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news San Jose Mercury News highlights the plights of LPRs July 7, 2008 — The San Jose Mercury News, on its front page, features two LPRs, Carlos Gonzales and Piero Giorgi, and their travails due to the F2A numerical limits. Read the article... Congresswoman Lofgren introduces H.R. 5921 April 29, 2008 — Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16), Chair of the House Immigration Subcommittee, and Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-6) introduced H.R. 5921. This bill increases family category per-country limits from 7% to 10%. More.... Congresswoman Lofgren introduces H.R. 5882 April 23, 2008 — Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-16), Chair of the House Immigration Subcommittee, and Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5) introduced H.R. 5882. This bill recaptures unused immigrant visas from fiscal years 1992 through 2007. More.... Senate votes against the Clinton amendment June 6, 2007 — Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) raised a budget point of order which would require 60 votes to overcome. Senator Kennedy (D-MA) asked for a vote. The Senate voted 44 in favor of waiving the Budget Act and 53 against. Since the budget point of order could not be overcome, the amendment failed. UniteFamilies.org members featured in New York Times article May 24, 2007 — Members Amir Nikpouri and Hans Buwalda are featured in an article about LPR family separation in the New York Times. Senator Clinton's press conference May 23, 2007 — Senator Clinton's press conference on her amendment. Read more.... Immediate Relative Reclassification Amendment introduced May 23, 2007 — Senators Clinton, Hagel, and Menendez have introduced an amendment (S.A. 1183 to S. 1348/S.A. 1150) to reclassify spouses and children of permanent residents as immediate relatives, thus exempting them from numerical limits on immigrant visas. Statement. UniteFamilies.org analyzes the Senate/White House compromise proposal May 20, 2007 — UniteFamilies.org has analyzed the draft version of the Senate/White House immigration reform proposal. Update May 22: we urge everyone to contact their Senators to support the Clinton/Hagel immediate relative reclassification amendment. UniteFamilies.org has hired Bruce Morrison as lobbyist April 1, 2007 — UniteFamilies.org has hired Bruce Morrison, Chairman of the Morrison Public Affairs Group, as its lobbyist effective April 1. KQED: Immigration in Focus November 24, 2006 — San Francisco's PBS station KQED interviewed our members Ajit Natarajan and Vince Gutierrez for a segment on the Immigrant Voices—American Stories program. Watch the program at KQED's web site. Immigration Survey Results August 8, 2006 — Kristina Valunta-Young surveyed some of our members on the effects of nuclear family separation. View the results. Tennessean Op-Ed June 26, 2006 — Active volunteer Ricardo Lu has written an Op-Ed for the Tennessean. Read the piece. Associated Press article June 24, 2006 — Suzanne Gamboa of the Associated Press wrote an article about our issue. It was carried by the Dallas Morning News, the Star-Telegram, and KRIS TV in Corpus Christi, Texas, among others. It was carried in Spanish by the elNuevoHerald. Read the article. Washington Post Letters to the Editor June 16, 2006 — Active member Ekaterina Atanasova has written to the editor of Washington Post asking why the Post has not considered the plight of nuclear families of permanent residents. The Post carried this letter today. Read the letter. India West June 2, 2006 — Reporter Viji Sundaram
has been following up with UniteFamilies.org periodically
on the status of pending legislation. Here is her
latest followup article.
The article appeared in pages
1,
A29, and
A30 of
the June 2 issue. Baltimore Sun June 1, 2006 — Read the plight of legal permanent resident Ana Enriquez who is separated from her children. Read the article. NewsIndia-Times May 26, 2006 — Our strategic consultant
Paul Donnelly has written an article for the NewsIndia-Times
urging Asian Indians in America to stand up for
their fellow country men and women who are suffering
from the problem of family separation.
Read the article.
WUSA TV 9 May 17, 2006 — One of our affected members, Naveen Yeddula, was interviewed by WUSA TV 9 in Washington, D.C. Our strategic consultant, Paul Donnelly, arranged this interview. Read the article and watch the video. National Public Radio May 15, 2006 — Reporter Jennifer Ludden spent a lot of time researching our situation and interviewing our members. She flew into Sacramento, CA, to interview affected member Ramon Lobo, then flew to the Philippines to interview his wife. The interviews were featured in two programs — All Things Considered on May 10 and Morning Edition on May 15. Read the articles and listen to the interviews. Fox News/Associated Press May 12, 2006 — Fox News/Associated Press interviewed some of our affected members. Read the article. Sea Coast Online May 11, 2006 — Our strategic consultant Paul Donnelly and our active volunteer Kate Atanasova worked with Sea Coast Online reporter Beth LaMontagne on this article. Read the article. The Boston Globe April 12, 2006 — Columnist Jeff Jacoby has written an excellent op-ed highlighting the plight of lawful permanent residents. His article features one of our affected members: Sumathi Athuluri. Read the op-ed. Indian Express—North America article March 24, 2006 — Reporter Sujeet Rajan worked with us for this article that was published in the North American edition of the Indian Express. The article appeared in pages 8, 10, and 12 of the March 24 issue. Wikipedia entry March 18, 2006 — Ajit Natarajan has written a Wikipedia entry to describe the V visa and UniteFamilies.org. Read the entry. Portsmouth Herald article March 6, 2006 — Kate Atanasova has been featured in an article highlighting our issue. The article appeared in the Portsmouth Herald. Read the article. SeaCoastNH article February 28, 2006 — Our very own Kate Atanasova has written an article highlighting our issue on the SeaCoastNH. We urge all affected people to write to their local newspapers. Read the article. WLAC interview December 19, 2005 — WLAC Radio in Nashville, Tennessee, interviewed Ricardo Lu, one of our most active volunteers. Hear the interview. India West article December 16, 2005 — India West has
published an article focused on our issue. India West
reporter Viji Sundaram worked closely with us to research
this article.
Read the article. San Francisco Chronicle article December 12, 2005 — San Francisco Chronicle has published an article focused on our issue. Chronicle reporter Cicero Estrella worked closely with us to research this article. Read the article. Knight Ridder publications December 1, 2005 — Several Knight Ridder web properties have carried the San Jose Mercury News article from November 14. More.... San Jose Mercury News article November 14, 2005 — San Jose Mercury News has published an article focused on our issue. Mercury News reporter Truong Phuoc Khanh worked closely with us to research this article. Read the article. The Wire article September 14, 2005 — The Wire, an east coast publication, has featured our issue and one of our active members, Kate Atanasova. Read the article. Online and paper petitions created May 23, 2005 — UniteFamilies.org has created online and paper petitions urging Congress to unite permanent residents with their spouses and children. More.... Group membership crosses 400, website visits crosses 3500 May 21, 2005 — Since it went online last year, the UniteFamilies.org website has been visited more than 3500 times. The Yahoogroup member count now exceeds 400. More.... Senators McCain and Kennedy introduce S. 1033 May 12, 2005 — Senators McCain (R-AZ) and Kennedy (D-MA) introduced the “Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act” today. While certainly an improvement over the current situation, UniteFamilies.org does not believe it goes far enough to address our problem. More.... H.R. 1823 introduced — reinstates the V visa April 26, 2005 — Congressman Andrews (D-NJ-1) along with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX-18) introduced H.R. 1823 today. UniteFamilies.org urges Congress to enact this bill since it fixes our problem while doing nothing more. More.... newsletter 2006 July 20, 2006 — The fourth issue of our newsletter is out. Includes S. 2611, media coverage, statistics, and a guest column from our consultant, Paul Donnelly. Read the newsletter. Volume 1, Issue 3 — March 2006 March 16, 2006 — The third issue of our newsletter is out. Includes the Chairman's Mark, media coverage, statistics, and the upcoming NPR in-depth feature. Read the newsletter. Volume 1, Issue 2 — February 2006 February 12, 2006 — We have published the second issue of our newsletter. We discuss H.R. 4448, newspaper coverage, statistics, a radio interview, and an appeal for donations and more active participation. Read the newsletter. 2005 Volume 1, Issue 1 — December 2005 December 31, 2005 — We have published the inaugural issue of our newsletter. We discuss S. 1919, newspaper coverage, meetings with lawmakers and their aides, and an appeal for donations and more active participation. Read the newsletter. press releases Legal Immigrants Sought Support from Citizens behind HR 1823 for Family Unification June 21, 2005 — Unitefamilies.org members campaigning around the country to shore up support behind HR 1823 and urging Congress to save families of legal immigrants by acting upon House bill HR 1823. Immigration Policy Separates Legal Immigrants from Spouses and Children May 12, 2005 — Unitefamilies.org urges Congress to save families of legal immigrants by acting upon House bill HR 1823. Immigration Policy Separates Nuclear Family May 2, 2005 — Unitefamilies.org urges Congress to act on proposed HR 1823 to revive the temporary, non-immigrant V-visa for legal permanent residents who are separated from their spouses and minor children. Torn By Family Separation, Legal Immigrants Organize to Find a Voice on Capitol Hill April 5, 2005 — Unitefamilies.org was formed to change the immigration law that separates legal residents from their spouses and minor children still living outside the United States. All press releases are in Adobe PDF format. Download the free reader. |
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