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Surprising! ~~~~~~~~~~~ Unprecedented: USC's Antisemitic Valedictorian Banned from Delivering Speech Is the tide turning on college campuses? Are college officials ready to turn around the antisemitic behavior of student activists? Or is it only a college campus safety concern? USC's valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, a Muslim, was selected as this year's valedictorian but questions began to arise over her suitability when she publicly raised questions about the Israel-Hamas war. The links she posted on social media allegedly promoted antisemitism. Tabassum has been banned from delivering her speech during the commencement ceremony as a part of the undergraduate speaker lineup. [...] https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2024/04/16/unprecedented-uscs-antisemitic-valedictorian-banned-from-delivering-speech-n3786624

VAWA is not a viable route. The OP may adjust status only through his K-1 petitioner. Divorce is a matter for family law, not immigration law. All possible advice to offer in this thread has been offered. Any further grasping at solutions is fruitless and risks treading on the Terms of Service. Accordingly, this thread is locked, and this topic is not to be restarted or referred to elsewhere. VJ Moderation

Filled with methane, more accurately. And it takes intestinal fart-itude to acknowledge that.

Interesting take. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ N.Y. Gives Trump the Anne Boleyn Treatment Jury selection is underway in the case of The People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump, which alleges that the defendant lied to his own check register, and lied to the general ledger of his own company, when the invoice given to him by his lawyer was paid and recorded by someone else, and that the misstatement he made to himself in his own records was done "with the intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof." [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/16/ny_gives_trump_the_anne_boleyn_treatment_150804.html

Surprise! Bets on when he'll be formally fired? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who publicly argued a week ago that the network had "lost America's trust" by approaching news stories with a rigidly progressive mindset. Berliner's five-day suspension without pay, which began last Friday, has not been previously reported. [...] https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1244962042/npr-editor-uri-berliner-suspended-essay

Scientists Thought They Knew What Uranus and Neptune Were Made Of. They Were Fooled. The ice giants Uranus and Neptune live up to their name. Although humans have only ever sent one spacecraft (Voyager 2) toward these far-flung worlds, scientists have a pretty good idea that these planets contain ice—and lots of it. Some estimates place these planets' water content at around 50,000 times what's found in Earth's oceans. However, the exact composition of that water is up for debate. Neptune, for example, has [...] https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-thought-knew-uranus-neptune-160700162.html

If they returned her passport, she didn't pass. They're probably going to ask for more information. When they get that, then they might decide.

Biden Retaliates Against Iran By Attaching Note To Pallet Of Cash That Says 'Please Do Not Use For Terrorism' WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a swift and decisive response to the drone and missile attack on Israeli targets over the weekend, President Joe Biden retaliated against Iran by attaching a note to the next pallet of cash that reads "PLEASE DO NOT USE FOR TERRORISM." The note, which was translated into Farsi, was placed in a clearly visible location on the next U.S. shipment of cash being sent to Tehran [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-retaliates-against-iran-by-attaching-note-to-pallet-of-cash-that-says-please-do-not-use-for-terrorism

Thread is moved from Off Topic to the Working & Traveling forum, where similar topics are discussed. See the opening post in this thread: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/562879-cbp-at-tsa-airport-checkpoints-why-theyre-there-how-best-to-handle/ Although it talks about flying, it applies to driving, too. See what to carry along until the official approvals come. Your wife's official status is "applicant for Adjustment" -- or, more simply, "Adjustment applicant."

Rashida Tlaib Condemns Violence Against Innocent Iranian Missiles [...] "This unprovoked attack against hundreds of peaceful, law-abiding Muslim cruise missiles is just the latest example of Israel's flouting of international law and all standards of human decency," said Tlaib to a crowd of Islamic terrorists at the local YMCA Islamic Terrorist Training Center in Dearborn. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/rashida-tlaib-condemns-violence-against-innocent-iranian-missiles

Guess we have to go inside Iran to hear support for the right side. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Watch: Iranian Woman Eviscerates Anti-Israel, Pro-Islamic Republic Rhetoric [...] The State of Israel's Twitter/X account shared a video of an Iranian woman slamming the hypocrisy of online pontificators about the ongoing Hamas-Israel-Iran conflict. The very people spouting off about Iran's supposed victimhood did not care a jot when the tyrannical Iranian regime was lynching, arresting, and torturing the Iranian people for protesting the government. Nor do these same self-righteous individuals recognize that the current "Islamic Republic" regime does not represent the wishes of the Iranian people, who want peace with Israel. The video is particularly relevant not only regarding the Israeli strike on Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Iranian leaders, but also following Iran's direct drone assault on Israel. [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2024/04/15/watch-iranian-woman-eviscerates-anti-israel-pro-islamic-republic-rhetoric-n4928194

Thread is moved to the Effects of Major Changes forum, where similar matters are discussed (see the massive VAWA thread).

Scintillating Monday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Monday report, see man: Neither we nor Mini-B. wanted to awaken, zzz Two Guys man. We got a classic foto* of Mini-B. with his phone cord across his face, addicted wee man. *Spanish spelling, si man We did not leave the casa but for skool runs, no man. Lunch was 2 ham+cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. A wonderful siesta was truncated by a call from Mama T-B., need further zzz we man. Din-din was nuked corn and air-fried Costco vegetable spring rolls, ingest Two Guys man. This will be Mini-B.'s least favorite din-din all week, promise we man. Mini-B. has standardized testing this week & next, state requirement man. Tuesday = English, reading comprehension man. Mini-B. got Non-P-Math hoamwurk, test review for next week man. On his first attempt, he scored Many, uh-oh man. On his retry, he scored Many, better man. Or maybe the converse, or maybe equal, elegant P-Math flexibility in meaning of "Many" man. We managed to get Mini-B. embedded on time, man. Who knows how long he'll play in bed on his infernal phone, man. We gave him some cold/allergy medicine, coughing/sneezing all day wee man man. Party with the rubias after late TV news, cavort we man.

EV Slow Down Finally Strikes at the Throne: Tesla to Layoff Thousands Rumors swirled early this morning that Tesla, the king of the EVs, was preparing to announce layoffs of as many as 20% of its global workforce—an unthinkable event even a year ago. Clearly, some adjustments were going to have be made. Not only were there production issues (European labor unions, etc) and supply problems beyond Tesla's control, but the simple fact remains that demand had dropped off. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/04/15/ev-slow-down-finally-strikes-at-the-throne-tesla-to-layoff-thousands-n3786523

It's a mystery who they're trying to influence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hamas Supporters Making New Friends, Influencing Evil at O'Hare, the Golden Gate Bridge, and NYC [...] They hit the Brooklyn Bridge at about 3:30 this afternoon. Shut both lanes down. [...] That being said, New York City was so much better off than Chicago this morning when Palestinian protest vultures started circling. Happy little Hamas supporters decided that shutting down the Kennedy Expressway at the height of rush hour - as well as the entrance to O'Hare International Airport - would be a totally boffo way to introduce their movement to impressionable commuters and frantic airline passengers. [...] In San Francisco, where you'd think they'd be used to inconvenience thanks to their resident population of emotive children acting out, ohh! Tempers were flaring this morning when the Hamas supporters there closed down the Golden Gate Bridge - again during rush hour - for almost four hours. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/04/15/hamas-supporters-making-new-friends-and-influencing-evil-at-ohare-and-nyse-n3786562

Jonathan Turley absolutely blasts the NY case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A serial perjurer will try to prove an old misdemeanor against Trump in an embarrassment for the New York legal system Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election. This week will highlight the damage done to New York's legal system because of this unhinged crusade. They've charged him with everything short of ripping a label off a mattress. Just a few weeks ago, another judge imposed a roughly half billion dollar penalty in a case without a single victim who lost a single cent on loans with Trump. (Indeed, bank officials testified they wanted more business with the Trump organization). Now Bragg is bringing a case that has taken years to develop and millions of dollars in litigation costs for all parties. That is all over a crime from before the 2016 election that is a misdemeanor under state law that had already expired under the statute of limitations. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/opinion/a-serial-perjurer-will-try-to-prove-an-old-misdemeanor-against-trump-in-an-embarrassment-for-the-new-york-legal-system/

VDH makes things clear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gaming The 2024 Campaign We have seen enough of the Biden-Trump race so far to predict what lies ahead over the next seven months of the campaign. Currently, the polls are about dead even. Trump, however, for now enjoys small leads in the majority of the fickle swing/purple states that will likely decide the election. So here is what we should expect: [...] https://amgreatness.com/2024/04/15/gaming-the-2024-campaign/

Joe the Faint Hearted Virtually all the media assert that Israel is becoming ever more isolated in its war against Hamas. What goes unmentioned is a major reason for that: Israel's closest ally is headed by a man who doesn't have the courage to stand up forcefully and eloquently in defense of the Jewish state's righteous battle to defend itself against an Islamist terrorist militia. The president of the United States often is called the most powerful man in the world. But has that exalted office ever been occupied by a weaker individual than Joe Biden? [...] https://johnkassnews.com/joe-the-faint-hearted/

Trump's Strongest New York Defense Has Nothing To Do With Alvin Bragg Or Judge Merchan The first Trump trial is here, set to begin on Monday, with the allegation being that the former president violated New York law by having his company misreport payments to Stormy Daniels as "legal fees" rather than campaign expenditures. Much of the commentary on the case — at least from those defending the former president — has consisted of accusations that Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg is abusing his power on a political vendetta and that Judge Juan Merchan is a biased partisan. These accusations go to the heart of the rule of law and should not be made lightly. But equally important, they do not address whether Trump is actually guilty as charged, and that is the question soon to be before a jury. Better, then, to assume the good faith and professionalism of the public officials involved and explain why the DA's case is wrong as a matter of law. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/15/trumps-strongest-new-york-defense-has-nothing-to-do-with-alvin-bragg-or-judge-merchan/

Trump Owns the Working Class Vote During the past several election cycles, political pundits have devoted a lot of attention to the "diploma divide." Much of this commentary has focused on the advantage Democrats enjoy among voters who tell pollsters they possess college degrees. It isn't difficult to see why this topic has received so much scrutiny. The commentariat is dominated by college graduates who overwhelmingly support the Democratic Party. This also explains why so much of the self-congratulatory writing about the diploma divide tends to overlook its most consequential characteristic — that working class voters without college degrees far outnumber their "highly educated" counterparts. [...] https://spectator.org/trump-owns-the-working-class-vote/

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Thread is shifted from the K-1 Process forum to the Case Progress subforum. It can be. Waiting is hard, but there will be much more waiting at all phases of your process.

Perhaps wait 3 months, then contact your U.S. Congressman's office to see if they can speed up the process.