I can almost imagine that when you finally file the WoM lawsuit against the USCIS, a mix feeling of relief and increased anxiety would arouse. A lawsuit is no petty matter, involving numerous hours of preparation even with a hired lawyer in charge. Starting 2007, WoM lawsuits against USCIS see more dismissals and more resistance from USCIS. Conventional wisdoms say that USCIS fights every case to stop the flood at the gate. Good thinking. If immigrants stop filing lawsuits, the only thing will happen is that USCIS and FBI sit back and take their time to act on (or not act on) your cases. USCIS does have an army of lawyers, but the number is not even close to the number of desperate immigrants stuck in the Name Check process. If only one tenth of the Name Check waiters file the lawsuits, the army of USCIS lawyers would be destroyed.
Or they will raise the fee again.
Gandhi
It's no secret that in the whole political system, the legal immigrants have the least power. You heard me right. Even illegal immigrants have more power than legal immigrants in this country. That makes even more important to voice out our displeasure to the broken Name Check process. During Summer 2007's Visa Bulletin Fiasco, immigration communities showed some strengths by using legal and political will to force USCIS reversed some ill-advised decisions. Flower Campaign was delivered. Rallies were held in both coasts. These are encouraging signs that immigrants, especially always-so-quiet employment-based immigrants, finally realize that nobody would "take care of" them if they keep inactive in the political arena. The FBI Name Check delay is one of the most inhumane event has occurred in the U.S. immigration history and it has affected hundreds of thousands of lives and well-beings. Writing to the law makers, local newspapers, and anyone whose voice can be heard is one of the few things you can do to make tomorrow better.
Besides writing your tearful story to the "important people", you also have the option to join groups that using lobby activities to push for the improvement of Name Check process. There is a long way to go, but at least you have companies.
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