So what are the chances of my congressman getting involved?

[c.lucky 2]

I am from Arizona and my application was received on July 28th. So I'm sure you can guess my frustration as all of you are just as frustrated. It just seems to make it worse when I'm at the cusp and then it all came to a grinding halt.

So now, as for my congressman...Raul Grijalva. He has been an ardent supporter of amnesty for illegal alliens.

I have a feeling any concerns I may bring to his office's attention will fall on deaf ears.

Any ideas how a letter might be crafted that might garner support?

[I & B 273]

I am from Arizona and my application was received on July 28th. So I'm sure you can guess my frustration as all of you are just as frustrated. It just seems to make it worse when I'm at the cusp and then it all came to a grinding halt.

So now, as for my congressman...Raul Grijalva. He has been an ardent supporter of amnesty for illegal alliens.

I have a feeling any concerns I may bring to his office's attention will fall on deaf ears.

Any ideas how a letter might be crafted that might garner support?

You can try with McCain instead.

For other tips, check my guide here.

[c.lucky 2]

You can try with McCain instead.

I will go through all of that to see what kind of letter I can come up with.

Sadly, McCain is as much for amnesty and is playing the politics of this as much as some of the other pro-illegal supporters.

I just hope that someone on the office will see that something is completely backwards in how this is being handled.

[jft 12]

I am from Arizona and my application was received on July 28th. So I'm sure you can guess my frustration as all of you are just as frustrated. It just seems to make it worse when I'm at the cusp and then it all came to a grinding halt.

So now, as for my congressman...Raul Grijalva. He has been an ardent supporter of amnesty for illegal alliens.

I have a feeling any concerns I may bring to his office's attention will fall on deaf ears.

Any ideas how a letter might be crafted that might garner support?

I really don't think this is a partisan issue. However the liberal take on it may be different than the conservative one. My Democratic congressman was quite willing to help me and has a staffer looking into the situation. So don't make assumptions, just don't frame your question in a conservative frame ("illegal immigrants get priority") but in a liberal one ("not enough money for visa processing on-schedule") and I am sure that you'll get a positive response. Also as I have stated before I highly recommend to everyone to get to know their Congressperson. Attend their town halls, march with them in parades and donate a small amount to their reelection fund and before you know it you won't be another faceless name but a real person who's a solid supporter. As they say most people don't even know the name of their Congressperson, you're goal should be to get them to know your name...

[Greenshoots 2]

It would be crazy to bring in the subject of immigration into your letter.

Here is what I stated:

the output of the CSC center is the lowest in the two years reported. It is causing approximate 1000 per month backlog.

put table of October through Jan data in your letter as evidence. (this is from USCIS site- let me know if you dont' know where)

tell them this is causing a financial and emotional hardship ( succinctly)

tell them it is reasonable to expect government to work.

You should ask for immigration constituent services. Your senator has someone who specializes in immigration probably.

[c.lucky 2]

I really don't think this is a partisan issue. However the liberal take on it may be different than the conservative one. My Democratic congressman was quite willing to help me and has a staffer looking into the situation. So don't make assumptions, just don't frame your question in a conservative frame ("illegal immigrants get priority") but in a liberal one ("not enough money for visa processing on-schedule") and I am sure that you'll get a positive response. Also as I have stated before I highly recommend to everyone to get to know their Congressperson. Attend their town halls, march with them in parades and donate a small amount to their reelection fund and before you know it you won't be another faceless name but a real person who's a solid supporter. As they say most people don't even know the name of their Congressperson, you're goal should be to get them to know your name...

I'm sure it can be worded to appeal to either side of the table to get them sympathetic, I just don't know how.

Also though, I would not donate, or participate to a candidate of either party if I did not agree with their stand on the issues so that also limits some of the ideas.

It's also sad though that in a way, that is "buying" representation. I'm not naive to think it's not true but it's still sad how this nation is turning out when that is something that is needed to get the representation you should be entitled as a citizen.