Musings on Immigration

CARRP is the acronym for the Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program. If you are a U.S. immigrant with Middle Eastern, South Asian, Arab or Muslim heritage, then it is important that you educate yourself about CARRP, because the program could put your application for a green card, naturalization, and other immigration forms in an indefinite holding pattern. Have you attended multiple InfoPass appointments only to learn that your application is still awaiting “standard” background checks? The truth may be that your application is subject to CARRP due to your religion, national origin, or affiliations. If your immigration forms have been unconstitutionally delayed by the CARRP program, you may have grounds for a lawsuit against the U.S. government. This could force USCIS to adjudicate and approve your application. Filing a lawsuit against the U.S. government might sound intimidating, but these lawsuits are often successful because federal courts know that CARRP ...

Have you ever heard of CARRP?    Most people have not, but you should definitely educate yourself if you are an immigrant to the United States coming from an Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim or South Asian background.  CARRP stands for the C ontrolled A pplication R eview and R esolution P rogram, and it is meant to delay and deny naturalization, green card, and other applications without proper legal authority.   If you have attended numerous InfoPass appointments and the only response you ever receive is that your application is still awaiting “standard” background checks, think again.  Your application may very well be subject to the CARRP security program simply based on your national origin, religion, or affiliations.  A report on the findings of the CARRP program was released August 2013, and can be found HERE . The question is then,  what can be done?   How can an applicant force USCIS to adjudicate and approve an a...