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I agree
I have been trying for a few weeks to get another campaign going similar to Guatemala 5000. I don't have the skills to get one going and no one seems interested to help. I emailed my senators, JSCIS, DOS, and received canned responses. I am not sure why no one wants to get involved this time. Maybe it's because there are not that many of us left, I just don't know.
I cannot believe that if we didn't start a campaign, that no one would listen. Look at what we did several months ago with Guatemala 5000. We made a difference then, why not now?
I don't believe for one second that there is simply nothing we can do about it and it's all in Guatemala's hands. The US put pressure on Guatemala to ratify the Hague earlier than they wanted to and they allowed a grandfather clause. They can put pressure on them to do the right thing now and let these cases go. What good is holding them for an indefinate amount of time going to do for anyone, esp the children? And if we don't make an impact now, I bet that we will probably be dealing with a new delay tactic once the interviews are over.
They are saying that the cases being interviewed will be released when they are ALL done. I hear (rumor) that this is just the cases currently ready to be signed off. So what happens to all of the cases with the 1st and 2nd reviewer? Will they let the first group go and then make the next bunch of cases wait another 30 days or more? And that's if they really do let them out in 30 days (I'll believe it when I see it)
Ok, I'll get off my soap box now. Maybe I'm delusional. I am just so frustrated, I want to go camp out on the Embassy lawn on a hunger strike (not to make light of the women who are protesting now).
Whew, I feel better now, sorry for the ranting and raving.
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