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You Won't Believe How Much the Northern Border Saw In Illegal Crossings [...] According to data, the United States' northern border with Canada saw a 550 percent increase in migrant apprehensions in the last fiscal year. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/11/25/you-wont-believe-how-much-the-northern-border-saw-in-illegal-crossings-n2631620

Well, finally, some good political news. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/11/27/courts-strike-down-gun-control-measures-in-two-states-n2631637

Many but not all of whom are rubias, oj tak and oj nie.

Do not flatter yourself, oj nie; we were observing to the general air our high taste in Polish Commie-babes, oj tak.

Birth times & date precised, see man. Was this C-sec or regular birth, huh man? So, if the P-math computes, you are the ancestor of precisely Many descendants, si man. (Got it, first try, whee man!) Like Ontarklar, anathema from D ma'am man! Cut off all of their communication with the renegade Ontarklar immediately, poisonous views man! Devious anticreating Ontarklar! Devious, DEVIOUS anticreating ANTICREATING Ontarklar!

We are very particular regarding our chosen Polish Commie-babes, oj tak!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biden's Foreign Incompetency Is a Jimmy Carter Replay [...] No president in history has done more to destroy this nation’s strength on the world stage than Biden, who over the last week has shown how useless and unimportant he is considered around the globe. Whether we agree or disagree with the deal to release Israeli hostages, the saddest part as an American is that Biden succeeded in making us an unimportant side player. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2023/11/27/bidens-foreign-incompetency-is-a-jimmy-carter-replay-n4924247

Here's another report. I agree that this situation is egregious and needs to be corrected. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. Doctor Stripped of Citizenship for a Ridiculous Reason Siavash Sobhani, aside from a few years of his childhood when his family moved to Turkey, was born, attended school, and practiced medicine for more than thirty years right here in the United States. He practices internal medicine, having earned degrees from George Washington University and Boston College before attending Georgetown Medical School. Thinking ahead, Sobhani applied for a new passport in February since his was set to expire in June. He needs the passport in order to attend his son's wedding in Portugal next July. This isn't the first time that he has renewed it. Over the years he has done so several times, each time establishing the fact that he was a U.S. citizen. So imagine his shock when he received a letter from the State Department informing him that he never should have been granted citizenship at the time of his birth because his father was a diplomat from the Iranian Embassy. Instead of receiving a passport, he was directed to a website where he could apply for citizenship. [story continues...] https://pjmedia.com/miltharris/2023/11/27/bureaucracy-abused-us-doctor-stripped-of-citizenship-n4924245

'Terrorizing Hostage Children to the Last Moment.' Video Shows Palestinians Harassing Hostages [...] Reminder, these aren't Hamas extremists. These are Palestinian civilians. [...] https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2023/11/27/terrorizing-hostage-children-to-the-last-moment-video-shows-palestinians-harassing-hostages-n2390226

WATCH (Lack of) Education Secretary Cardona TOTALLY Butcher Famous Reagan Quote About Government When the Biden administration shows you who they really are, BELIEVE THEM. Especially when it's the yahoo Joe has chosen as the Secretary of Education trying to quote Reagan. [...] https://twitchy.com/samj/2023/11/27/cardona-misquotes-reagan-n2390222

Groan... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No Wonder Antisemitism is Growing on College Campuses - Professors Explain Why Hamas is Justified https://twitchy.com/chad-felix-greene/2023/11/27/no-wonder-antisemitism-is-growing-on-college-campuses-cuny-professor-explains-why-hamas-is-justified-n2390209

Hostage Escaped Hamas for Four Days Only to be Returned by Gazans [...] When Kriboi was safely back on Israeli soil Sunday, he told a story not heard from others who have been released. He was able to escape his Hamas captors when the building he was being held in collapsed in an Israeli air strike. He tried to find his way back to Israel for four days. He was found by some local Gazans who handed him back to the Hamas terrorists. [...] https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/11/27/hostage-escaped-hamas-for-four-days-only-to-be-returned-by-gazans-n594929

This. One glaring factor was when Obama decreed the DACA program. USCIS's attention was diverted toward that as highest priority. My sense was that processing-times slowed considerably, and a VJ member ran some detailed calculations and proved this. Unfortunately, those charts and graphs were in formats that didn't survive on VJ over time, so I can't produce meaningful links, but trust that the slowdown was stark. In the years since, I don't see that processing-times (for any USCIS process that we deal with here) have ever recovered.

Wow. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Railroaded Derek Chauvin's foes will stop at nothing to punish ex-cop as he's nearly killed in prison https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2023%2F11%2F26%2Fopinion%2Frailroaded-derek-chauvins-foes-are-out-for-his-blood-in-prison-and-his-case%2F

Egad, but this is entertaining. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apocalypse Trump https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theamericanconservative.com%2Fapocalypse-trump%2F

Really makes one wonder whether some of these schools should have watchtowers, and guards armed with machine guns in every hallway.

^^ This.

USCIS, through fees, is a self-funding agency. Speculation is fruitless. Just have to wait for the backlogs and wheels of bureaucracy to move.

Duplicative thread closed in favor of existing thread (title updated).

Interstates the whole way? Aw, shucks. Next time, consider heading across the Oklahoma Panhandle before cutting south. Boise City (pronounced Boys), Okla. is the westernmost town still in the Central time zone. And, do not go even a fraction of a mile per hour over the speed limits in Guymon, Okla. (voice of experience here). On my trip around there in 2003, I was somewhat surprised that the northwestern portion of the Texas Panhandle was hilly. In non-winter, the entire TX Panhandle is exceptionally scenic.

London has typically been concerned with financial wherewithal over all else. Bring some evidence of your recent visits -- photos together, airline tickets, and similar. If asked, you can tell about your celebratory plans for the summer (add, "presuming that the visa is granted").

Read the original poster's timeline. If you have a question for yourself, feel free to start your own thread, or read others for answers. Old thread is now closed to further comment.

(American) English-only outside the regional forums, mam ma'am!

Thread is closed -- OP has joined the November 2023 filers' thread.

Sounds like it was relaxing, scenic, and fulfilling.