Share your immigration story

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Julia Preston
The New York Times

During two years as the national immigration correspondent for The New York Times, I have received many e-mail messages from readers recounting their struggles with the United States immigration system. These readers were often American citizens and legal immigrants who said they were determined to follow the law. Yet they described heavy burdens the federal bureaucracy imposed on them as they tried to play by the rules.

They wrote of being separated from loved ones because of unpredictable backlogs and delays, or immigration officers’ hasty decisions, or inadvertent missteps by family members in the labyrinth of federal paperwork. In some cases, immigrants who spent years completing advanced studies here and had job offers lined up instead left the country because of quotas on employment visas..........



.......If you have a story to share about the legal immigration system, please do so by submitting a comment below (briefly — a paragraph or two, please)............



http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/share-your-immigration-story/

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CALL FOR PAPERS: LGBTQ Immigration Experiences

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Do you have an immigrant experience to share, either as an immigrant, befriending an immigrant, or in a binational relationship? Are you involved in the queer immigrant movement? UIC is looking for LGBTQ perspectives on immigration.

............We invite you to submit a written piece on LGBTQ immigration for Chicago: An Immigrant City. Tentative publication is Spring 2009. Deadline for submission is May 1, 2008. Submit a hard copy to .....................

http://irobyn.com/2008/01/08/call-for-papers-lgbtq-immigration-experiences/

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Julia Preston
The New York Times

During two years as the national immigration correspondent for The New York Times, I have received many e-mail messages from readers recounting their struggles with the United States immigration system. These readers were often American citizens and legal immigrants who said they were determined to follow the law. Yet they described heavy burdens the federal bureaucracy imposed on them as they tried to play by the rules.

They wrote of being separated from loved ones because of unpredictable backlogs and delays, or immigration officers’ hasty decisions, or inadvertent missteps by family members in the labyrinth of federal paperwork. In some cases, immigrants who spent years completing advanced studies here and had job offers lined up instead left the country because of quotas on employment visas..........



.......If you have a story to share about the legal immigration system, please do so by submitting a comment below (briefly — a paragraph or two, please)............



http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/share-your-immigration-story/



Thanks for posting this.....good read!

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Send us your stories of state settlement

The Times wants to hear the stories of how families of all kinds arrived in Minnesota, when and why for an upcoming project.

E-mail the summary of your family’s immigration to Minnesota, whether recent or dating back to pre-statehood days, to Breaking News Editor Lisa Schwarz, lschwarz@stcloudtimes.com, by Monday. Submissions should be no longer than 500 words and include your name, phone number and e-mail address in case we need to contact you for an interview. Submissions may also be dropped off at 3000 Seventh St. N in St. Cloud, or mailed to P.O. Box 768, St. Cloud, MN, 56302.

Some of the submissions will be published in conjunction with a May series in the Times and on sctimes.com.

In your voice

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080427/NEWS01/104270036/1009

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Posted in Soap Box/People have no idea about immigration! authored by NC Native

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Originally Posted by NC Native
"Oh, I thought that everyone who marries a U.S. citizen automatically becomes a U.S. citizen!" That is not the first time I've heard that comment. People have no idea about the immigration system that we have and what people have to go through. I wish somebody would do a documentary about the entire process so Americans could appreciate what immigrants and their families go through. If only they became citizens automatically-- how easy would everybody's life be?!

Chuck and Teresa Making front page News. I know what you mean ! We are in CDJ and Praying. Now we have a second chance for the K1 this next week. Here is the link to our article. http://www.examiner.net/news/x182041...ed-in-paradise Hardly Paradisa in Juarez but it is the door way to start our dreams that last a life time. Thanks for this post. Chuck and Teresa
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Thank You and Enjoy your Journey
Chuck and Teresa
* DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, any responses provided cannot be equated as legal advice

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The Catholic Messenger

Family reunited through immigration office

Juana, left, Ashlynn and Jason Canfield work with Laura Raya-Ferreira on getting Juana a green card - a legal, permanent resident card.

When Juana left Mexico eight years ago to live with relatives in Rock Island, Ill., she had no idea she’d meet Jason Canfield and fall in love.

http://home.catholicweb.com/CathMessDavDio/index.cfm/NewsItem?ID=233738&From=Home