Lawsuit against USCIS

[iansig40 1]

I just found the article Immigrants sue to speed citizenship applications and was not surprised but still annoyed by the over 500 (mostly ignorant) reader comments that followed the story...I guess it's a sad commentary on the USA Today readership....or maybe the popular in general (?).

The citizens of the US are as dumb as dirt.

Most, not all (I wonder how many of the 'intelligent U.S. citizens know for a fact that the mess in the Middle East is entirely our fault and it started in 1953).

Another case in point: the paranoia since 9-11 and the fact that we have allowed our government to usurp so many freedoms in the name of 'security' and 'protecting the people.' Illegal wiretaps, detention in secret facilities with no charges and no right of habeas corpus. Invasions of sovereign countries to plunder resources.

One of the pleasures now of travelling overseas is the fact that I don't get treated like a criminal automatically in every foreign country I visit. No customs forms, no random harassment of my self or my belongings, I can carry lighters, large bottles of drinks, etc. on planes, etc. and no bullshit accusations of 'Why were you over there, Mr J?'

For God's sakes it was an hour of grilling, etc. just to bring my freaking stepdaughter through immigration at the POE last week into the U.S. What kind of threat does a little girl pose to the United States?

I was greatly ashamed and embarassed for her.

Very well said my friend ,I agree with you 100%

[Scalpel 14]

Well, I am a US citizen so I guess I fit the description.

USC or not, being a member of a group doesn't necessarily justify demonizing the same group to which you belong.

If you're so pissed about being an American, feel free to endorse me and transfer your citizenship to me as well . OR you can renounce it altogether if you want. Trust me, I know the steps and I'd me more than happy to walk you thru it. So, when do you want to get the process started?

[The Robinsons 0]

I just read the comments to the U.S.A. Today article and I'm not gonna say anything but wow. I wonder what the people we see and talk to every day really say behind closed doors.

[Cassie 8]

I just read the comments to the U.S.A. Today article and I'm not gonna say anything but wow. I wonder what the people we see and talk to every day really say behind closed doors.

And the replies to this article just reinforce in my mind why I won't be staying long in the US. I am not really wanted here.

[bettenan 1]

I just read the comments to the U.S.A. Today article and I'm not gonna say anything but wow. I wonder what the people we see and talk to every day really say behind closed doors.

I had the same feelings. Richard says he gets that "you're a foreigner ...go back where you came from" vibe every so often, and I always tell him it's his imagination...now I wonder .

[tammiandtom 0]

Tom has never gotten that vibe or feeling. That is weird. People mostly love that he's from Scotland and love his accent. He loves it here. I'm sorry not everyone has the same experience as him.

I see it with some other nationalities though, unfortunately.

[bettenan 1]

Tom has never gotten that vibe or feeling. That is weird. People mostly love that he's from Scotland and love his accent. He loves it here. I'm sorry not everyone has the same experience as him.

I see it with some other nationalities though, unfortunately.

Don't get me wrong most people adore Richard..same thing they all love the accent and adore the English wit/charm (which he has plenty of ).. but he says every so often he'll be in a meeting or someplace and he'll encounter a redneckish type that he gets the vibe from. Richard also loves it here. He intends to go for his Citizenship next year and it has nothing to do with Green Card/USCIS hassle etc., especially all he does is sign the forms...he is quite oblivous to all this angst (it's left to me)

[tammiandtom 0]

Tom has never gotten that vibe or feeling. That is weird. People mostly love that he's from Scotland and love his accent. He loves it here. I'm sorry not everyone has the same experience as him.

I see it with some other nationalities though, unfortunately.

especially all he does is sign the forms...he is quite oblivous to all this angst (it's left to me)

Same here. I'm the organized freak though.

[panamania79 2]

I just found the article Immigrants sue to speed citizenship applications and was not surprised but still annoyed by the over 500 (mostly ignorant) reader comments that followed the story...I guess it's a sad commentary on the USA Today readership....or maybe the popular in general (?).

The citizens of the US are as dumb as dirt.

It's not nice to generalize,parcero.I do not consider myself dumb as dirt.

[panamania79 2]

Hi everyone,

I'm just curious to know if anyone else read the USA TODAY article on people sueing USCIS because of the long delay for citizenship? I can't say I blame them.

Does anyone know of people sueing for the long delays to get conditions removed? And have anyone had any luck getting their senators involved?

Thanks

I just found the article Immigrants sue to speed citizenship applications and was not surprised but still annoyed by the over 500 (mostly ignorant) reader comments that followed the story...I guess it's a sad commentary on the USA Today readership....or maybe the popular in general (?).

I've seen that folks (here) have contacted their Senators but it does not appear that it is much help, which surprises me. As someone who was in a position working for Fed, that dealt with Senator's & Congressman's offices, I know those issues ALWAYS got results.

My congressman actually did help me get my approval.

[panamania79 2]

I just found the article Immigrants sue to speed citizenship applications and was not surprised but still annoyed by the over 500 (mostly ignorant) reader comments that followed the story...I guess it's a sad commentary on the USA Today readership....or maybe the popular in general (?).

The citizens of the US are as dumb as dirt.

Most, not all (I wonder how many of the 'intelligent U.S. citizens know for a fact that the mess in the Middle East is entirely our fault and it started in 1953).

Another case in point: the paranoia since 9-11 and the fact that we have allowed our government to usurp so many freedoms in the name of 'security' and 'protecting the people.' Illegal wiretaps, detention in secret facilities with no charges and no right of habeas corpus. Invasions of sovereign countries to plunder resources.

One of the pleasures now of travelling overseas is the fact that I don't get treated like a criminal automatically in every foreign country I visit. No customs forms, no random harassment of my self or my belongings, I can carry lighters, large bottles of drinks, etc. on planes, etc. and no bullshit accusations of 'Why were you over there, Mr J?'

For God's sakes it was an hour of grilling, etc. just to bring my freaking stepdaughter through immigration at the POE last week into the U.S. What kind of threat does a little girl pose to the United States?

I was greatly ashamed and embarassed for her.

Very well said my friend ,I agree with you 100%

I,also agree with you wholeheartedly.When I came back from Panama in 2004,I got questioned by the Border Patrol.Maybe I looked funny,I don't know.

[panamania79 2]

I just read the comments to the U.S.A. Today article and I'm not gonna say anything but wow. I wonder what the people we see and talk to every day really say behind closed doors.

I had the same feelings. Richard says he gets that "you're a foreigner ...go back where you came from" vibe every so often, and I always tell him it's his imagination...now I wonder .

No. It's not a figment of his imagination.Having grown up with people from all over the world,I have seen xenophobia first hand.There are just some American people that cannot accept different cultures.

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

Strangely enough, I'm an American History teacher, and my current unit is on....IMMIGRATION!!! I'm trying desperately to open my students' eyes!!!

[Leland 0]

I beg to differ with you. I am a US Citizen and I am very intelligent. Generalized judgments such as this will only serve to show one's own immaturity.

I assume you are here because you are engaged/married to a US Citizen?

I am a US citizen and believe me, I know all too well what idiots my countrymen are. How else would you explain the USCIS? A long time ago it was H.L. Mencken who said, ""No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

How dumb are US citizens? How many times have you heard the "she is only coming for a green card statement"? Last week I actually had someone say to me, "I have never talked to someone who is going to be "boinking" a girl from Uzbekistan". I was and am speechless. If anyone comes away from the K1 or whatever visa operation without a very jaded view of the american public--you are either extremely lucky or blind.

US citizens would prefer that someone else do our thinking for us so we can just spew vitriole back out. That is what I read at the US Today article--no thinking, just spewing. Great.....

Hey, according to standardized testing, we're barely ahead of Mexico.

Sorry, I'm an American. Born & raised. Most of the time, I'm severely embarrassed at the ignorance of Americans. Sorry, but it's simple truth that most Americans are "blue pill" kinda folks. In this country we keep telling ourselves that we're the best (China does the same thing, which doesn't make it any more true), but most people just run through their whole lives on autopilot & never open their minds at all. If the fact that they can go through their life not using their brain makes them happy, so be it.

Most people I've met assume that there's something wrong with me because I married someone from another country. How stupid.

The comments on the McPaper (oops, I mean USA Today) website are just further proof to how ignorant, in general, Americans are.

[panamania79 2]

Strangely enough, I'm an American History teacher, and my current unit is on....IMMIGRATION!!! I'm trying desperately to open my students' eyes!!!

Good luck on that.

Strangely enough, I'm an American History teacher, and my current unit is on....IMMIGRATION!!! I'm trying desperately to open my students' eyes!!!

Good luck on that.