what is rifqa bary's immigration status? ... is she still in the country? ... trento, stemberger, gatterdam or lloyd, ... , anybody have any answers?

i have set forward my views on how the rifqa bary "legal team" squandered her chances at access to any number of beneficial remedies for her illegal status under the u.s. immigration code.  first, they eschewed asylum, then they botched the s.j.i.s. application by an extremely ill-chosen evidentiary stipulation, and now they seem dilatory in seeking relief for her such as might be accorded her due to her health?

i have not heard nor do i know what is happening to her in this regard, and what is being done in her behalf in this regard.

are any formal applications or petitions for relief under the immigration codes before any federal immigration panels or agencies?  hearings pending?  relief granted?  temporary or permanent?

if so, what is the status of same?

if not, why the heck not?  i am so bitterly resigned to all of this that i cannot even work up a profane version of this inquiry.

is anyone in the vaunted stemberger, gatterdam & lloyd camp willing to respond to this, and to say what is going on with this little girl's fate?  can anyone speak to these matters directly and with candor, so that one does not have to rely on the "disinformation" available at the rifqa bary website, which seems concerned more with fund raising than anything else.

john jay @ 08.25.2010

Comments

[Diana]

John, I don't think it's any secret that the official Rifqa Bary site has become disinformation. This is likely to be for Rifqa's own safety. The rest of us do not have the "right" to know.

At this stage, I would not trust ANYTHING I read on the internet about Rifqa. Anyone who knew anything would be honour-bound not to reveal it. In the absence of real facts, at least one cyber-poster has meanwhile been caught out making stuff up.

My understanding is that Rifqa's friends know her whereabouts but that they have good reason not to reveal it. You can still contact her via Angela Lloyd until 10 November. I wouldn't panic unless you still lack information by that date.

To move away from facts and into speculation: a careful analysis of her lawyers' words indicates to me that, yes, Rifqa has in fact submitted some kind of immigration application. I presume she cannot be deported while it is pending.

I hope this gives you some peace of mind.

[john jay]

diana:

for the first time, i am inclined to disagree w/ you a bit.

none of the information i am interested in has by necessity to disclose her whereabouts, or compromise her security.

silence, at this point, serves only the interests of her representatives, and her "legal team." and, if she has an immigration application before the federal agencies, i would like to know what form it has taken, as i see no relief available to her under s.j.i.s., which is what the legal team muffed, in my estimation.

and, if i am wrong, i am quite happy to eat a little crow about it.

john jay

[Diana]

If I knew anything, I couldn't tell you, could I?

But you know who my informant is. I repeat: I don't believe you have any reason to worry right now.