2009-05-27T13:27:07Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/comments/57825 2009-05-27T13:27:07Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-27:/comment/108151 gmathew This bill is a move in the right direction in the jungle of immigration. Once passed this bill will provide the much needed resolution to the unending wait for thousands of people legally waiting to be permanent residents. It will also send the message to those watching this great nation that this is a land that values the law and the people who take great pains to abide by the law of this land. I humbly request the lawmakers to support this bill and provide solace to people like me waiting for years to be a PR. 2009-05-31T11:23:17Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-31:/comment/108459 gcretro I second the benefits & relief this bill will hopefully bring to LEGAL employment based (EB) immigration system. There are several thousands of educated LEGAL skilled workers living legally in the US for several years (many who came as students for higher degrees). We pay taxes, live by the laws and want to become permanent residents and invest their hard earned money in the US. Unfortunately every aspect of their lives (personal & professional) is left is LIMBO due to lack of visa numbers and country based quotas in the Employment based green card process. (Employment Based skilled professionals waiting for their green cards should not be impacted by their country of origin). 2009-05-27T11:48:36Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-27:/comment/108135 karmayogi Yes this bill will go a long way in addressing the severe backlogs faced by talented professionals and scientists who have been waiting LEGALLY in the queue for ages without compromising the rights and opportunities of citizens of this country. Justice for all. 2009-10-24T23:44:51Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-24:/comment/150677 mabco I love how liberals like to disguise their agendas under kind and gentle titles like "Reuniting Families Act". Liberals are masters at deceiving the American people. Another way to say this is they are excellent liars! 2009-10-24T23:39:12Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-24:/comment/150675 mabco One word: Amnesty for law breakers. Kill this bill. 2009-10-22T08:19:11Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-22:/comment/148503 waitingimmigrant This bill needs its due dilegence, it is in place with the morals and values this country is founded upon. The new tax paying immigrants will add to the economy by putting to work which has been hibernating for years in their savings, money market etc by buying new houses, starting new business, adding more value to the economy. Tender my request to Judiciary committee to consider this bill. God bless this country. 2009-10-13T09:02:37Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-13:/comment/140662 6000294 I thiink Obama's okay under title III. 2009-08-19T13:27:50Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-08-19:/comment/120164 shivabadru I believe the bill is useful for a number of reasons. Currently, many family members of legal permanent residents living overseas are denied visas to visit the residents in the US citing the "intent to immigrate" clause. Essentially, human rights of permanent residents are being violated by the State department. There is a legal impediment here where immediate relatives of US PRs are neither issued an immigrant visa immediately so they can visit or live in the US nor issued a non-immigrant visa citing the "intent to immigrate" clause. This kind of legal twist is ridiculous, to say the least, and goes against all common sense - based judgments. Loopholes such as this have to be quickly corrected, perhaps through this act or through separate executive orders. 2009-06-03T20:35:59Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-03:/comment/108843 m_atique2009 Mr. abaratar, Can I ask what caused you to make such an accusation? You need to open your eyes and open your ears and foremost open your heart. There are 1.3 million people who are at this very moment waiting in line to join their loved ones whose petitions are already filed and they are waiting for years for visa number availability. If votes over 1700 for this bill seems too large, don't be surprise now, there are several organizations that are working hard for this cause. Unitefamilies.org has over 800 members. Americanfamiliesunited.com is another one. So I would urge you to educate yourself and learn to live the reality of this time. I hope that you will do your homework before making any accusations regarding such an honest cause. I hope for the best for you and your family. With Best Regards, m_atique2009. 2009-06-03T21:09:32Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-03:/comment/108844 dsoni I support this bill. In response to some comments below, it is important to understand three things - 1. Lot of new members are voting "yes" on this bill because we have all waited patiently for many years for something positive to happen on the LEGAL immigration front. This bill was introduced last week and we jumped at the opportunity to show support. And yes, there are more than a million people waiting in line. 2. We are all Legal, Tax-Paying, Law-Abiding, Well-educated families who can create jobs and economic growth. We are already in the U.S. and we contribute more than we take from the U.S. social system. 3. This country is so successful because it has always attracted the best and the brightest from all over the world. Unfortunately, a broken immigration system is putting a dent on America's attractiveness. But, we still have faith in America's ability to correct itself, and hence, we wait patiently until legislation like this one is passed. Thank you dsoni 2009-06-20T23:19:13Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-20:/comment/110264 abaratar Avelino, how is the paragraph below a talking point? A Talking point is something like "girls rule and boys drule" or "my body my choice". A testimonial about someone's wife who has been away for two years is not a talking point. """"This bill will relieve the anxiety of honest hardworking tax-paying legal immigrants and unite them with their family. My wife's been staying away from me for the last 2 years as I cannot add her to my pending green card application till the visa bulletin dates become current. It has been retrogressed to 1 Jan 2000 now. """"" silva9000 and pgeol both said the exact same thing, do you really believe both silva and pgeol use the same grammar, same words and have the exact same life situation? or was that just a "talking point"? Did you also notice how the AstroTurf stopped after it was pointed out. 2009-06-04T15:14:04Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-04:/comment/108925 abaratar "Mr. abaratar, Can I ask what caused you to make such an accusation?" ------------------------------------------------------------- Yes, Having been a user of this site for a couple years now (my current SN is 8 months old) I have seen people game these forums before. If you click on the names of the people that commented for this legislation you will see that all of the accounts have been set up in the last 8 days for instance yours account was set up 2 days ago and the user name that replied to agree with you is 18 hours old and so on, you can then search open congress for the comments made by a user and you will see each of the new user names have only made one comment and only on this board. You can then do a search of some of the key words or phrases being repeated over and over in this thread and you will see multiple user names using the same phrases over and over and all the user names are less then 8 days old. But that could all be just a coincidence. 2009-06-07T16:14:01Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-07:/comment/109107 commanchiebob Mr. abaratar great catch! You might be able to track to URL with a utility and prove up your concern. My concern is the implosion of our health care rights. I am a health care professional and for the past 30 years. I have no issue with sick people who are uninsured or worse yet the working poor. However, in the past 30 years I have never seen a uninsured sick person turned away for lack of coverage. I can tell you first hand that reuniting a Father and Son is a kind and generous offer. Consequently, my children will be left working harder and longer hours to off-set health care expenses. Again sir, good catch. CB 2009-06-04T19:05:12Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-04:/comment/108939 abaratar ASTROTURFING? pgoel May 29, 2009 (5 days ago) Link Reply This bill will relieve the anxiety of honest hardworking tax-paying legal immigrants and unite them with their family. My wife's been staying away from me for the last 2 years as I cannot add her to my pending green card application till the visa bulletin dates become current. It has been retrogressed to 1 Jan 2000 now. --------- siva9000 May 29, 2009 (5 days ago) Link Reply This bill will relieve the anxiety of honest hardworking tax-paying legal immigrants and unite them with their family. My wife's been staying away from me for the last 2 years as I cannot add her to my pending green card application till the visa bulletin dates become current. It has been retrogressed to 1 Jan 2000 now. 2009-05-27T11:25:52Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-27:/comment/108133 ajaykataria This bill helps the U.S. economy by - 1. Relieving the emotional stress on families that are waiting to re-unite, and hence helping them be more productive. A happy family can make decisions about job, career and other matters that will make them a more productive contributor to the society and economy. 2. The bill DOES NOT invite more immigrants to the U.S. that would challenge the American workforce. It merely helps make life easier for immigrants that are already in the U.S. and are already legal, tax-paying contributors to the economy. 3. The bill DOES NOT require a major shift in immigration policy. It is merely asking to adjust for some bureaucratic delays that were not intended to happen as part of the immigration law. 2009-06-03T18:15:46Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-03:/comment/108822 abaratar ? Why do all of the comments that are pro this legislation from people(someone) who has created several accounts in the last 7 days. It appears that someone is AstroTurfing this board. 2009-06-04T15:43:12Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-04:/comment/108927 abaratar EXAMPLE CONTINUE gcretro May 31, 2009 (4 days ago) Link Reply I second the benefits & relief this bill will hopefully bring to LEGAL employment based (EB) immigration system. There are several thousands of educated LEGAL skilled workers living legally in the US for several years (many who came as students for higher degrees). We pay taxes, live by the laws and want to become permanent residents and invest their hard earned money in the US. Unfortunately every aspect of their lives (personal & professional) is left is LIMBO due to lack of visa numbers and country based quotas in the Employment based green card process. (Employment Based skilled professionals waiting for their green cards should not be impacted by their country of origin). _____________________ Do you believe McLovin and cgretro are two different people that just happen to thing up the exact same sentences? you see this over and over on this thread 2009-06-04T15:40:52Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-04:/comment/108926 abaratar EXAMPLE McLovin Jun 02, 2009 (2 days ago) Link Reply I second the relief this bill will hopefully bring to LEGAL employment based (EB) immigration system. There are numerous educated skilled workers living legally in the US for many years. We live by the laws of the country and want to live our dreams and invest our hard earned money in the US. Unfortunately every aspect of their lives are left in a LIMBO due to lack of visa numbers and country based quotas in the Employment based green card process. (Employment Based skilled professionals waiting for their green cards should not be impacted by their country of origin). Provided an oppurtunity, every individual will work towards the upliftment of this country. God bless America. 2009-08-15T11:37:23Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-08-15:/comment/119110 fortermlimits Thank you for your concerns. We don't need astro turfing on a site like this! 2009-07-21T15:11:12Z tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-21:/comment/114432 sundarsp It is really inhumane to have the families separated for legal citizens and permanent residents who have been through a very long process. At least citizens have some temporary visa like K3, K4 but it is a predicament for permanent residents who have no choice but to wait for 6 to 7 years to live with their families. It is good that these issues is being discussed and hope this soon becomes a law rather than prolonging it for no reason.