From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
38 J'can women on hunger strike in UK detention centres, prison
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, February 28, 2010
THIRTY-EIGHT Jamaican women are on hunger strike in holding facilities in the United Kingdom, in protest of their imminent deportation to Jamaica.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The women -- all of them asylum seekers, some of whom have lived in the UK for as long as 10 years -- went to the European country, having fled their homeland in fear of their lives. According to information out of voluntary groups assisting them, they were either threatened witnesses to murders and/or have had relatives killed in relation to violent crimes committed in Jamaica."
"(A)mong those participating in the strike are also convicted drug offenders and others who have overstayed their visas, in addition to some for minor offences for which no charges have been laid."
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"(S)ome have accepted the voluntary return programme.
"This is a programme where individuals are given a certain sum of money if they agree to return home without fighting deportation," she said.
The sum varies, but there have been reports of sums of up to 5,000 pounds."
Showing posts with label visa overstay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visa overstay. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, September 14, 2009
JG - A visa may be revoked at any time and for any reason
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Gleaner
A visa may be revoked at any time and for any reason
Published: Tuesday April 21, 2009
Walker-Huntington
Q: I was married to a Jamaican who is a citizen of the United States (US). He filed for me while I was there with him, and then came down for my interview here in Jamaica. I was denied the visa because I had overstayed in the US.
Now I need to know if I will be able to ever go back to the US. I am dating now and he happens to be an American-born. Should this man and I get married and he decides to file for me, will I still be denied the fact that I had once overstayed in the US?
Thanking you in advance.
J.D.
Read the rest of the article here.
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Dahlia A. Walker-Huntington, Esq. is a Jamaican-American attorney who practices law in Florida in the areas of Immigration, Family, Corporate & Personal-Injury Law. She is a mediator, arbitrator and Special Magistrate in Broward County, Florida. Send your questions and comments to: editor@gleanerjm.com or info@walkerhuntington.com.
Jamaica Gleaner
A visa may be revoked at any time and for any reason
Published: Tuesday April 21, 2009
Walker-Huntington
Q: I was married to a Jamaican who is a citizen of the United States (US). He filed for me while I was there with him, and then came down for my interview here in Jamaica. I was denied the visa because I had overstayed in the US.
Now I need to know if I will be able to ever go back to the US. I am dating now and he happens to be an American-born. Should this man and I get married and he decides to file for me, will I still be denied the fact that I had once overstayed in the US?
Thanking you in advance.
J.D.
Read the rest of the article here.
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Dahlia A. Walker-Huntington, Esq. is a Jamaican-American attorney who practices law in Florida in the areas of Immigration, Family, Corporate & Personal-Injury Law. She is a mediator, arbitrator and Special Magistrate in Broward County, Florida. Send your questions and comments to: editor@gleanerjm.com or info@walkerhuntington.com.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
re: "The Heritage Foundation Urges Continued Expansion of VWP"
NoDoubleStandard at Calling a Spade a Spade ("Rants of a Foreign Service Officer on the things that matter to you -- and matter to you not at all") examined some of the visa waiver program's weaknesses.
Money quote(s):
"(A)t VWP's inception in 1986, the focus was on facilitating travel for citizens of countries posing a low risk of overstay. Because French citizens, for instance, weren't likely to remain the U.S. as illegal workers, it didn't make any sense to make them apply for visas. It's a waste of resources to process visa applications, when the refusal rate is next to zero.
The initial focus wasn't security."
"The program is now tighter, because measures were taken to make abuse of VWP more difficult. Let's face it; if the primary concern is thwarting terrorist and criminal travel, it's far more effective to abolish the program and interview everyone. Does that mean VWP should be shut down? Of course not. As the report states, "security, freedom and prosperity" have to be balanced."
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"Further expansion of VWP, however, will require a renewal of DHS's ability to grant refusal-rate waivers for countries above the 3% cutoff, so that countries under 10% could still conceivably enter the program after June 30, 2009.
My take?
Bad idea."
Read the whole thing.
Money quote(s):
"(A)t VWP's inception in 1986, the focus was on facilitating travel for citizens of countries posing a low risk of overstay. Because French citizens, for instance, weren't likely to remain the U.S. as illegal workers, it didn't make any sense to make them apply for visas. It's a waste of resources to process visa applications, when the refusal rate is next to zero.
The initial focus wasn't security."
"The program is now tighter, because measures were taken to make abuse of VWP more difficult. Let's face it; if the primary concern is thwarting terrorist and criminal travel, it's far more effective to abolish the program and interview everyone. Does that mean VWP should be shut down? Of course not. As the report states, "security, freedom and prosperity" have to be balanced."
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"Further expansion of VWP, however, will require a renewal of DHS's ability to grant refusal-rate waivers for countries above the 3% cutoff, so that countries under 10% could still conceivably enter the program after June 30, 2009.
My take?
Bad idea."
Read the whole thing.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
re: "Visa waiver for Poles?"
Another thank-you to Bureaucrat at Adventures in Bureaucracy ("Personal comments, opinions and observations from someone stuck inside the Capital Beltway.") for the link.
Money quote(s):
"This is one of those things that would never have gotten serious consideration back when I was at the airport and seeing some of the visa violators we got. The usual period of admission for a tourist was six months. I remember seeing Poles who stayed FIFTEEN YEARS on tourist entries, then went back home and got new visas (apparently neglecting to mention how they spent the last two decades when going to the visa window)."
"My guess is that the denial rate is going to be the sticking point for Poland, even with the relaxed ten per cent standard. There's also something on a "maximum visa overstay rate", which I don't think is going to help Poland's cause much either."
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"I don't see how there's any way to get Poland in during the few remaining weeks of the Bush Administration. The Poles have been great friends and allies, and I certainly wouldn't mind having more Poles in this country, but the laws on the issue are pretty clear. If they don't meet the standards as currently defined in law, then Congress would have to change the law to get them into the program -- and with everything else going on in the world, I don't think the Visa Waiver program would be at the top of any legislative agenda."
Money quote(s):
"This is one of those things that would never have gotten serious consideration back when I was at the airport and seeing some of the visa violators we got. The usual period of admission for a tourist was six months. I remember seeing Poles who stayed FIFTEEN YEARS on tourist entries, then went back home and got new visas (apparently neglecting to mention how they spent the last two decades when going to the visa window)."
"My guess is that the denial rate is going to be the sticking point for Poland, even with the relaxed ten per cent standard. There's also something on a "maximum visa overstay rate", which I don't think is going to help Poland's cause much either."
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"I don't see how there's any way to get Poland in during the few remaining weeks of the Bush Administration. The Poles have been great friends and allies, and I certainly wouldn't mind having more Poles in this country, but the laws on the issue are pretty clear. If they don't meet the standards as currently defined in law, then Congress would have to change the law to get them into the program -- and with everything else going on in the world, I don't think the Visa Waiver program would be at the top of any legislative agenda."
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