The expiration of the CNMI umbrella permits on Nov. 27 was the beginning of a new phase the for nonresidents’ campaign, said Rabby Syed, United Workers Movement president.
“We will continue to tell the U.S. Congress why all legal guest workers deserve improved status in the CNMI,” he said.
“Nobody should be left behind,” he added.
Syed said they will ask all nonresidents to attend a meeting on Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. at the Minatchom Atdao pavilion in Susupe.
The meeting will discuss “new strategies” in pursuing their objective, he added.
For his part, Dekada president Boni Sagana said the month-long prayer vigil and campsite outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Garapan was “very successful.”
He said their prayer vigil resulted in the announcement that USCIS will grant humanitarian parole, on a case by case basis, to immediate relatives of U.S. citizens and CNMI permanent residents.
Sagana said nonresidents who gathered at the campsite exchanged ideas and provided moral support to each other.
He is encouraging all nonresidents to support the lawsuit filed in federal court to prevent the implementation of the CW rule.
Sagana, who is one of the petitioners, said the lawsuit will benefit the CNMI and its economy.
