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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Didn't like "amnesty" then, don't like like it
now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">It was a slap in the face to every immigrant
who came into this country legally.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">What about the cities, counties and medical
facilities that are being crushed under the weight of
illegals?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">What about the many, many, many illegals that
cross for more nefarious reasons, such as drug smuggling? They are not "nice"
guys looking for work, they've turned the borderlands into a war zone.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">There was a time when smugglers would take
off running if they saw someone, now they are more likely to shoot.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">When I was a kid, we worried about snakes
while wandering around the desert a few miles from the border, not
smugglers. Now adults are afraid to go where we played as
kids.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 04, 2008 12:55 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:editor@lataheagle.com">Kai Eiselein, Editor</A> ; <A
title="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">Sue Hovey</A> ; <A
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> ; <A
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href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Ex-UI Researcher Faces
Deportation</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>In what category do we have children whose parents crossed
over without papers? They didn't do so volitionally. And what about
those many, many now-undocumented workers who are "in the pipeline" for
permanent resident alien documents -- they came here without papers, either as
adults or children, sought legal help, save their check stubs and utility bills,
try to follow all of the steps, and either the rules change, or 9/11 happens, or
their sponsor dies, or . . . I could go on, but many people now considered
"illegal aliens" are in situations similar to this woman's. Not everybody
just decided to cross over as an "F-you" to our rule of law, and those who did
cross illegally are trying to remedy their situations, hoping for another
amnesty such as the one we had in the late 198s, granting hundreds of thousands
of former "illegal aliens" an opportunity to apply for citizenship and live out
their lives as productive Americans.<BR><BR>And who was the foaming-at-the-mouth
crazy liberal bleeding-heart statist who pushed through the amnesty?<BR><BR>None
other than Ronald Reagan, whose acolytes seem to forget that when genuflecting
at his grave and simultaneously cursing
"illegals."<BR><BR>Keely<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>> From:
editor@lataheagle.com<BR>> To: suehovey@moscow.com; vision2020@moscow.com;
thansen@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:02:54 -0700<BR>> Subject:
Re: [Vision2020] Ex-UI Researcher Faces Deportation<BR>> <BR>> This is
obviously a royal bureaucratic screw up.<BR>> <BR>> But tell me Tom, how
does it relate to illegal aliens sneaking across our <BR>> borders? >From what
I see she came here legally and did what she was advised <BR>> to do. That's
quite the difference from someone who arrives here illegally <BR>> in the
first place.<BR>> <BR>> Apples and oranges, Tom.<BR>> <BR>>
--------------------------------------------------<BR>> From: "Sue Hovey"
<suehovey@moscow.com><BR>> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 12:54
AM<BR>> To: <vision2020@moscow.com>; "Tom Hansen"
<thansen@moscow.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ex-UI Researcher
Faces Deportation<BR>> <BR>> > God. How awful. Wonder when this will
come out in our local press. I<BR>> > didn't even see it in the Trib
today.<BR>> ><BR>> > Sue H<BR>> > ----- Original Message -----
<BR>> > From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com><BR>> > To:
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 1:59
PM<BR>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Ex-UI Researcher Faces Deportation<BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> >> "'She's a damn good scientist,' said Patricia
Hartzell, professor of<BR>> >> biology and biochemistry and former dean
of Dziewanowska's<BR>> >> department. 'She's really good.'<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Her husband is studying a toxin found in sheep and
cattle that shows<BR>> >> promise in fighting retroviral diseases. Such
diseases include AIDS in<BR>> >> humans and a host of diseases in
animals, and there is currently no cure<BR>> >> or vaccine for
them."<BR>> >><BR>> >>>From today's (August 3, 2008)
Spokesman Review -<BR>> >><BR>> >>
-------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >><BR>>
>> Ex-UI researcher faces deportation<BR>> >> By Shawn Vestal,
Staff writer<BR>> >> August 4, 2008<BR>> >><BR>> >>
Katarzyna Dziewanowska grew up in the "gray communist life" of Poland.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> But it was in America where she found a truly
nightmarish experience with<BR>> >> a bureaucracy.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> After nearly 14 years as a researcher at the
University of Idaho,<BR>> >> Dziewanowska has been denied permanent
residency by U.S. immigration<BR>> >> officials, who say she worked
without authorization for eight months. She<BR>> >> did that, she and
her attorneys say, on the advice of the UI, and she <BR>> >>
quit<BR>> >> working for a time when the university advised her to do
so.<BR>> >><BR>> >> But her appeals have fallen on deaf ears
with immigration officials. <BR>> >> She'd<BR>> >> like to
take the case before an immigration judge, but that could take<BR>> >>
months or years. In the meantime, she can't work and has no legal<BR>>
>> residency status. Because it is a family application, her husband - a
UI<BR>> >> researcher studying a promising treatment of retroviruses -
can no longer<BR>> >> receive grants. Her son can't apply for a
free-tuition program through <BR>> >> his<BR>> >>
employer.<BR>> >><BR>> >> "She has no legal status," said
Michael Cherasia, her former<BR>> >> attorney. "She's not able to
legally work. Certainly she can't continue <BR>> >> to<BR>> >>
do her research. (Agents) could come to her door any morning, arrest
her,<BR>> >> detain her and ship her out of the country."<BR>>
>><BR>> >> The rejection of her petition is part of a long
pattern of bureaucratic<BR>> >> communications straight out of Kafka.
Her application for residency<BR>> >> languished for years, status
unknown. Frequently, neither Dziewanowska,<BR>> >> her attorneys nor
her colleagues could reach officials in person to<BR>> >> discuss the
case, they say. Seeking information about her case, she once<BR>> >>
called a number she found at an agency Web site; the person who answered<BR>>
>> could only provide information from the Web site.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> "They eventually put me in a situation where you start
to feel like a<BR>> >> criminal, when you don't have any intention to
break the law," said<BR>> >> Dziewanowska, 64.<BR>> >><BR>>
>> Her supporters say that Dziewanowska's brief period of unauthorized
work<BR>> >> was a simple error, and that her record as a researcher
and visiting<BR>> >> worker should count in her favor. She's been
without work since October.<BR>> >><BR>> >> "This is kind of
an 'Alice in Wonderland' experience," said Cherasia, who<BR>> >>
specializes in immigration law. "The frustrating thing with this case is<BR>>
>> there has been no way to correct a simple, unintentional
mistake."<BR>> >> The "sad, sad joke about all this," he says, is that
Dziewanowska and her<BR>> >> husband, Witold Ferens, are doing
important, possibly breakthrough<BR>> >> research.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Dziewanowska was recruited to the UI in 1994 because
of her research<BR>> >> background, and she's been involved in studying
methods of fighting <BR>> >> agents<BR>> >> of bioterrorism
such as the plague.<BR>> >><BR>> >> She's earned FBI clearance
for that research - at one point, she was<BR>> >> granted such
clearance while immigration officials were refusing to<BR>> >> approve
her authorization to work.<BR>> >><BR>> >> "She's a damn good
scientist," said Patricia Hartzell, professor of<BR>> >> biology and
biochemistry and former dean of Dziewanowska's<BR>> >> department.
"She's really good."<BR>> >><BR>> >> Her husband is studying a
toxin found in sheep and cattle that shows<BR>> >> promise in fighting
retroviral diseases. Such diseases include AIDS in<BR>> >> humans and a
host of diseases in animals, and there is currently no cure<BR>> >> or
vaccine for them.<BR>> >><BR>> >> "These are the kind of
people you want to kick out of the country?"<BR>> >> Cherasia said.
"Somebody isn't thinking. They had the discretion to<BR>> >> approve
her petition, and they refused."<BR>> >><BR>> >> A
representative of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said <BR>>
>> she<BR>> >> could not discuss specific cases, but said the
agency makes information<BR>> >> available to applicants online and via
telephone, and said people can <BR>> >> make<BR>> >>
appointments to discuss their case in person.<BR>> >><BR>> >>
"We make all the information about immigration laws very accessible," <BR>>
>> said<BR>> >> Sharon Rummery, USCIS spokeswoman in San
Francisco.<BR>> >><BR>> >> No answers from the UI<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Top administrators at the UI would not answer
questions about<BR>> >> Dziewanowska's case, or about whether
university representatives provided<BR>> >> her with faulty advice. The
university's media-relations office released <BR>> >> a<BR>>
>> general statement, saying that it has obligations to the government
when<BR>> >> accepting foreign students and faculty, but that the
ultimate<BR>> >> responsibility lies with the individuals.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> "In instances where an application for permanent
residency has been <BR>> >> filed,<BR>> >> the university must
confirm employment and other information," the<BR>> >> statement reads.
"However, we do not and cannot make immigration-related<BR>> >>
decisions for or on behalf of individuals and their immigration status."<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Under immigration law, if an employer gives incorrect
advice to an<BR>> >> employee, the responsibility for following the law
still rests with the<BR>> >> worker. But foreign-born employees often
rely on universities to help<BR>> >> negotiate the labyrinth of
immigration law.<BR>> >><BR>> >> The UI was involved at
virtually every stage of her dealings with<BR>> >> immigration
officials, and it filed several applications on her behalf.<BR>> >>
Dziewanowska says she simply relied on the university's human-rights<BR>>
>> department about when she was approved to work and when she was
not.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Hartzell and others have appealed to
members of Congress to intervene on<BR>> >> Dziewanowska's behalf.
She's also pressed the university administration <BR>> >> to<BR>>
>> acknowledge its mistake, in an effort to help with Dziewanowska's
<BR>> >> appeals.<BR>> >><BR>> >> "They've really
washed their hands of the case," Hartzell said. "They're<BR>> >> just
protecting themselves legally all the time, instead of doing the<BR>>
>> right thing."<BR>> >><BR>> >> 'My big
mistake'<BR>> >><BR>> >> Dziewanowska was born in Warsaw,
Poland, in 1943, in the midst of attacks<BR>> >> and occupations by
both Germany and the Soviet Union. She grew up under<BR>> >> the
communist regime that arose after World War II, and entered academia<BR>>
>> after earning her master's at the University of Warsaw in 1966.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Over the next few decades, she built her research
career between <BR>> >> positions<BR>> >> in Poland, Canada
and the U.S. By the early 1990s, she was recruited to<BR>> >> the UI to
help with plant-breeding research.<BR>> >><BR>> >> She came to
the Palouse in 1994 - "maybe my big mistake," she said.<BR>> >><BR>>
>> She worked on a visa for a few years, and then applied for status as
an<BR>> >> outstanding professor or researcher - a precursor to
applying for<BR>> >> permanent residency and a green card. She was
granted outstanding<BR>> >> researcher status and, with help from the
UI, applied for permanent<BR>> >> residency in 2003.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> While that application was considered, she was
required to apply for<BR>> >> annual temporary work permits, known as
Employment Authorization<BR>> >> Documents. In the fall of 2004, a
problem arose with her second EAD<BR>> >> application.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Based on new requirements, Dziewanowska's application
was rejected twice.<BR>> >> The first one came because she submitted a
profile photo instead of a<BR>> >> face-<BR>> >> forward one,
because standards had changed after she filed an application<BR>> >>
under the previous rules. The second occurred because her second photo<BR>>
>> included glare on one lens of her glasses.<BR>> >><BR>>
>> The letter notifying her of the second rejection came in
September<BR>> >> 2004. "There is no appeal to this decision," the
letter read.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Meanwhile, her previous EAD had
expired, but the UI's human rights office<BR>> >> told Dziewanowska she
had a 240-day grace period in which she could<BR>> >> continue to work,
according to Dziewanowska, Cherasia and e-mail<BR>> >> communications
from the UI.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Cherasia said university
representatives simply mixed up the rules - one<BR>> >> type of work
visa does have a grace period after expiration, but EADs do<BR>> >>
not.<BR>> >><BR>> >> "If you have an EAD, and your EAD runs
out, you have to quit working,<BR>> >> period," he said. "I think
someone got the two mixed up."<BR>> >><BR>> >> So, as
Dziewanowska worked to clear up the problem, she continued her<BR>> >>
research at the UI. At this point, she was involved with research on the<BR>>
>> plague - a subject of great concern to federal officials concerned
about<BR>> >> bioterrorism. Her work was a crucial first step in the
process - <BR>> >> purifying<BR>> >> the proteins from the
plague for later research steps.<BR>> >><BR>> >> She did this
work over the next several months. In the meantime, through <BR>> >>
a<BR>> >> convoluted series of communications, she was told that her
application <BR>> >> had<BR>> >> been improperly denied and
would be approved. Then she was told that the<BR>> >> original denial
would stand. Then, in April 2005, she was told to stop<BR>> >> working
by the UI, which said her grace period had expired.<BR>> >><BR>>
>> "So I stopped work on April 10," she said.<BR>> >><BR>>
>> In the meantime, she filed another EAD application - "New photograph,
<BR>> >> with<BR>> >> no glare!" she said - and it was
approved.<BR>> >><BR>> >> But when her application for
permanent residency was eventually denied<BR>> >> last June, it was the
period of "unauthorized employment" that was cited<BR>> >> as the
reason.<BR>> >><BR>> >> 'No room for mistakes'<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Throughout the process, Dziewanowska had urged UI to
retain an <BR>> >> immigration<BR>> >> lawyer to help with the
case and been told it wasn't necessary, she said.<BR>> >> She
eventually hired Cherasia on her own, and he filed a motion to have<BR>>
>> the case reconsidered. It was rejected in March.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> "It was a real brush-off," he said.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> There was little rationale offered for the decision,
he said, though<BR>> >> immigration officials have said that as a
university professor,<BR>> >> Dziewanowska should be able to follow the
laws. She now has hired Maria<BR>> >> Andrade, a Boise attorney who
specializes in "removal" cases, but she's <BR>> >> in<BR>> >>
a nebulous position.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Once someone's
application for residency is rejected, the next step is to<BR>> >> be
ordered to court before an immigration judge. But that could take a<BR>>
>> long time - perhaps years - and in the meantime, Dziewanowska has no
way<BR>> >> to earn a living. She's a year away from retirement, and
she and her<BR>> >> husband have a new home in Moscow. She's not sure
what she's going to do<BR>> >> now.<BR>> >><BR>> >>
"I never tried to break the law," she said. "I tried to play according
to<BR>> >> the rules."<BR>> >><BR>> >> Her attorney,
Andrade, said it's unfortunate that the university hasn't<BR>> >>
stepped forward to take more responsibility. But even if it did, the<BR>>
>> burden for meeting the laws would still fall to Dziewanowska.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> "On the immigration side, there's no room for
good-faith mistakes in the<BR>> >> law, and this is one of them," she
said. "It's a sad case. It's a very <BR>> >> sad<BR>> >>
case."<BR>> >><BR>> >>
-------------------------------------------------------<BR>> >><BR>>
>> It really makes you wonder, doesn't it?<BR>> >><BR>>
>> Just another undocumented worker, right guys?<BR>> >><BR>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Tom
Hansen<BR>> >> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> >><BR>> >> "We're a
town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<BR>> >>
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<BR>>
>><BR>> >> - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<BR>>
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