VDARE writer reminds us today is the day….
Posted by Ann Corcoran on November 7, 2010
….the last day to get your comments in to the US State Department on the plan to re-open the P-3 family reunification program!
Paul Nachman writing at VDARE tells readers to “get to your keyboards” today and comment on proposed Federal regulations to restart the program that was found in 2008 to be fraud ridden. Some DNA testing will be required to determine who is and who isn’t “family,” but the plan as crafted is inadequate.
We told you about the proposed regulations recently here and here. Please read the comment discussion following the second post, but don’t let the seeming complexity of the regulatory plan deter you from writing to the State Department. Indeed one point that concerns me and I said so in my comments is that there is still too much confusion about the process and so therefore the re-opening of the program is premature. Follow instructions for submitting comments at Mr. Nachman’s VDARE post.
For a review of the shocking discovery in 2008 that as many as 80 percent of the family reunification cases, mostly from East Africa, were fraudulent because the supposed “family” members were really not related at all, go here.
One of the points I made in my comments was related to the fact that the State Department determined that as many as 36,000 “family members” entered the US fraudulently between 2003 and 2008. Those people will not be found and deported. I reported this story here last year. AP reporter Matthew (where are all the Iraqis) Lee* learned of the 36,000 who will not be found. Fortunately I recorded the story because I see it is no longer available at AP—interesting huh! At minimum, those 36,000 should be located and prohibited from filing AORs (Affidavits of Relationship) to bring over their “blood” relatives. They shouldn’t now be rewarded for their previous lies.
One point I am sure has not escaped discerning readers is that all the DNA testing in the world won’t screen out potential terrorists related by blood to those who lied to get in here in the first place!
Please keep in mind today as you consider whether to write to the State Department that the Open borders gang is surely writing because they don’t want any DNA testing at all, here.
So write something! Show the State Department that people care about this important issue of chain migration!
* Matthew Lee is an AP reporter who in 2008 wrote like clockwork at the end of each month (when the stats came in) that boo hoo bad Bush was not admitting enough Iraqis. I figured he was the go-to reporter for the refugee industry advocates. Then I have noted, I have never seen him write on the unhappy Iraqis who were resettled here.
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mars said
ah, but it’s never too late, insh’allah.
Allahsoldier said
Dear mars:
We don’t want to hear Monday morning quarterback regret story. Why didnt you raised your concern when you were an official of the agency? It is too late and I bet you accepted kick backs while you was there.
People will do whatever it takes to reach to the PROMISE LAND just like your St Patrick worshipper’s family did in early 1800.
mars said
I have spent 24 years working for a resettlement agency, and my major “expertise” is in the P-3 program. I think that most people familiar with P-3 will agree that any time a P-3 program is instituted, it eventually becomes a “fraud magnet” ,and many working in the field (both stateside and overseas) will turn a blind eye to certain fraud for various reasons.
Anecdotally, everyone knows the story of the aunt who claimed a nephew as her son, or the husband claiming his deceased wife’s sister as his spouse. Some of those circumstances are, in fact, compelling.
However, the amount of fraud in any long-existing P-3 program is overwhelming, and , in most cases done simply for financial gain by the US anchor, and often by actual threats/coersion from persons abroad.
To my mind, the suspension was very late in coming. It’s reinstitution needs to be carefully explored and examined.While I believe in the intent of assisting refugees to reunite with their legitimate immediate family, I remain concerned with the implementation logistics, which, while SOMEWHAT thought out, are not COMPLETELY thought out.
DNA testing should be mandatory for ALL family members, not just the principle applicant. Very often, the PA is”legitimate” but their minor children are NOT.
Some of the major fraud is facilitated by overseas workers/translators who wield a great deal of power and often gain financially from applicants. I don’t know what can be done to improve the integrity of these staff, but it’s clearly a part of the problem.
Photos and fingerprints should be taken at every official step of the process, since applicants can easily switch “bodies”. The DNA should be taken at the very final step, once prints and photos are in place.
One last thing, and this may sound “out there” but at the height of the Somali program, our office had a policy of requiring anchor relatives to swear on the Koran before signing the AOR. Not surprisingly, a majority would excuse themselves and never show up again. We de-instituted the policy,since it was seen as discriminatory, and then they came back in droves.
I would welcome a P-3 return, but one that is crafted with great thought and caution.
respectfully,