Attorney Famuyide Engineered Change in Law

It was the case of an immigrant who contacted HIV while working with the population in New York. Three lawyers tried to obtain green card for this immigrant unsuccessfully. Attorney Famuyide was retained 5years after the case started. Attorney Famuyide battled with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services for 5years before finally obtaining green card for the immigrant. It was a big scene at the USCIS office in New York the day the adjustment of status of this client was finalized and her passport stamped. She cried profusely and attracted a big crowd of sympathizers. The case had lasted for 10years. The immigrant suffered for 10 long years. Other members of her family had already U.S. citizens before she could dream of obtain her permanent resident status. Her parent died abroad during this ordeal and she could not travel to pay her last respect. She suffered untold hardship in the hands of bureaucrats and the outdated immigration system.  After the case was completed in 2007, Attorney Famuyide decided to be an immigration champion for HIV victims in the United States. He wrote and published series of articles on the subject and decided to seek Congressional help to effect a change in the law.  Under the old U.S. Immigration law, HIV victims were classified in the same category as criminals. They were deemed inadmissible as criminals unless waiver was granted. To obtain waiver was like a donkey passing through they eye of a needle. Attorney Famuyide decided to write to the New York Congressional delegation to the U.S. Senate. He sought interview with the then Senator Hillary Clinton on this subject during her run for presidency.  We are happy to report that effective January 4, 2010, HIV has been removed from the list of grounds of inadmissibility. Anyone with HIV in the U.S now can obtain green card without the ordeal of applying for waiver. We are happy to know that no other person will go through the 10year torment of Attorney Famuyide’s client. Many thanks to numerous and unknown advocates who might have joined in making this change of law a reality.  At the U.S. Immigration News, we will continue to fight for the good of all immigrants in the U.S. Justice must be for all not for the few. Join us in this crusade by advertising your business in the U.S. Immigration News so we can continue the fight for immigrants.  Below is a copy of the letter sent to Senator Hillary Clinton in 2007 on this issue. All our previous articles on this matter are in the archives on our website.  US IMMIGRATION NEWS                                                                                                                                                                

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May 3, 2007 Senator Hillary Clinton REQUEST FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT Dear Senator Clinton: This letter is written on behalf of the editorial crew of the USI News to request for an interview appointment with you. We have watched with keen interest your interest in becoming the next President of the United States.  The immigrant community in the U.S. will like to hear from you about your plans for the people of the United States particularly the immigrants. We need to know where you stand regarding the ongoing debate in Congress about what to do with the plight of numerous undocumented aliens in the U.S. There are immigrants in the U.S. today who need to wait for over 5years before their loved ones could join them. Many families have been ruined because of this long waiting period. We need to know what you intend to do.  Also there is a portion of the law that equates having HIV to being a CRIMINAL. We need to know what you intend do about this if you are elected the next President of this great Country.  The interview will be published in the June 1, 2007 issue of our newspaper, kindly oblige us a date before May 25, 2007.
As a matter of introduction, U.S. Immigration News is a mainstream newspaper which is devoted to educating, informing and providing immigration resources to all immigrants in the United States. USI News was born out of passion to bring awareness to the need of immigrants and their communities in the United States. Currently, statistics show that we have about 35 million immigrants living in the United States. Our goal is to reach each and every immigrant through a threefold approach to marketing. We have a unique print media that touches on the latest immigration news, the future of immigration, healthcare, politics, cutting-edge decisions, visa bulletin, sport, entertainment and many more. Our online version of the newspaper is designed to compete with any of the notable web media in the United States. Our web address is www.usimmigrationnewspaper.com.

Our Editor-in-Chief, Joseph R. Famuyide is an experienced immigration attorney both as it relates to the successes he has attained in helping innumerable immigrants adjust their status in the United States and in the print media. Attorney Joseph Famuyide has been an attorney for eighteen years and has practiced as an immigration attorney for eleven years. He is the author of Green Card Interview: Dos & Don’ts, an encyclopedia of wisdom for all immigrants seeking to adjust their status. The book is selling very well on amazon.com. Attorney Famuyide was an immigration columnist for a New York based Newspaper for seven years before establishing the U.S. Immigration News. He has appeared on radio and television shows on immigration matters. He conducts lectures and seminars on immigration frequently. Currently, he is a periodic guest on Lifesat TV program called “Immigration Today”. US Immigration News’s commitment is to reach all the States of our nation with valuable and accessible information and to create a growing and strong immigrant community.   Very truly yours,  Joseph Rotimi Famuyide, Esq.Editor-in-Chief