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A question for USAmericans. What would you think about non-citizen residents of the US hiring lobbyists to Congress and federal agencies on their own behalf?
An immigrant friend of mine is much upset by a new (as of today, I think) development with CIS (Immigration), an administrative policy which she says favors green card applicants from one country (India) over all other nationalities. She is writing letters to Senators, Representatives, Dept of State, Homeland Security, the President, etc. She also told me she wants to contribute dollars toward hiring a lobbyist to work on the issue. I am in favor of her getting her view of things heard, as I think discussion and exploration of issues is the way to arrive at the wisest public policy. Evidently she has found a lot of non-citizens who want to join together to hire a lobbyist to present their view. It is a huge issue because it affects not only who can remain in the country on the path toward citizenship and permanent residency, but how long one must wait to get applications considered.
I kind of expect my question will sit here with no responses for a while. But I also thought there probably would be some people who would be distressed at the idea of non-citizens trying to influence US immigration policy-- although that of course happens already. Eh?
An immigrant friend of mine is much upset by a new (as of today, I think) development with CIS (Immigration), an administrative policy which she says favors green card applicants from one country (India) over all other nationalities. She is writing letters to Senators, Representatives, Dept of State, Homeland Security, the President, etc. She also told me she wants to contribute dollars toward hiring a lobbyist to work on the issue. I am in favor of her getting her view of things heard, as I think discussion and exploration of issues is the way to arrive at the wisest public policy. Evidently she has found a lot of non-citizens who want to join together to hire a lobbyist to present their view. It is a huge issue because it affects not only who can remain in the country on the path toward citizenship and permanent residency, but how long one must wait to get applications considered.
I kind of expect my question will sit here with no responses for a while. But I also thought there probably would be some people who would be distressed at the idea of non-citizens trying to influence US immigration policy-- although that of course happens already. Eh?
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