Re: Stop deportation of Nadia Habib and her mother, Nazmin Habib

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On Sep 30, 11:00 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> William,
>
> An illegal alien is an illegal alien. Obviously Mr. Habib thought it
> was more important and made the conscious choice to stay home rather
> than attend the hearing when ill. It was his decision and now the
> family must live with it. He was  fully aware of the ramifications.
>
> On Sep 30, 8:05 am, William Gomes <williamgomes....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> > **
> > An Open Letter from William Nicholas Gomes to the President of the United
> > States of America *
>
> > September 30, 2011
>
> > President Barack Obama
> > President of the United States of America
> > The White House
> > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
> > Washington, DC 20500
>
> > Fax: +1-202-456-2461
>
> > RE:* Stop deportation of *Nadia Habib and her mother, Nazmin Habib* *
>
> > Dear Mr. President,
>
> > I am William Nicholas Gomes, a human rights activist and journalist. I
> > welcome your desire<http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=32479>that
> > you have expressed recently to visit Bangladesh during a brief
> > conversation with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New York.
>
> > The international community, and the United States in particular, has
> > invested significantly in the issues of regime change and socio –economic
> > issues of Bangladesh  , to ensure stability, peace, disarmament, and the
> > prevention of further violence and human rights abuses.
>
> > At this time I want to share a famous saying of US black civil rights leader
> > & clergyman, Martin Luther King Jr. in a letter from Birmingham Jail, April
> > 16, 1963 in which he wrote "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice
> > everywhere"
>
> > I am writing to you on a serious case of injustice that is happening in the
> > USA and I can insure you that it will be impossible to ensure lasting peace
> > and the effective implementation of the US Constitution that is suppose to
> > ensure the people's rights and freedoms.
>
> >  I have serious concern about Nadia Habib and her mother, Nazmin Habib, the
> > women, who live in Woodside, Queens who supposed to be deported by the
> > broken and flawed Immigration and Customs Enforcement in US.
>
> > The family immigrated to the United States in 1993. The father, Jawad Habib,
> > a taxi driver, has his green card. Nadia's three younger siblings were born
> > here and are citizens. But Nadia — who left Bangladesh when she was 20
> > months old — and her mother overstayed a tourist visa and are not legal
> > residents, according to media
> > report<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/in-the-final-minutes-bef...>
>
> > Stony Brook University<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/State+University+of+New+York+at+Sto...>junior
> > Nadia
> > Habib <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Nadia+Habib>, 19, came to the
> > U.S.<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/United+States>from
> > Bangladesh <http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bangladesh> with her mother
> > Nazmin when she was a baby. Habib, a psychology major who wants to be a drug
> > researcher, found out she was undocumented during her senior year at Bronx
> > High School of Science<http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Bronx+High+School+of+Science>.
> > Her father has a green card and her three younger siblings, who were born
> > here, are U.S. citizens.
>
> > On September 10,<http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/22/2011-09-22_immigration...>they
> > received a letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement saying that
> > will be deported.
>
> > The problem began when Nazmin Habib became ill and missed a scheduled
> > hearing in U.S. Immigration Court on April 26, 2000, according to a court
> > document. The judge proceeded to conduct a hearing in absentia and denied
> > her request for asylum based on past persecution in Bangladesh.
>
> > When the Habib tried to reopen the case by providing a doctor's note, the
> > judge said the note was not credible because the doctor was not found in the
> > court's registered list of physicians. Apparently this was a clerical error
> > that was never corrected.
>
> > On 29th September 2011, the ICE held the deportation of Nadia and Nazmin .
> > Nadia and Nazmin could still be deported when a final decision on their case
> > is made.
>
> > I welcome the decision of the ICE in not deporting these victims of laws.
>
> > I welcome Sen. Kirstin Gillibrand (D-NY.), and the New York State Youth
> > Leadership Council (a student group advocating for undocumented youth) who
> > have appealed to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement on behalf of Nadia
> > and students at Stony Brook have launched a Facebook campaign in support.
>
> > I also welcome Sen. Tim Bishop and Joseph Crowley who are also involved in
> > the case.
>
> > As per Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors, Dream Act,
> > undocumented students brought to the US as children would not be considered
> > for deportation.
>
> > I wish to remind you in December 2010 report, the Congressional Budget
> > Office <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office> and the Joint
> > Committee on Taxation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Committee_on_Taxation>estimated
> > that the November 30th, 2010 version of the DREAM Act would
> > "reduce deficits by about $1.4 billion over the 2011-2020 period and
> > increase government revenues by $2.3 billion over the next 10 years."
>
> > The same report also notes that the Act "would increase projected deficits
> > by more than $5 billion in at least one of the four consecutive 10-year
> > periods starting in 2021".
>
> > One recent UCLA study estimates that between $1.4 trillion and $3.6 trillion
> > in taxable income would be generated for the economy over a 40 year period
> > based upon estimates ranging between 825,000 and 2.1 million potential DREAM
> > Act beneficiaries successfully obtaining resident status through the
> > legislation.
>
> > On May 11, 2011 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reintroduced the DREAM Act
> > in the Senate. Some Republicans who had supported the bill in the past,
> > including Sen. John Cornyn <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cornyn> of
> > Texas, Jon Kyl <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kyl> of Arizona, John
> > McCain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain> of Arizona, and Lindsey
> > Graham <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_Graham> of South Carolina,
> > withheld their votes, objecting that such bill should not be granted without
> > some sort of balance increasing immigration enforcement.
>
> > Reid indicated that he would consider adding a workplace enforcement measure
> > in the DREAM Act that would require every employer to use
> > E-Verify<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Verify>,
> > the government's Internet-based work eligibility verification system.
>
> > President Obama,<http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/11/harry-reid-reintroduces-d...>I
> > want to express my gratitude that you had supported the bill as one of
> > your efforts to reform the US immigration system.
>
> > President Obama , I had a great hope that on the change in the life of many
> > illegal immigrants back in USA , many of them are from Bangladesh, and I
> > have special affection for them as I also belong to Bangladesh.  I believed
> > that the new policy would stop the deportation of most people who would
> > qualify for relief under this bill, known as the Dream Act.
>
> > Mr.President, I want to remind you under the new policy supported by you,
> > the government is supposed to review 300,000 cases of people in deportation
> > proceedings to identify those who might qualify for relief and those who
> > should be expelled as soon as possible.
>
> > Mr.President, Stony Brook University Student Nadia Habib, fulfilled the
> > conditions of Dream act. The question is Nadia has been in America since she
> > Was 20 Months Old and is a bright student. He mother, Nazmin Habib, is an
> > ideal mother in the neighborhood.
>
> >  I believe that Nadia and Nazmin Habib more than deserve to stay in the US
> > and to have their asylum case reviewed.
>
> > History has shown that peace is fragile and ephemeral where justice and
> > human rights are sacrificed for immediate political gain. As you have
> > asserted, Mr. President, there can be no long-lasting peace where justice is
> > denied.
>
> > Mr. President, in your speech in Cairo you committed the United States to
> > defend and protect human rights everywhere and included people's confidence
> > in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice among the US core
> > concerns.
>
> >  Mr.President, now it is in your country that a young student and a mother
> > of children are facing injustice by the broken and flawed Immigration and
> > Customs Enforcement in US.
>
> > I believe the change you promised that can be done by you and with your
> > right action; definitely a positive change will come into the life of this
> > peace loving people's life.
>
> > I urge to the United States to continue to show leadership to ensure
> > accountability and respect and fulfillment of human rights.
>
> > I further respectfully urge you take effective legal redress for victims,
> > Nadia Habib and Nazmin Habib  in line with international standards.
>
> > Yours sincerely,
> > William Nicholas Gomes
> > Journalist and Human Rights Activist
> > 80/ B Bramon Chiron, Saydabad,
>
> > Dhaka-1203, Bangladesh.
>
> > Cell: +88 019 7 444 0 666
> > E-mail:Will...@williamgomes.org
> > Skype: William.gomes9
> > Face book:www.facebook.com/wngomes
> > Twitter:www.twitter.com/persecutionbdwww.williamgomes.org
>
> > CC.
> > 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Secretary of States, UNITED STATES
> > OF AMERICA
> > 2. Ambassador Scott de Lisi, United States Ambassador to Nepal, NEPAL
> > 3. Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to
> > the United Nations, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> > 4. Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations
> > 5. Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations
> > 6. Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations
> > 7. Permanent
>
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