the hottest immigration tracker |
| Got questions on U.S. immigration? |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
Topic: Very Important bill for namecheck introduced in HOUSE!
An important bill was introduced in the house today that forces the FBI to end all namecheck backlogs. This is a very short bill and it has just one provision - to end namecheck backlogs. This is exacly the kind of bill we were looking for.
This is different from the bill that was passed in Senate recently.
The important thing for all of us:
WRITE TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND ASK HIM/HER TO SUPPORT THIS BILL.
Unless you write, this bill is not going to pass - please do so immediately.
You can find out who your representative is and for instructions on how to contact him/her here:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Please post this message in all immigration groups you are member of.
PDF version: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h3828ih.t xt.pdf
HR 3828:
(a) In General- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly provide to the Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on the Judiciary, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Appropriations of the Senate, a plan for ensuring that, within 18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, the National Name Check Program, administered by the Records Management Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will no longer have any requested name checks from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) in backlog status.
(b) Elements of Plan- The plan shall include the following elements:
(1) Necessary improvements to computer systems so that all records may be transmitted, maintained, and checked electronically, and whether it is possible to centralize this information in a single searchable database.
(2) How the FBI will improve communications with USCIS to ensure the maximum efficiency in processing name check requests from that agency.
(3) Security upgrades in transferring information between the FBI and USCIS to ensure the privacy of any individual receiving a name check.
(4) Long-term fixes that will prevent any future backlog, including a risk management analysis of changes that can be made to streamline the process and policies for obtaining FBI name checks in connection with applications and petitions for immigration benefits.
(5) An estimate of the funding required to complete the operation by the required date along with an estimate of any possible fee increases.
(6) A study regarding the best practices in assessing the level of risk presented by applicants. The study will determine whether the current risk assessment process should be modified.
(7) A report of the number of applications and petitions that remain pending at USCIS more than 6 months after the name check results have been returned from the FBI to USCIS.
(c) Effect of Backlog On and After 18 Months of the Date of Enactment of This Act- Beginning 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the National Name Check Program is not authorized to have any file in backlog status. After that date, any name check request from USCIS held in the possession of the National Name Check Program for longer than 6 months--
(1) will be referred to the Secretary of Homeland Security, who shall adjudicate interim benefits in connection with the application with which the FBI name check was requested, unless the Secretary certifies there is reasonable cause to suspect that the applicant poses a threat to national security, otherwise poses a threat to the United States, or has broken United States immigration law; and
(2) the name check fee shall be fully refunded.
(d) Backlog- For purposes of this section, the term `backlog' means, with respect to a file sent to the National Name Check Program from USCIS, that the file has been pending under the jurisdiction of the Justice Department for longer than 6 months.
END
|
I wrote to my congressman. People, please write to your congressman.
Lets see how this bill goes.
|
I wrote to my congressman as well. C'mon guys, rolling stones gather mass!
|
Good news
can we do it in a uniform format and forwarded to every body.....actually I'm not good in formal letters....can any body help me???
|
It's the first time I see something like this in trackitt
|
Here is the corrected link to this bill:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h3828ih.txt.pdf
CLICK HERE to get to your Representative's contact form:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
HERE IS YOUR LETTER:
As you may already know, current FBI "background name check program" has an enormous backlog estimated at over 300,000 cases pending.
1. The backlog has halted some areas of immigration process almost to a complete stop. This poses an unacceptable burden on people whose lives are put on hold for many years. Living in limbo has a devastating effect on "the best and the brightest" who came to this country. There are no rational rules or explanations of what is to expect tomorrow.
2. The backlog defeats the whole purpose of the background name check - to deter and prevent certain criminal/security risk aliens from residing in the United States. There is a chance that some aliens applying for immigration benefits who otherwise would not be eligible due to criminal/other concerns may reside in the United States "unnoticed" for many years. Backlog in the FBI "background name check program" thus creates a sizeable national security risk.
Please support bill HR 3828 introduced by Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-NY
Sincerely,
|
I request all Trackitt members to write to their representatives . we need collective action in this big step
|
Yes, true. This is one of the biggest broken links in the system, and the one where applicants can spend months or years in the dark and no one is even telling them whats going on.
There needs to be a solution to this problem, the sooner the better!
|
Guys I think wre are creating the comphrensive reforms in the immigration system right here in the Track ITT.... Kudos to tackitt and the individuals who keep updating it...
Dhananjay
|
I wrote it to my congresswoman.
|
Could you please put down your letter to the
congressman as a sample here.
That would be a great help for others to act faster.
|
I wrote to my congressman....we really need a collective effort for this one.....
|
Done. Sent a letter to my Senator.
|
Here is what I sent to Congresswoman Anna G Eshoo :-
Dear Madam,
This is a request for your support regarding the bill HR 3828 introduced by Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-NY. This Bill was introduced to revamp the "FBI Namecheck Process" for Immigrants to the United States and reduce the turnaround time for the process and at the same time increase security.
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman’s 2007 Annual Report, there were 329,160 name check cases pending in May 2007, which is and increase of 93,358 over the previous year. Many immigrants who are applying for adjustment of status to legal permanent resident, naturalization, asylum, or a waiver end up waiting for months or years for the completion of the name check process.
"The background check program’s enormous backlog poses an unacceptable burden on people whose lives are on hold, and it also leads to a national security risk,” Levin said. “Approximately 31,000 cases have been pending for at least 33 months. If these individuals are a security threat, we must know that sooner rather than later.”
Please support the Bill HR 3828.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
|
Perhaps I am too passimistic, but based on my past experience, every time one bottle-neck is resolved in the immigration system, another one appears in its place.
I will save you the details, but many of us have been in the system long enough to know that that is exactly what happend so far, and in my opinion, if this bill indeed passes (which I doubt), it will happen again, and we'll be stock elsewhere.
Besides, this democratic majority congress has done absolutely nothing since they got elected and until now, and I am pretty sure they won't do much good at least until a new president is in office.
Also, I have the feeling that our congress cares more about the illegal immigrants than they care about us, and I doubt that these letters will change their minds.
Sorry to sound discouraging, but I'd rather set the expecations low than get dissapointed later.
|
wrote to my congressman..
|
Perhaps I am too passimistic, but based on my past experience, every time one bottle-neck is resolved in the immigration system, another one appears in its place.
I will save you the details, but many of us have been in the system long enough to know that that is exactly what happend so far, and in my opinion, if this bill indeed passes (which I doubt), it will happen again, and we'll be stock elsewhere.
Besides, this democratic majority congress has done absolutely nothing since they got elected and until now, and I am pretty sure they won't do much good at least until a new president is in office.
Also, I have the feeling that our congress cares more about the illegal immigrants than they care about us, and I doubt that these letters will change their minds.
Sorry to sound discouraging, but I'd rather set the expecations low than get dissapointed later.
I'm with you... why we have to right to congressman/senator........ writing is not deemed necessary, since they know what is the problem behind the immigration processing. |
when we talk about writing to our congressmen, do we just need to send an email to our congressman instead of sending an actual letter with envelope?
|
I sent an email to my congressman,
Keep it moving....
|
just sent an email to the congressman!
people, please do the same thing, this is the only way to expedite the name check progress...
|
I just send the letter to my congressman
|
Any more news on this bill?
Thanks for sharing knowledge!
|
will it be too late if I send an e-mail to my congressman now?
|
Just sent to my congressman. This is a great effort. Let us all support it.
|
I wrote following to judiciary committee :
Please support bill HR 3828 introduced by Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-NY
As you may already know, current FBI "background name check program" has an enormous backlog estimated at over 300,000 cases pending.
1. The backlog has halted some areas of immigration process almost to a complete stop. This poses an unacceptable burden on people whose lives are put on hold for many years. Living in limbo has a devastating effect on "the best and the brightest" who came to this country. There are no rational rules or explanations of what is to expect tomorrow.
2. The backlog defeats the whole purpose of the background name check - to deter and prevent certain criminal/security risk aliens from residing in the United States. There is a chance that some aliens applying for immigration benefits who otherwise would not be eligible due to criminal/other concerns may reside in the United States "unnoticed" for many years. Backlog in the FBI "background name check program" thus creates a sizeable national security risk.
|
what should we say the same mess? to support the bill?
|
Sent to my congresswoman! Everyone should write their Rep in the House. Strength in numbers folks!
|
I have sent a support letter and have received the reply from my congressman office.
|
sent to congresman and the judiciar depart, in my name and my husbands :)
|
I sent support letter to both my congress woman and judiciary commitee.
|
please also write to judiciary committee .
At this stage what your congressman/woman can do is limited as it is not on house floor for vote.
first it has to pass committee screening.
|
Done!, Sent to my congressman Mr. Schiff
|
Got it! Thanks for the information! Let's hope for the best
|
|
Users currently subscribed this discussion: marmoren, KongLongNu, mma0604, camidel, sati07, doctor, asperansky, tagliot, iahmed, ucla2usc, lebelle, SleeplessinSea, hopegc2008, gan31tamil, vsingh, maksdo, lia03ro, expectluck, UncleSam, rsk123, batkot, needhelp, tomyamkong
|
