Group asks US to stop deporting Pakistanis
Group asks US to stop deporting Pakistanis
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: A Pakistani group has requested US authorities to stop deporting Pakistani immigrants because of infringements of US immigration law.
The New York-based US-Pakistan Freedom Forum said in a statement that those Pakistanis whose immigration regularisation cases had been gathering dust for years should be expeditiously finalised with sympathy.
The forum also demanded that the US Treasury Department permit Pakistanis travelling to their country to be with their families affected by the earthquake to carry twice the amount of cash currently allowed under the law. The forum said there were a couple of thousand Pakistani women with young children living in the greater New York region whose husbands had been deported in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. These women were without legal papers, but were fearful of declaring themselves to the authorities. The forum proposed a general amnesty for such women and their families.
The statement also called on all Pakistani embassies to redouble their efforts to have the maximum amount of money raised abroad for victims of the earthquake.
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: A Pakistani group has requested US authorities to stop deporting Pakistani immigrants because of infringements of US immigration law.
The New York-based US-Pakistan Freedom Forum said in a statement that those Pakistanis whose immigration regularisation cases had been gathering dust for years should be expeditiously finalised with sympathy.
The forum also demanded that the US Treasury Department permit Pakistanis travelling to their country to be with their families affected by the earthquake to carry twice the amount of cash currently allowed under the law. The forum said there were a couple of thousand Pakistani women with young children living in the greater New York region whose husbands had been deported in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. These women were without legal papers, but were fearful of declaring themselves to the authorities. The forum proposed a general amnesty for such women and their families.
The statement also called on all Pakistani embassies to redouble their efforts to have the maximum amount of money raised abroad for victims of the earthquake.
posted by India News Watch at 7:43 AM
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