Gomez/Goodluck/Rai appeals update: Gomez class counsel @blesjm1 has filed response to government’s February 22, 2023 letter suggesting Arellano v. McDonough was an analogous case. In the letter, he explains why government is wrong.
#DV2020#DV2021
https://t.co/tcVHixbmyK
It has been 15 months since @JoeBiden and @SecBlinken appealed multiple orders from federal judges preserving paths to about 20k green cards for many FY-2020 and FY-2021 Diversity Visa lottery winners. Eligible families are in limbo, not knowing their future. They deserve better.
@POTUS We are DV winners #dv2021#DV2020 who have not been invited for an interview and were canceled due to #Covid_19 ,and our dreams and future plans were ruined.Please invite us for an interview and help diversity visa winners get all their visas.
#SaveDiversityVisa
The #Biden State Department explains why it wants to trash green cards authorized by Congress that it was supposed to issue and then illegally chose not to issue. https://t.co/aI9sJRpuox
#DV2020#DV2021 Gomez and Rai development: Approximately 5 minutes ago, the 30-day stays of Judge Mehta’s Gomez order and Judge Chutkan’s Raí order expired without being extended.
This is great, but let’s not celebrate yet. 1/3
@DanaBashCNN@chucktodd Please ask Secretary Blinken why he’s appealing 4 orders from 2 federal judges reserving and/or granting Diversity Lottery Visas to over 17,000 immigrants, the majority of whom are Africans. #ifitssunday#MTP#DV2020#DV2021
NEW I talked to applicants of the visa lottery, incl those fleeing Ukraine, who are fighting the Biden admin in court for green cards
It's one example of the disconnect b/w Biden's words at the lectern and the gov’s litigation on immig in the courtroom.
https://t.co/NTduqQmegk
@SecBlinken This was the experience that most #DV2021 lottery winners had, and at the end, most weren't issued visas. Morgan Miles, the Director of the Kentucky Consular Center, should be terminated. LDRM's contract should also be terminated.
“If the Biden administration does not successfully appeal the orders by the two judges, 8,361 DV-2021 visas could be issued.”
Judge Orders Biden Administration to Reserve 7,395 Slots for DV-2021 Green Card Lottery Winners | https://t.co/ca56445HqK https://t.co/cXAmA6QyTp
I know some of you are different types of learners so here is a visual representation of @JoeBiden actually increasing Trump’s immigration restrictions.
Act III: True to Biden admin anti-immigrant agenda, @TheJusticeDept attorneys planning to ask Judge Chutkan to amend her #RaivBiden order and allow them to put off issuing visas until FY-2023.
Act II. "Defendants seek clarification on the timing that the Court expects DV-21s to be adjudicated in FY-22."
(note: this is about the #RaivBiden order)
#DV2021 Update: In #RaivBiden, Biden admin seeking to file motions for clarification and extension on the implementation of Judge Chutkan's injunction reserving 966 DV-2021 visas for Schengen area.
We don't know what they don't understand. 🤷♂️
Update: We are serving the following Litigation Hold against @JoeBiden administration defendants to prevent the end of fiscal year destruction of records, files, and documents pertaining to #DV2021 immigrant visa applicants and processing of their visas.
https://t.co/hJgHXEyQau
Judge Mehta has reserved 6,914 diversity visas for the Goodluck-related Plaintiffs (31% of 22,303). We were hoping to get visas for all our named plaintiffs. But this is the number that the Judge Mehta found equatable. We have to take it.#DV2021@curtisatlaw@rafaesq
#DV2021 Update: the #GoodluckvBiden order is out.
Judge Mehta has reserved 6,914 diversity visas for the Goodluck-related Plaintiffs (31% of 22,303). And 481 visas for Goh Plaintiffs.
https://t.co/0bgL1fghBM