IR1/CR1 Backlog makes the NY Times!

[BOS_LHR 829]

I wrote the following to the author:

Dear Ms. Preston,

Thank you for your article "Program Benefiting Some Immigrants Extends Visa Wait for Others." Like the individuals described in your article, I am a US citizen with a foreign spouse abroad. With immigration legislation discussions currently focused on amnesty and reforms to work visa programs, my family and hundreds of thousands like mine have been thrown under the proverbial bus. I have reached out to my elected representatives, the USCIS Ombudsman's office, numerous legal professionals, and USCIS itself for help or information. There is no empathy or interest in (or sometimes even awareness of) the hardships currently facing visa petitioners of my type. USCIS has refused to set expectations for families suffering apart and there has not yet been any way to hold them accountable for their dismal performance. I am part of a community which has extensively researched the causes and effects of the administration's immigration policies and the ways in which they have been implemented. Official documents show mismanagement at USCIS dating back for years, and always it is citizens and their families suffering at the hands of the latest agenda pet project. To finally see some acknowledgement of this in the press is a wonderful relief, and I would be thrilled to see additional attention brought to the side effects of current immigration reform upon law-abiding US citizens' families. President Obama claims that family unity is a top priority for his administration, and that "humane" and timely processing is essential, but these things have fallen by the wayside for a large, unacknowledged demographic of Americans. My sincere thanks to you for shedding light on the issue and giving us a voice.

Best regards,
Name

[Vanesitaa 5]

Well done

[Gee&Cee 41]

I wrote the following (...)

I'm having trouble locating her email address. Would you please let me know what you used? Thank you

[BOS_LHR 829]

Under the headline is the author's name in hyperlink. If you click that you'll see an option to email her. You have to use a web form, it doesn't provide her email address directly. Just have to do it through a computer because the mobile site doesn't provide the link.

[Gee&Cee 41]

Under the headline is the author's name in hyperlink. If you click that you'll see an option to email her. You have to use a web form, it doesn't provide her email address directly. Just have to do it through a computer because the mobile site doesn't provide the link.

Gotcha! Thank you!

(I'm gonna go feed the hamsters that power my computer. Maybe they'll let me use it! )

[Lisa & Carlo 0]

I am holding on. We have been waiting for 9 months for our I-130 approval so far. Thats not even counting the time the NVC will take when we get there. We are experiencing the injustice that everyone here has had or is currently having. Missed anniversaries, holidays, birthdays, achievements, family functions and more. Our lives are unnatural. I am a US born citizen and pursuing my right to happiness is a journey indeed.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Hopefully the amount of times that this article is read and shared will encourage them to do a follow up article. The more viewers they get the more advertising revenue they get so if we can convince a lot of friends and family to read/share then that'd increase our chances of more coverage.

[psv57 88]

Awesome!!! Happy dance that there is finally some media attention. Will email Ms. Preston a thank you for bringing this to light when other reporters have not even touched this.

[Sukie 1,460]

I'm having trouble locating her email address. Would you please let me know what you used? Thank you

You have to go through the NYTimes website to write to her. You may not be able to do this from your mobile phone.

Sukie

[Ryan H 3,812]

Duplicate topics merged.

[Gee&Cee 41]

You have to go through the NYTimes website to write to her. You may not be able to do this from your mobile phone.

Sukie

Thank you! Yeah, I couldn't from my phone. Luckily my computer allowed me to and I sent her an email

[PaddyOTG 4]

• Public.Engagement@uscis.dhs.gov

Everyone should send this as an email to them! Remind them that America is watching and we're still contacting other news outlets too, including Fox!

can you Imagine O'Reilly?

[Smitten 5]

After reading this story in the NY Times, my sister, a professor of journalism, gave us the following advice:

Send this article with your own stories to other media outlets. I know media love repeating NYT stories. The most effective is also to look up particular reporters who might be sympathetic or seem to cover the topic a lot and email them directly if you can find their emails.

[imse82 45]

You can email Julia Preston by clicking on her name under the article title.

Edited February 9, 2014 by imse82

[observatorka 197]

this article was not only in ny times

http://www.startribune.com/nation/244569881.html