Doromal said she will present a copy of the law journal article titled, “A Lesser-Known Immigration Crisis: Federal Immigration Law in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands” by Robert J. Misulich a J.D. candidate at the University of Washington.
On her blogsite “Unheard No More,” the former Rota teacher said the document “stands as another important voice in urging the United States Congress to right the wrongs of the flawed [federalization law] that excluded the provision for permanent status for the long-term CNMI guest workers.”
She said she will also deliver a letter from United Workers Movement president Rabby Syed based on the petition signed by over 7,000 nonresidents and supporters.
The letter will be delivered to the White House, congressional offices, the Department of the Interior and non-government organizations.
In an interview, Syed said they will also furnish a copy of the letter to Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Labor Director in the Northern Marianas Dean Tenorio and other federal officials.
In his letter, Syed asked Obama to recognize the unique and urgent needs of the CNMI’s legal, documented aliens which should not to be delayed by ongoing partisan politics and a raging debate over undocumented workers in the United States.
“It is within your power now to provide protection to legal aliens who have dedicated their lives to building and developing this U.S. commonwealth,” he told the president.
Syed said administrative action to grant the CNMI’s legal aliens parole-in-place status, employment authorization, and eligibility to apply for employment-based visas, would give peace of mind to 16,000 members of the CNMI community.
It will also keep families intact, and provide business and investors with the stable labor pool they need to help the CNMI economy recover, he added.
Doromal said she is preparing a written testimony for the upcoming July U.S. House hearing on CNMI issues that she will also attend.
