUBJECT: Interim Guidance – Process for Entry of Hurricane
Katrina Relief Workers



This memorandum addresses the interim procedures to be
immediately instituted at ports of entry for the processing of foreign
nationals to provide emergency services in conjunction with the
Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Additional guidance will be
forthcoming but these processes will be utilized until those final
processes are in place.



In processing relief workers, the role of Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) will be three-fold:



1. To ensure that bona fide applicants for admission in support of
the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts are processed expeditiously;

2. To ensure that the security of the inspection process is
sufficient to eliminate frivolous or fraudulent applications for
admission; and

3. To support the relief efforts to the greatest extent possible
while enforcing the immigration statute and regulation.



In this instance, relief workers are considered to be those providing
emergency services as a result of Hurricane Katrina. These may
include utility workers to assist with power and telecommunication
restoration, transportation companies needed to deliver specific
cargo or supplies, foreign engineers or professionals to assist with
flood mitigation, and foreign relief workers with international aid
organizations such as the International Red Cross and Doctors
Without Borders, among others.



The CBP Office of Field Operations Field Liaison Unit will
coordinate all requests for the admission of foreign relief workers.
To the extent possible, ports of entry will be notified in advance of
the arrival of relief workers. In those cases where relief workers
make application for admission with advance notice, such requests
must be immediately forwarded to the Field Liaison Unit who will
then coordinate with affected and responsible agencies and will
arrange for the expedited vetting of the requests.



Once a request has been reviewed by the Field Liaison Unit, the
ports of entry will be notified of the appropriate type or class of
admission (i.e., B-1 or parole):
* Where admission in a nonimmigrant category is authorized,
generally the individual will not require employment
authorization as it will have been determined that their
activity in the United States would not constitute
employment under the immigration laws.
* If the individual is not in possession of the appropriate
passport and visa, the documentary requirements will be
waived without fee.
* The period of admission should be for the period of time
commensurate with the expected duration of their need,
not to exceed one year.
* In consideration of operational needs and with GS-13 or
higher review and approval, enrollment in ENFORCE
may be waived.
Where parole has been authorized - for purposes of
Hurricane Katrina relief workers only – the Form I-94 issued
to document the parole will be annotated just below the
parole stamp with “Employment Authorized�. On the reverse
side of the Form I-94, list the occupation of the parolee in
Box 18 and note the employer or sponsoring organization in
box 26 under “Comments�. The parole code will be “DT�.
* The period of parole should be for the period of time
commensurate with the expected duration of their need,
not to exceed six months.


* Parole will be granted without fee.


* In consideration of operational needs and with GS-13 or
higher review and approval, enrollment in ENFORCE
may be waived.



Whether paroled or admitted as a nonimmigrant, processing
officers must ensure that all inspection procedures are completed.
This includes, at a minimum:


* Primary name query in the Interagency Border Inspection
System (IBIS);
* Biographical and/or biometric queries in all other appropriate
systems;
* Referral to secondary;
* Secondary inspection results in IBIS;
* Completion of all required fields on Form I-94; and
* Submission of the completed Forms I-94 for data entry.


This policy does not amend the policy issued September 3, 2005
titled Admission of Crewmen in and Around the Gulf of Mexico
Assisting with Hurricane Relief that stated that such
crewmembers would be paroled for one year. The parole code for
all aliens, those affected by this policy and the crewmembers
discussed in the September 3 memorandum, shall be “DT� (not
“CH�).



This policy does not relieve the ports of all requirements for
NSEERS registration of special interest aliens. Aliens who are
subject to NSEERS registration will be processed through NSEERS
unless otherwise exempted and will be appropriately advised of
departure requirements.



Where other grounds of inadmissibility exist (e.g. criminal, security,
prior immigration violation, etc.), CBP may consider granting parole
provided:

1) The individual does not pose any known terrorist threat to the
United States;

2) The individual does not pose any immediate threat to the
United States for criminal activity;

3) The individual is not likely to add to the illegal immigrant
population in the United States; and

4) The individual’s particular skills are deemed absolutely
necessary to the relief effort.

I don't know, if provisions #3 and #4 at the bottom are adhered to along with the finite time restrictions then it should not create much of a problem. I can see the need for wanting to get needed specialists in as quickly as possible.

In this instance, relief workers are considered to be those providing
emergency services as a result of Hurricane Katrina. These may
include utility workers to assist with power and telecommunication
restoration, transportation companies needed to deliver specific
cargo or supplies, foreign engineers or professionals to assist with
flood mitigation, and foreign relief workers with international aid
organizations such as the International Red Cross and Doctors
Without Borders, among others.

The part about utility workers bothers me as most anybody can be an utility worker -- I think it should have been restricted to documented skilled and experienced utility workers only. And, entire "transportation companies" can be brought in? What does that mean? From what I've read very recently we already have many bankrupt or near bankrupt private truckers due to diesel fuel prices and foreign transportation companies shouldn't be needed.

Another real concern is that even if this policy is adequately and restrictively enforced (i.e. no unqualified unneeded workers are legally allowed in), just as rumors are apparently spreading in the U.S. that the program is open to anybody with thousands of jobs available, those same rumors are likely spreading by the word of mouth network in Mexico and points south. That will entice many to come north for the jobs and if they are not allowed in legally, since they have already come that far then they will just walk down the road a few miles and sneak in.

If you ask me, it is regretful that once again President George Bush is being negligent in regards to knowing who will be entering our country.

I'll tell you, if I were in the military and saw the insanity going on regarding our country's security....I'll be darned if I'd be serving under George W. Bush.

This fact is obvious once people recognize it because it's simple common sense. Maybe it is a significant reason as to why our recruitment numbers are so low. He just doesn't get it, that he is suppose to be running a country, not a business. Being a good president requires charateristics that this president does not seem to have.

The next president is going to have to spend the first four years undoing and correcting a lot of the mistakes made by George Bush.

It is not like the American people have not given this man a chance. We've given him chance after chance and time and more time, and he actually seems to continue to go downhill, and the polls are reflecting that.