Comments for Friends of Refugees

Comment on Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program a bureaucratic failure by Jamal Ali

Jamal Ali — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:29:48 +0000

To: whom who may care in US Embassies and DOS (if there is any)

Dear Sirs

Hope everybody is doing well.

We are miserable Iraqi SIV applicants, for the fourth year of our application process we kept hearing the softest words of sympathy and apology for delaying our application process in all stages, starting with collecting initial papers, then earning COM approval, sending petition to USCIS, the long long list of demands of IDs and official documents needed by NVC, and finally the kind reward of DOS by keeping us waiting for Administrative process completion for unlimited time (almost a year so far).

Everybody (from your side) is keep saying that they understand our frustration and we wonder what are the signs of that understanding and sympathizing with our situation, is it by treating us as potential VDP’s.

Why all Iraqi applicants should suffer because two Iraqi refugees managed a terrorist acts inside Iraq from Kentucky? Are people of Norway suffers the same as we do if they decide to visit USA after Behring Breivik committed his massacre of killing 77 innocent persons in double terrorist act ? Or what we are suffering of is a designed policy from the USG to make Iraqi applicants getting bored and give up following up their application process?

When only less than 20% of any job or project is accomplished after most of the work time passed, that is a clear indication of real problems in implementing that work; this is the situation with implementing the SIV program by you (about 5000 application completed out of 25000 chances decided) isn’t that a motive enough to you to repeat your calculations and start doing things that really help in running the program smoothly.

Please stop responding to applicants queries with templates that saying no one knows or can predict when the process going to be accomplished as if we are taking about exploring the possibility of water existence on planet Jupiter !!!

Best

Iraqi SIV applicant

Comment on Our bloated security bureaucracy – do overlapping layers, redundancies prevent us from helping our friends around the world? by Christopher Coen

Christopher Coen — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:05:58 +0000

I’m sorry, your wait must seem interminable. My understanding is that there is a problem with Somali and Iraqi refugees due to name similarities in those country. If you or anyone in your family has the same name as someone on a security watch list, then that could be a possible problem, but I’m only guessing. Today I read in a Buffalo, NY newspaper article that one refugee waited twelve years for processing.

Comment on Our bloated security bureaucracy – do overlapping layers, redundancies prevent us from helping our friends around the world? by AWOW, Osman

AWOW, Osman — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:59:53 +0000

My family is a genuine vulnerable refugee from a Somali minority group, living in Kenya since 1993. I had worked with JVA for 3 years and also helped for USCIS, DHS in a critical situation period as a volunteer interpreter, which resulted to our group of refugee interpreters led by me to face a constant fear and intimidation, since the special advanced DHS Officer recommended the refugee interpreters to be granted and approved a refugee resettlement application and promised quick protection on 2004. So, my family and I only remain in a limbo and stranded situation in Kenya for a decade pending our case on review by USCIS.

Comment on Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program a bureaucratic failure by Jamal Ali

Jamal Ali — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:18:49 +0000

Dear Sirs
The US Embassy in Baghdad Launched a campaign of adoption for street DOGS in Al Kindy Dist. Nearby the Embassy complex, they promise the Desiree in USA to deliver the dogs to their doors, To avoid letting them (the dogs) being killed by Iraqi guards and other armed forces in there, after some Embassy employees witnessed such situation.
At the same time the same Embassy and other US Embassies in regional countries directed by the Department of states in DC are fully responsible of delaying thousands of Iraqi refugees and Immigrants applications, and let those HUMANS face Hazards and Threads of Death, displacement or getting arrested in Iraq or regional countries, because they have to wait for some Administrative Process that lasts for 3 to 4 years, for God sack are we in stone age.
We call the Guinness Book Committee to consider this work #1 of duplicity, for this group who claim humanity.

The above paragraph was published in at least 8 US Embassies (in Middle East) facebook public pages and never remains more than few hours then it either removed or blocked … and that is bigger shame on the US Embassies and DOS than the one mentioned in the above paragraph.
Hope my words will have better chance on your pages.
Best
Jamal

Comment on International Institute of New Jersey closes down by hotrod64

hotrod64 — Sat, 19 May 2012 23:35:26 +0000

I remember calling them several times to inquire about their services for Survivors of Torture, which were listed on their web site. No one answered the phone or returned my calls.

Comment on USCRI’s Bowling Green International Center claims they do a great job, refugees disagree by Christopher Coen

Christopher Coen — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:40:00 +0000

Its not libelous when you tell the truth.

Comment on USCRI’s Bowling Green International Center claims they do a great job, refugees disagree by L. Scott Leach

L. Scott Leach — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:15:41 +0000

I am no longer afraid of the International Center and have secured an attorney. This is free speech protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and is not libelous.

Comment on Asylum in U.S. – masculine gay men & feminine lesbians need not apply by nora

nora — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:24:42 +0000

thanx for ur reply ,,,i couldnot see ur message until now cuz of the internet connection in libya,i checked the website u gave it to me and i sent them message hope they can help me to get out of this crazy islamic terrorist community ,i want to say that iam sorry for my friends 5 of them killed just cuz of thier sexual orientation and the libyan police wouldnot investigate cuz they said that islam states to kill those people iam really scared alot want to run away sooo soon ….thanx nora

Comment on Cambodian “Lost Boyz” refugees punished twice by cory82

cory82 — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:54:26 +0000

I think the deportation of non citizens is part of the Safe Communities law.

Comment on Trying to survive the smear of false terrorism charges by cory82

cory82 — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:51:12 +0000

If someone wanted to test security why would they put the helva in a tin? That would show up easily on the scanner.