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^^ This -- and if any of the official paperwork supports what you say, point it out in your statement.

I made this point once or twice in the past (a lot less elegantly than the above) by saying, "Tariffs are a temporary tool or weapon." --- Folks: As high-level as the current discussion about tariffs has been -- one of our best on any topic, in fact -- let's keep in mind the OP's thread topic.

Unless this idea needs more elaboration, I think that there are too many ways in which this could be "gamed." One example is corrupt officials in other countries who would "approve" anyone for financial or political reason. Second, the U.S. background checks are so secret that not even consular officers know what's involved, so how would an individual outside the country be able to satisfy the U.S.'s requirements?

Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ]

Country-specific thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the Middle East/North Africa regional forum.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the Embassy/Consulate forum -- topic involves that phase.

BREAKING: Eco-Terrorists Dump Paint on 18th Green During Finish of PGA Final Round (Video) [...] On Sunday, I was watching the final round of the signature golf tournament in Connecticut – The Travelers. The best golfers on the planet, Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim, were in a battle for the win. Kim was one stroke behind and Schefler needed a birdie to seal the win. As both men were sizing up their puts, a group of eco-terrorists jumped out of the crowd, surrounded the 18th green, and stormed out toward the green. The first jerk had a flare in hand, and two others had paint; they rushed onto the green, dumping red and white paint. Here is what happened: [...] https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2024/06/23/breaking-eco-terrorists-dumped-paint-on-18th-green-of-pga-final-round-finish-n2175859

Starting younger & younger... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jewish Family Beaten at Brooklyn 5th Grade Graduation: 'Free Palestine!' 'Death to Israel!' [...] The latest ugly episode occurred at a Brooklyn elementary school, where a Jewish family was attacked and beaten by anti-Israel zealots who yelled "Free Palestine!" "Gaza is Ours!" and "Death to Israel!" as they assaulted the mom and her husband at a graduation ceremony. [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/06/23/jewish-family-beaten-at-brooklyn-5th-grade-graduation-free-palestine-death-to-isreal-n2175851

Another 'Conspiracy Theory' Turns Out to Be True: Welfare Offices Hand Out Voter Registration to Illegals It sure is strange how so many supposed 'conspiracy theories' turn out to be true. The gas stove ban that wasn't happening, until it was(unless you're special, like Kamala Harris) comes to mind. At the beginning of May, the Biden-Harris campaign mocked Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for introducing legislation that would prohibit illegal immigrants from voting in federal elections. It wasn't necessary, the campaign said, because it's already against the law for illegal immigrants to vote in federal elections. The AP dutifully carried water for the administration too, saying illegals voting in federal elections was merely a 'Right-wing talking point.' Well, guess what? Welfare offices across the country are handing out voter registration forms to illegal immigrants. [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/06/23/welfare-offices-handing-out-voter-registration-to-noncitizens-n2397583

Poll: Nearly Half of US EV Owners Regret Purchase To listen to the Biden administration, the situation with electric vehicles is going swimmingly. People love them. Government subsidies make them more affordable. As a bonus, you get the pride and satisfaction of knowing that you're doing your part to rescue Mother Earth from carbon emissions or whatever. But according to a recent survey from McKinsey and Co. conducted this month, people remain unconvinced, particularly in the United States. They polled EV owners in nine countries and found that 46% of American owners of EVs want to switch back to gas-powered cars with internal combustion engines. There were lower levels of dissatisfaction in some other nations, but nearly half of American owners are experiencing regret. (Washington Times) [...] https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2024/06/23/poll-nearly-half-of-us-ev-owners-regret-purchase-n3790784

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Proper HSM helped overnight, relief for we man. However, we have been sneezing for the past couple of days, sneeze we man. Today, we conclude that we probably have a cold, drat it man. Breakfast (!!?) was a banana, ingest we man. Lunch was 2 ham sandwiches, indict them and ingest we man. An ineffective siesta was taken after the latter, inadequate zzz we man. Din-din was onecan of Aldi chili, ingest we man. We somehow subdued our laundry load and dished/de-dished the warsher, no energy we man. We did not leave the casa at all, no man. Miu alternately zzz-ing like a dead thing and being demanding, representative spectrum of miu personality man. Mini-B. arrived shortly into AFV, start of Two Guys week man. Movie night involved more Everybody Hates Chris episodes, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. Counting the other night, we already have Many (2+2+2+1) bowls tallied, impressively fast start man. We are unsure of what HSM to take tonight, must try to nuke cold man. No party with the rubias tonight, cough/sneeze we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, see and si man.

Any Human Being.

Jonathan Turley is rather pointed here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At the Supreme Court, two cases lay bare New York's legal wasteland [...] James secured an obscene civil penalty of almost half a billion dollars without having to show there was a single victim or dollar lost from alleged overvaluation of assets. Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution. New Yorkers and the media insisted that such selective prosecution was in defense of the "rule of law." This week in the Supreme Court, a glimpse of the legal landscape outside of Manhattan came more sharply into view. It looked very different as the Supreme Court, with a strong conservative majority, defended the rights of defendants and upheld core principles that are being systematically gutted in New York. [...] https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4734339-at-the-supreme-court-two-cases-lay-bare-new-yorks-legal-wasteland/

World's ugliest dog? Meet Wild Thang, the 8-year-old Pekingese who took the 2024 crown The winner for the 2024 World's Ugliest Dog contest has been crowned. The contest, which judges multiple canines on their extracurricular activities and not so cute appearances, took place at the Sonoma Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, about 38 miles north of San Francisco. After participating in the competition for five times Wild Thang, an eight-year-old Pekingese from North Bend, Oregon, took home the first-place trophy, the fair announced. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/worlds-ugliest-dog-meet-wild-171254521.html

Because dead and Democrat both start with (D) -- gotta vote for everything (D).

1. Aldi chili has never upset us, no man. 2. We think that our calcium pils may have culprited in our instance, also a first man. Many. Nothing else to say but just wanted to have a list with "Many," see man.

We seemed to have our best string of approvals when our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke was about today's topic -- blondes! =============================================== TWO BLONDES AND THE CAR Two blondes were driving down the road. The driver noticed that she was low on gas, so she stopped at a gas station. While she was pumping her gas, she noticed that she had locked her keys in the car. When she went inside to pay, the blonde asked the attendant for a coat hanger so that she could attempt to open the door herself. She went outside and began to jimmy the lock. Ten minutes later, the attendant went outside to see how the blonde was faring. The blonde outside of the car was moving the hanger around and around. Meanwhile, the blonde inside of the car was saying, "A little more to the left... a little more to the right... "

Crows Evolve New Blond Look Concluding 17-Million-Year Goth Phase BERKELEY, CA—Explaining that the moody species had matured, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announced Wednesday that crows had evolved a new blond look after concluding their 17-million-year goth phase. "Finally, after millions of years of unnecessary angst and aggression, the Corvus brachyrhynchos has decided to grow up and act and look like the adult birds they are," said evolutionary scientist Professor Julia Hastings, adding that [...] https://www.theonion.com/crows-evolve-new-blond-look-concluding-17-million-year-1848607696

Wow -- what goes around really comes around. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emerson College budlights itself after coddling pro-Hamas protesters, watches enrollments tumble Lots of college campuses saw pro-Hamas protests this spring, but few were quite as accommodating of these Jew-hating disruptors as Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. [...] https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/emerson_college_budlights_itself_after_coddling_pro_hamas_protesters_watches_enrollments_tumble.html

This article doesn't suggest when, but the event sounds exciting regardless. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get Ready for a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Thermonuclear Space Explosion That Will Be Visible From Earth Millions of Americans had the rare opportunity to view a total eclipse in April, but that's not the only spectacle in the sky that will stun this year. According to NASA, a nova event is poised to occur this summer that will be so bright people around the world will be able to see it with the naked eye. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2024/06/22/once-in-a-lifetime-nova-explosion-will-be-visible-from-earth-this-summer-n2640716

CCG, it's admirable that you want to help this couple. It seems that they must marry if the woman is to be included, or if she's to have a fair shot at being included. To clarify, they met "through" a refugee center; was she also a refugee? If not, what did she lose? You don't need to relay the story of their lives; folks here are trying to learn some basic details in case there's a resourceful way of getting around the "must be married to her" issue. Can you please clarify?

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It's Not Just the Southern Border: Illegal Immigration Skyrockets at Northern Boundary Too Our northern border - the border between the United States and Canada - likewise runs through remote, uninhabited places. Not only is it the longest international border between two nations in the world, at over 5,000 miles, but it's also the longest completely demilitarized border in the world. For long stretches, there are no walls, fences, guards, or people. But that's changing; nefarious actors are noting that the long, mostly open border and illegal crossings from Canada are becoming a problem. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/06/22/illegal-immigration-its-not-just-on-the-southern-border-n2175824

Wouldn't it be something if he picked off NY, NJ, or both? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Donald Trump has a real chance of winning in NY It may seem unbelievable but it's true: Donald Trump actually has a fair shot at winning New York in this year's presidential election. That's right: The state that tried to bankrupt and jail him could help elect him. Recent polling has consistently shown Trump well within single digits in the Empire State. And the state as a whole has been shifting rightward, thanks to weak Democratic leadership and failed policies that have thrown our state into a downward spiral. Start with this: [...] https://nypost.com/2024/06/21/opinion/why-donald-trump-has-a-real-chance-of-winning-in-ny/