Posted on 10/07/2001 2:42:39 AM PDT by MadIvan
Normaly the INS allows people to get a lawyer and appeal those kinds of deportation of widows of dead US citizens. However most lawyers want a good relationship with the INS and keep a low profile with them. At my interview, it became so bad with my lawyer that I ended up defending my own lawyer from the aggressive INS agent that was screaming at her!!! Talk about a bunch of ball-less idiots that comprise 90% of the lawyers are out there, so much so their clients come in and defend them.
Needless to tell you I was pied off at my stupid lawyer. NEVER AGAIN! SHOP WELL FOR YOUR LAWYER, only 1 out of 10 is good.
Rodney.Frelinghuysen@mail.house.gov
THis really represents how easily those guys can maneuver around while customs and INS keep harrassing law abiding citizens.
The head of the federal immigration service appeared in New York City Friday to reassure immigrants - both legal and undocumented - to come forward to receive emergency services if they or their family are victims of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.
The 2 1/2-day visit, the first by Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner James Ziglar outside of Washington since he took the helm of the agency in recent months, also was intended to boost the morale of local INS employees.
Ziglar paid an early morning visit to the New York district office, which had been closed since the attacks and reopened only earlier this week despite lack of phone service.
He also visited with INS officials at Newark International airport Thursday night and will meet with employees at both LaGuardia and Kennedy airports by the time his official trip to New York concludes Saturday.
"The only people who should dread the INS are those people who came to this country and did us harm," Ziglar said. "What happened Sept. 11 is not about immigrants. It's about evil."
Ziglar met with about two dozen immigrant advocates Friday morning, asking them to encourage their clients to come forward and obtain assistance if they have been victimized by the attacks.
"There's a very widespread fear in the immigrant community," said Dina Paul Parks, a policy associate at the National Coalition for Haitian Rights, a nonprofit organization based in Manhattan.
Parks said that while it was good to have Ziglar bring reassurances to the immigrant communities, the INS needs to do more in getting the word out to the newcomers who are living in fear.
Ziglar, who for several years worked in the finance industry in New York City before returning to Washington to work in the government sector, also took a helicopter tour of Ground Zero Friday.
While he would not talk about the specific impacts the attacks will have on immigration legislation, Ziglar said that increased debate about the subject is surely to occur.
"I expect a lot more debate about immigration policy," Ziglar said. "Where that debate goes, I can't tell you."
Ziglar is a political appointee and a fool - he should be sacked forthwith.
I am a conservative webmaster / activist in England who has run across a story that I believe would be worthy of comment on your programme.
Like most Britons, I am fully in support of the Alliance between our two great countries. I am fully in support of military action against the Taliban and any other nation or group that has any responsibility in the dastardly WTC attack. I hope that my country will make a substantial contribution to that effort, and yes, my countrymen and I are prepared for the sight of bodybags coming home in that just cause.
That being said, it was extremely disappointing to open the Daily Telegraph and read a story entitled "US may expel Briton widowed by bin Laden". It seems that your government is planning to expell a woman who had lived in America with her husband for quite some time, had children there (who are themselves American citizens), because her husband had rather helped others out of the World Trade Centre before thinking of his own safety.
She was also informed, and I quote the Telegraph:
"On Friday, the family was dealt another astonishing blow when a probate lawyer told Mrs Gilbey that, because she has no status as either a citizen or official Green Card immigrant, the Internal Revenue Service will take 60 per cent of her husband's life insurance in tax. If she had been American, she would pay no tax on her husband's estate."
Her property, her residence and her leave to remain are all being threatened by a government which is totally indifferent to the fact that her husband was a hero, died a hero and her family should be treated as such.
I still remain a firm supporter of our great Alliance, and remain hopeful that we will prevail over our enemies. At the same time, I hope that Americans can be made aware of this issue, hopefully through your programme, and that public pressure can secure humane and just treatment for Mrs. Gilbey, post-haste.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Yours sincerely,
Real Name
Regards, Ivan
The only reason I suggested her "ombudsman" is because he's a police chief. I thought maybe someone "official" could get through to O'Reilly easier. I can't imagine that he wouldn't jump on this story. It's right up his alley. Good luck!
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