Poles denied visas

FrOg

Just wanted to bring to your attention that an Eastern European country that has stuck out its neck in support of the US during the war in Iraq is not being treated very well with regards to visitor visas. As some of you know, I am an immigrant from Poland and have been directly affected by this policy. My family (extended) cannot visit me or my family here in the states. Over the 15 yrs I've been in the states, only 3-4 family members have been allowed to visit us. They constantly apply and pay a good amount of their monthly salaries and are almost always denied to visit.

None of my family has ever overstayed their visa. I'm slightly offended that Mexicans come illegally with impunity and there is a huge push politically to protect their illegal "right" to swim the river. Mexico didn't even support us with Iraq.

Maybe I'm missing something but this angers me.[:(!]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,110722,00.html

Frog



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dcon12

Sorry for your plight. Sometimes you need a good sponsor. The illegal do not swim. We have been in a drought. they just wade across.

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tr fox

seems unfair to me also.

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rcdis

frOg

I wish I could apologize for the actions of our government, of course I cannot. You have a legitimate complaint. It is as if your country men are assumed guilty before the fact. That is that they will over stay their visas. However, do not expect any justice from the current administration, they do not mind sticking it to the citizens of the U.S. They certainly will not care about the citizens of Poland, they already helped out; why should Washington feel any need to look favorably on its ally.

rcdis

offeror

Yes, Poland's head of state was here last week talking to George W. about it. He really put him on the spot in front of the media, saying that the goal for the future was "no visas, no visas." I agree. I was a big admirer of Lech Walesa, and the Poles deserve first class treatment in my book. The only thing I can think of is that Homeland Security must be concerned about someone sneaking in, but I don't know why Poland would be any more prone to that than any other mainland European country. If they couldn't get it done last week, I wonder how long it will take to loosen the strings. George W. owes the public an explanation on that one. The wrong thing to do is take offense for being audaciously confronted about it at the photo op. It was obvious George W. was putting him off and needed prodding.

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ElMuertoMonkey

I'm not trying to be a smart@$$ here nor make excuses for the current administration's policy, but Poles simply don't have the political clout in this country that Hispanics do. It's not within GW Bush's best political interests to "pander" to such a small demographic, no matter how supportive their nation was.

As is all too often the case with American foreign policy, when your usefulness is over (ie, the shooting stops), so's the honeymoon. [V]

FrOg

Muerto, you are correct that Poles aren't the priority that Mexicans are. I do think, however, that if Poland wanted to, this could become a political problem for the US (there are more Poles in Chicago than any other city in the world). I think there are a whole lot of Polish americans who have been silent but can be very powerful if they are not treated fairly.

I may be wrong.

Frog



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Iconoclast

FrOg, I hear you loud and clear. In six plus years, I've only been able to get one of my wife's family here for a visit from Russia . . . more wetbacks came across the border in the time it took to type this reply than I have in-laws. And my relatives would go home in a few weeks instead of demanding free medical care, education, etc., at the expense of the taxpayers!

And if we had plugged the border and deported the illegal aliens when we should have - thirty years ago! - none of these gutless politicians would be catering to "the Hispanic vote" today. It's not too late to fix things, but if we wait much longer, we'll be overrun.

"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain)

spasmcreek

frOg....i agree... not right..wonder if family filled out visas in spanish bureauquacks at disneyland on the potomac would fast track them???