Name Check and Background Check Myth

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Solving the background check web. 

It has been very clear since the post 9/11 with the immigrations and processes that many of the communities have been affected significantly.  It has been noticed by the Pakistani-Americans that the process of name check, as well as, their background check has been delaying the legal visa processes for individuals very significantly.

PAKPAC supports and the legalized process of immigration, but we also support that the legalized process or immigration should be equally applied and be universal to people of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds.

There have been some concerns that people of certain countries including Pakistan and people with Muslim faith have had undue delay and very significant delay in their processes attributed to the name check process.

We understand that the national security is of paramount importance, but we also believe that technology, and the communication systems allow us to perform these processes effectively and efficiently. In times of uncertainties, and times of misunderstandings, it is critical that these differential time frames of processes are cleared and managed in a manner where access is equal. It is required that the processes, which are involved in solving and dealing with this name check process, as well as, the background check process should be made fair and efficient. The delays that have been reported have ranged from few weeks to almost years for individuals who are following the rules and laws, and are going through processes to be able to become US citizens.  We feel that this process needs to be better understood by the community, but also mechanisms need to be identified to help make it more efficient and modern, technologically advanced world where such processes should be taking days rather than years.

This committee requires support of the different people to join in and help out. If interested please write to Namecheck@pakpac.net

  LETTER TO COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS

  LETTER TO THE VICTIMS OF THE POLICY

  Committees Resource Files:

  June 2007 Report from the CIS Ombudsman's Office

  AILA Paper on representative cases with results

  Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Report: Alien Security Check Process

  Atty. Rabia Chaudhry's Presentation on Security Clearance
 
 Revised Guidelines for Security Adjudication and Reporting Requirements Feb 2008

 New York Times Article

Dangerous delays in immigration checks: Washington Times

 Class Action Law Suit for Citizenship Delays

 Citizenship delays face challenge by Muslim groups: Orlando Sentinel

 Immigrants on voting sidelines: Seattle Times
 
 Citizenship path sometimes rocky: Philadelphia Inquirer

 'Name checks' delaying citizenship process: Miami Herald
 
 Legal immigrants to U.S. face endless wait: CS Monitor

 14 sue over immigration issues

 Muslims sue over immigration delays

Goal Set for Reducing Backlog on Citizenship Applications

Top Immigration Official to Resign in April

Updated Name Check Data and the FBI strategy to deal with backlog