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[Susie]

Hi

Sorry, I am going to have a moan, then try to do something about it!

I am sick and tired of every time I watch the news at Bush going on about how he wants to introduce the Guest Worker Program. The truth of the matter is America cannot do without these workers, and its all about getting more tax dollars for Uncle Sam

Can you imagine if the DOS/USCIS have to start to document these 12 million ilegals, what hope will there be for the rest of us

Staff will be directed to work on this leaving us all (Decent legals) with further dealys, errors and even more backlogs!

Right, I will start calling the news channels about expats voice! Any offers of help?

[floridapete]

Just a thought, Susie, before you start on all those calls.

Does "ExPats" translate into American ?

I mean - is it such a British expression that they (the US media) may not know what it means ?

Yes, we know it stands for "Ex Patriot" - but even that could mean something VERY different to the American ear (i.e. "I used to be a patriot - but I'm not now !" which could send a very negative message to the US listener or reader. Does the American mindset recognise 'US Expats' (living in the UK or Europe for instance) or do they call them something else. I really don't know !

So I wonder what the media will understand what this "ExPats" thing is all about ? You may have a steep educational curve on your hands before you even get to your mission message ! :)

[Grumpy]

Hi Peter

You may well have a vaild point, I am not sure of the answer but will ask a few of my American friends

[Sharon]

Hi

Hope this helps


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ex·pa·tri·ate (k-sptr-t) KEY

VERB:
ex·pa·tri·at·ed , ex·pa·tri·at·ing , ex·pa·tri·ates
VERB:
tr.

To send into exile. See Synonyms at banish.
To remove (oneself) from residence in one's native land.
VERB:
intr.

To give up residence in one's homeland.
To renounce allegiance to one's homeland.
NOUN:
(-t, -t)
One who has taken up residence in a foreign country.
One who has renounced one's native land.
ADJECTIVE:
(-t, -t)
Residing in a foreign country; expatriated: "She delighted in the bohemian freedom enjoyed by the expatriate artists, writers, and performers living in Rome" (Janet H. Murray).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin expatrire , expatrit- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin patria, native land (from patrius, paternal, from pater, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots)

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ex·patri·ation (Noun)


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[JulieC]

To renounce allegiance to ones homeland. Nope, non resident aliens, according to the Americans we still reside in the UK. To send yourself into exile, yes thats about it!

[Susie]

Hi Peter

Yes a valid point.

I have asked a couple of American friends and they seem to understand.

Oh well, I will soon find out as I will start calling TV stations tomorrow


I saw a sticker on a car the other day, had to laugh it said


You are in America now so speak English!

Trouble is so many English words do not mean much to the Americans

We say boot, they say trunk
We say rubbish they say garbage etc., etc

Makes you wonder what other words (or meaning of words) have changed

[fatbrit]

Sorry, I am going to have a moan, then try to do something about it!

IMO, the problem is endemic in the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the US. USCIS is, though, perhaps its finest manifestation. All government departments need an ombudsman with teeth and a customer charter. The threat of mandamus or a moan from your senator does not seem to work. There is absolutely no reason that they cannot anticipate demand and adjust staffing levels accordingly. Additionally, there is also no reason that the vast majority of applications for a specific immigration benefit cannot be processed within 30 days.