Interview pass ?

[Captain Oates 911]

An old case - but can you imagine ?

What’s the cost of an American citizenship? Appears like it can be more expensive than the $400 for filing N-400 form with biometrics. Or at least that is what Sang Yi Sevilla, a Korean woman and prospective American citizen, found out while she was being interviewed by a citizenship officer of Department of Homeland Security.

A recent article in Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports:

A Korean woman from Gwinnett County has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security after a citizenship officer pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her during a citizenship interview.

Sang Yi Sevilla says Officer Kelvin Renard Owens intimidated her in June 2004 by asking, "If I let you pass, what are you going to give me?" according to a suit she filed Friday in federal court in Atlanta.

Owens grabbed her breasts and asked her to meet him outside the building at 4 p.m. to find out whether she had passed the test, the claim says. Sevilla says the officer also grabbed her hands and put them on his genitals and put his hand between her legs. She says she pushed him away and contacted authorities.

Owens, of Jonesboro, pleaded guilty in federal court to sexual assault in March 2005, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. A judge ordered him to spend weekends in federal prison for six months. The judge also put Owens on probation for five years and fined him $2,500.

U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said in a statement when Owens pleaded guilty that his office takes misconduct allegations seriously.

"This case represents reprehensible conduct by a federal employee," he said then. "The victim in this case not only was making every effort to legally seek her citizenship in this country, but was brave enough to fend off an attack from one of the people she needed to help her gain her rightful citizenship."

A lawyer for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service denied any liability in an April 2006 letter to Sevilla's lawyer, saying Owens was not acting within the course or scope of his employment at the time.

Sevilla is still waiting to hear if she passed the U.S. citizenship test.

http://womensrightsny.com/blawg/archive/news/index.html

[mawilson 2,133]

Sounds like made-up BS to me - I can't imagine a USCIS officer doing all that.

[mawilson 2,133]

"If I let you pass, what are you going to give me?"

This is the only part of the story that sounds believable, but he probably said that in jest.

[Captain Oates 911]

Sounds like made-up BS to me - I can't imagine a USCIS officer doing all that.

been trying to google the outcome of the civil case - no joy

He was convicted in the criminal court and he pleaded guilty...

Don't know why he would plead if it was concocted.... CNN and USCIS confirm the facts and the conviction though

[mawilson 2,133]

been trying to google the outcome of the civil case - no joy

He was convicted in the criminal court and he pleaded guilty...

Don't know why he would plead if it was concocted.... CNN and USCIS confirm the facts and the conviction though

Hmm... interesting. What kind of evidence could she possible have against him? Isn't it her word against his?

Maybe she promised to split the $5m with him.

[Captain Oates 911]

Hmm... interesting. What kind of evidence could she possible have against him? Isn't it her word against his?

Maybe she promised to split the $5m with him.

unless the interviews are recorded... but if so, why would he do that in front of the camera

dunno why he pleaded

I hope my interviewing officer isnt a woman as I have lost 12 lbs and I am looking damn good ... especially if she looks like judge Kagan

http://www.henrymakow.com/tl_judge_elena-kagan.jpg

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Edited September 4, 2010 by saywhat