Bill to allow 22000 selectees to get their status without using 50,000 DV visas

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Bill to allow 22000 selectees to get their status without using 50,000 DV visas

We should consider finding a congressman to sponsor a bill to allow the winners of DV-2012 to get their Lawful Permanent Status. This would allow the 22000 winners an opportunity to go through with the immigration process, not taking up the 50,000 diversity visas allotted to the Diversity Visa lottery. Anywhere from a few dozen to more than a hundred private immigration bills are introduced each session of Congress, though most don't go anywhere, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.

This however is a very big event published in almost every news source worldwide that I came across that seriously embarrassed the United States government and the only way to rectify this situation and restore public confidence in the immigration system would be to pass a bill similar to a private bill for immigration for this emergency. That way the world will not think the US is this cruel to just shatter 22000 people's dreams. It is un-American.

During the past year, Congress passed 17 private immigration bills granting permanent residency to a small number of individuals. Private bills are a rare form of relief from immigration laws and are generally reserved for the most compelling cases. In the legislative process, private bills are treated like any other law, going though the committee process to a vote by the full Congress. However, getting a private bill introduced is not easy. The immigration subcommittees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate have detailed rules on what is required for the introduction of such a bill.

The most essential step in obtaining a private bill is, of course, finding a member of Congress willing to sponsor the bill. Following the introduction of the bill, information about the person it will benefit needs to be supplied to the chair of the immigration subcommittee by the member of Congress sponsoring the bill. The procedure from there is much the same as it is with other legislation.

To learn more about bills see

visalaw.com/00dec3/12dec300.html

huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20101215/us-private-immigration-bills/

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/building-a-bill-in-congress.html

Here is the list of e-mail addresses for members of Congress

conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm

also write to

CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Peter A. Schey (Cal. State Bar #58232)

pschey@centerforhumanrights.org

Carlos Holguin (Cal. State Bar #90754)

crholguin@centerforhumanrights.org

256 S. Occidental Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90057

Telephone: (213) 388-8693 ext. 304

Facsimile: (213) 386-9484

Send a copy of your letter to these pro-immigrant Civil Rights organizations. They can lobby for 22,000 real winners.

http://www.publiceye.org/research/directories/immig_grp_defend.html

and here is a sample letter - how to write to them - please change it to describe your situation! and then send it to the Congressmen on the list above and to civil rights organizations.

Маy 16, 2011

Senator/Congresswoman/man

Address

Dear Senator XXX/Congressman XXX,

My name is XXXX and I am writing to you with regards to the US Diversity Visa Lottery 2012. As you may know, the Diversity Visa Lottery is congressionally-mandated green card lottery organized by the US Department of State on an annual basis, and makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. This year alone, around 16.000.000 individuals submitted their applications.

To be selected for the DV lottery is a life-altering opportunity for so many people around the world, so there was no end to my happiness to find out I was amongst the lucky few when the results were published on the DV lottery web site on May 1 2011.

As trivial as it may sound, it was one of the best days of my life, as USA and everything it represents finally seemed within a reach.

Therefore, I believe you will understand the dissatisfaction I am writing to express, with the act of the US Department of State declaring the results void and announcing new selection process. Their explanation provided states a programming error has caused more selectees amongst applications submitted in the first two days.

This situation is unfair for the unlucky 22.000 DV selectees, a number provided on the Department of state web site. Two weeks after the results were announced; the officers of the Kentucky Consular Center responding to e-mails and phone calls maintained urging the applicants to send their forms for processing as soon as possible, even though they must have suspected something is wrong with the results. Sending the documents only to find out the results are cancelled caused a great emotional distress for many applicants.

The Department of State has not provided a valid elaborated explanation about the supposedly not random results. For that matter, every year when the results are announced there are allegations of selectees coming from some preferred date. Last year there were allegations that there are more selectees amongst those who submitted application in the last days, and this year the same is about the first two days. You would agree, however, that it is entirely possible that 90% applied during the first 2 days to avoid any risks, hence these results.

From this perspective, it seems that all winners were subjected to a cruel practical joke pulled by the Department of State. Without providing thorough explanation, it seems like that Department of State gave in to conspiracy theorists, who threatened to scandalize the program because of perceived unfairness in selecting winners. Many of the applicants took steps towards processing. For many of the participants in countries with low incomes even these steps are a considerable monetary loss.

Senator/Congressman, having said this, I am asking your help for the following:

1. To look in the case of the DV 2012 results and have the responsible institutions examine the selection process and the alleged computer programming error, and if such an error may have happened with the DV lotteries in the previous years.

2. Urge the corresponding agency to explain to the public what has happened. The drawing for the DV lottery takes place before the results are published, and the agency has the time to verify the accuracy of the results. This year it apparently didn’t happen, and the whole situation caused a lot of emotional pain and disappointment around the world.

Even if the results are not as random as required by law, we like to ask you to look into the possibility of still processing the winners from this invalidated round for green card following the same policies. These results are not by mistake or any violation on the side of the applicants. On the contrary, I am sure all of the selectees submitted their applications in a legitimate way hoping for the best. Rather than dashing the hopes and prayers of so many people around the world, the US Government can demonstrate the fairness it is known for and find a way to make exemption for these people.

Sincerely,

X X

Case number:

[Boiler 45,510]

Even better just do away with the Lottery completely.

Problem solved.

[Haisook 0]

Can somebody please explain how only 22,000 were selected? From what I've read, 100,000 were selected, and only the first 50,000 who send in their applications will actually be granted the green card.

Edited May 17, 2011 by Haisook