A v smart move that US/Congress should emulate (quickly!) Immigrants have been critical part of essential workforce throughout pandemic - a pathway to permanent status would allow them to do MORE, and would be worthy recognition of their service/sacrifice.
For 15 years, I held my belief that US was a fair country. That all people who come here, follow the rule of law & choose to call this country home will be treated fairly. This is not true. Too many immigrants are living in anxiety, uncertainty & distress @USCIS@POTUS@VP
Grateful to .@SenatorCantwell legislative staff, Hannah Albert, for empathizing with our volunteers & constituents from WA and agreeing to lead us out of #H4EADdelays crisis that is wreaking havoc in the lives of skilled immigrant women of color causing #WomenForcedToQuit
If Biden administration could immediately revert back to the 2008 citizenship test and did not need a new director, why can't they do the same to remove biometrics from H-4 extensions? Would have helped with #H4EADdelays as people are losing jobs through no fault of their own.
"Immigrants who are living, working and going to school in Nebraska with an uncertain future lying ahead of them urged support Friday for proposed immigration reform legislation that would grant them a pathway to U.S. citizenship." https://t.co/4gXdd7NIX0 #WeAreHome
"Backlogs in some immigrant-visa categories are 50 or even 100 times higher than they were four years ago, at the start of the Trump administration." https://t.co/OTlAtRxSRL
@wasdenbanias @USCIS Are you sure there are humans working at @USCIS? As humans, we are taught to help fellow humans in need but @USCIS just laughs on us when we say we lost our jobs. Biometric appointment for Canadian/UK visa is available everyday, every hour in the SAME ASC!! There’s no Covid then?
#WomenForcedToQuit their jobs due to #H4EADdelays is putting immigrant families under extreme mental duress and financial strain. This needs to be resolved asap .@SecMayorkas
@VP Madam @VP how can any of this be true when thousands of ‘legal’ immigrant women are losing their jobs & not getting an opportunity to get another due to the massive #H4EADDelays what kind of inclusion is this?what kind of fair is this? #WomenForcedToQuit@POTUS@SecMayorkas
Madame @VP please pay some attention to pleas of 150,000 women who are affected by #H4EAD delays and losing jobs everyday just because USCIS couldn’t process their application within 6 months. They are following the path of legal immigration to #WomenForcedToQuit#H4EADdelays
Congratulations to my clients today who obtained their employment-based permanent residence after 12 years!! If they were starting the process today I would have very little hope that they would complete the process during my career, or even my lifetime.
I’ve been living in America for 15 years now. I am raising my family here, I call this country my home. Yet I’m treated as an outsider. @USCIS takes away my right to legally work or drive in the country and no one cares @VP@POTUS@SecMayorkas you think this is fair? #H4EADdelays