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I received 2 RFE's:
1) I tried to use my electronic filing of my taxes as proof of income. They really wanted to see the 1040 and w-2's.
2) I did not include an I-864 Affidavit of Support for my Stepson. I thought he was covered on my SO's form. All I had to do was photocopy her form and send it in.
I will add this; I have Adobe Acrobat and a scanner and made .pdf's of everything, signed and unsigned. I carry all of this info on a flash card wherever I go. I can access any info from just about any computer at anytime. I found this invaluable. The value of proper presentation of your documents to USCIS in an orderly fashion cannot be over estimated. I used Microsoft Word and inserted photos of us together complete with captions under each photo of when, why and where. I kept a record of every e-mail we ever sent to each other and all my phone records. While I did not present all of this evidence, I had it available in softcopy should I get the one adjudicator that decides to be a ####### about such things. People who recommend the ACCO style fasteners and folders (2 hole punch style) are spot on. I arranged my evidence like a book. A table of contents with headings and page numbers. The adjudicator we had told us that it was a well compiled package and that he OK'd the GC and had no need to see any other evidence (but if it would make me feel any better I could show it to him anyway).
One more note about Acrobat - if you have this then you can edit directly into most USCIS forms rather than printing them and handwriting the info. It will also allow you to save the edited versions of their forms. This is really cool if you need to file multiple forms under different names etc.

During my time in the military there were occassions for the media to visit and ask questions at our base on a variety of subjects. The speed at which my career might have been over had I ever dared to say something like "I could do a better job here if my commanding officer wasn't such a wimp" probably could have been measured with an egg timer. The military operates entirely differently than the civilian world and even have their own code of military justice. Freedom of speech - hah! Enlist and give it a try.
As a General, he is expected to have the good sense not to say such things to the media. His doing so brings his character into question. Don't know if i would call for his head but it sounds like the guy needs a break from the battlefront.

During my time in the military there were occassions for the media to visit and ask questions at our base on a variety of subjects. The speed at which my career might have been over had I ever dared to say something like "I could do a better job here if my commanding officer wasn't such a wimp" probably could have been measured with an egg timer. The military operates entirely differently than the civilian world and even have their own code of military justice. Freedom of speech - hah! Enlist and give it a try.
As a General, he is expected to have the good sense not to say such things to the media. His doing so brings his character into question. Don't know if i would call for his head but it sounds like the guy needs a break from the battlefront.

That was not the issue in the OP. The issue is why 5 students wearing USA flags were reprimanded and forced to remove the American flag. "You can't just do whatever you want in school as long as it's a patriotic gesture." By the same token, you can't do something just because you feel like it, like ordering 5 students to remove apparel printed with the American flag just because you think it is inciting a riot. Show me the law or school policy they violated and let's take it from there.

He wasn't a teacher, he was the school's Assistant Principal, Miguel Rodriguez, and I may be wrong here but that was his job as an administrator at the school to make that call, then the School Board backed it up, firmly cementing policy.
That being said...
What is next? Reciting the following on the 5th of May?
Bandera de México,
Legado de Nuestros Héroes,
Símbolo de la Unidad
de nuestros Padres
y de nuestros Hermanos.
Te prometemos:
Ser siempre fieles
a los principios de
la libertad y la justicia,
que hacen de Nuestra
Patria la Nación
Independiente, humana
y generosa a la que
entregamos nuestra
existencia.
...or this on March 17th? (yes I know it's not the real pledge...)
We are willing to fight for the flag we love,
Be the chances great or small.
We are willing to fight for the flag above,
Be the chances nothing at all.
Then success to bold Saint Patrick's fist.
He was a saint so clever.
He gave the snakes and toads a twist.
And banished them forever.
If our schools are teaching that displaying the American flag is an incitement to riot then we may as well through in the towel now. I can see this leading all sorts of directions. I agree with the idea of school uniforms. Wore them often in my school years. But what comes next? Will schools allow the wearing of "colors" at school sporting events? Will it become the white/black uniform v. black/white uniform teams? I hope not. There is a lot to be said for school pride. I'd hate to see it get taken away by people who think that having an Indian for a mascot is crossing the line. Look at our Pledge of Allegiance - never mind the "One nation under God" line being changed, will we continue to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at all?
If you come to America, expect to need to learn English, it is what we speak, expect to see the American flag for it is our Flag, and expect a rash of ####### if you disrespect the Flag. If you are American, don't burn it or piss on it, for it is the very symbol of what gives you the rights and freedoms you have as an American, find other ways to protest our crazy system. The Flag offers you protection and if you desecrate it, those protections should not be afforded to the violator. Try that trick in Russia and see where it gets you! You can think about it as you recuperate in the hospital.
You do not have to give up your heritage. You do not have to stop being who you were/are. But you are on American soil and you do need to remember that you are in our house and please leave your muddy shoes at the door. Imagine someone coming over to your house as guests to watch the Superbowl (or whatever) and right in the middle of the game they get up and change the channel so they can watch the Fasching Parade live from Munich. You just don't do it. It's called respect, something there is far too little of any more.

Not upset, confused that someone would claim this guy was "put in the situation where he had to make that decision". It's his job. His position at the school is Assistant Principal, not teacher. There is a vast difference in job description, duties and responsibilities, however it sounds like we may be on the same page about the "rules" as you call them. To me it sounds less like "rules" and more like a judgment call, and a bad one at that. The guy is lucky his reaction to the situation did not spark a riot.
Your comment, "any display of nationalist imagery on school property will be prohibited" is interesting in that it begs the question of how far will they go to remove the American flag from school property on 5/5? Where do you draw the line? Kids wearing shirts? The school flagpole? I hardly see my previous post as idealistic. I am not asking everyone to sing Kumbayah. In an American public school, on American soil, the American flag trumps all others, says so in the US Code (4USC8). Practical, practiced and patriotic - period. Cases like this go to the Supreme Court and when they decide that in an American school on American soil, the American flag takes second place to the Mexican flag or the Irish flag or any other, then I will pack my stuff and move to a country where respect still means something. I think it far more likely that uniforms will be mandated and celebrations like St Patrick's Day and Cinco de Mayo will be proscribed. We are becoming the country of the ridiculously absurd.

He wasn't a teacher, he was the school's Assistant Principal, Miguel Rodriguez, and I may be wrong here but that was his job as an administrator at the school to make that call, then the School Board backed it up, firmly cementing policy.
That being said...
What is next? Reciting the following on the 5th of May?
Bandera de México,
Legado de Nuestros Héroes,
Símbolo de la Unidad
de nuestros Padres
y de nuestros Hermanos.
Te prometemos:
Ser siempre fieles
a los principios de
la libertad y la justicia,
que hacen de Nuestra
Patria la Nación
Independiente, humana
y generosa a la que
entregamos nuestra
existencia.
...or this on March 17th? (yes I know it's not the real pledge...)
We are willing to fight for the flag we love,
Be the chances great or small.
We are willing to fight for the flag above,
Be the chances nothing at all.
Then success to bold Saint Patrick's fist.
He was a saint so clever.
He gave the snakes and toads a twist.
And banished them forever.
If our schools are teaching that displaying the American flag is an incitement to riot then we may as well through in the towel now. I can see this leading all sorts of directions. I agree with the idea of school uniforms. Wore them often in my school years. But what comes next? Will schools allow the wearing of "colors" at school sporting events? Will it become the white/black uniform v. black/white uniform teams? I hope not. There is a lot to be said for school pride. I'd hate to see it get taken away by people who think that having an Indian for a mascot is crossing the line. Look at our Pledge of Allegiance - never mind the "One nation under God" line being changed, will we continue to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at all?
If you come to America, expect to need to learn English, it is what we speak, expect to see the American flag for it is our Flag, and expect a rash of ####### if you disrespect the Flag. If you are American, don't burn it or piss on it, for it is the very symbol of what gives you the rights and freedoms you have as an American, find other ways to protest our crazy system. The Flag offers you protection and if you desecrate it, those protections should not be afforded to the violator. Try that trick in Russia and see where it gets you! You can think about it as you recuperate in the hospital.
You do not have to give up your heritage. You do not have to stop being who you were/are. But you are on American soil and you do need to remember that you are in our house and please leave your muddy shoes at the door. Imagine someone coming over to your house as guests to watch the Superbowl (or whatever) and right in the middle of the game they get up and change the channel so they can watch the Fasching Parade live from Munich. You just don't do it. It's called respect, something there is far too little of any more.

Why, do people in the US who demonstrate in favor of immigration reform (i.e. amnesty etc.), show up to their demonstrations waving flags from other countries? Exactly what message are they trying to deliver? The following photos all had captions that says they were from demonstrations on US soil. What are these people trying to say? We are Mexicans (or Ecuadorans) who support American immigration reform? I understand being proud of your heritage but I think it is a little like waving a confederate flag at an Obama rally. Definitely sends the wrong message.

Well - piss on him!!!

Well - piss on him!!!

Well - piss on him!!!