Again, note the redundant and spelled out language of this second U.S. State Department advisory cable, as if it were intended for special ed group. Entire cable repeats essentially the same point over and over and over and over.
TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS
GUIDELINES AND CHANGES FOR RETURNING DHS /BCIS APPROVED IV AND NIV PETITIONS
5. The Department is regularly named as a co-defendant with DHS in cases involving the return of immigrant or nonimmigrant petitions to DHS.
6. the memo supporting the petition return must clearly show the factual and concrete reasons for recommending revocation (observations made by the consular officer cannot be conclusive, speculative, equivocal or irrelevant) and; consular officers must provide to the applicant in writing as full an explanation as possible of the legal and factual basis for the visa denial and petition return.
7. In general, an approved petition will be considered by
consular officers as prima facie evidence that the requirements
for classification - which are examined in the petition process
- have been met.
8. DHS regulations require DHS/BCIS to provide the petitioner notice of intent to revoke, and to allow the petitioner an opportunity to rebut the grounds for revocation. DHS regulations require that, in the case of nonimmigrant petitions, the revocation must be based only on grounds specified in the regulations.
9. The report must be comprehensive, clearly showing factual and
concrete reasons for revocation. The report must be well reasoned and analytical rather than conclusory. Observations made by the consular officer cannot be conclusive, speculative, equivocal or irrelevant." The criteria cited in this note derive from the Board of Immigration Appeals case, Matter of Arias, in which the Board determined that the memorandum supporting a petition return did not constitute "good and sufficient cause" for petition revocation, because it consisted of "observations of the consular officer that are conclusory, speculative, equivocal, or irrelevant to the bona fides of the claimed relationship".
10. Memoranda supporting petition returns should be scrutinized
carefully and objectively, bearing in mind that they may become
relevant in litigation. The memoranda should be based on
specific factual evidence, rather than conclusions, and should
be clearly reasoned.
11. INA 212(b) requires the conoff to "provide the alien with a timely written notice that- (A) states the determination, and (B) lists the specific provision or provisions of law under which the alien is inadmissible." 9 FAM 42.81 Procedural Note one instructs the conoff to provide: "1) The provision(s) of law on which the refusal is based; (2) The factual basis for the refusal (unless such information is classified); (3) Any missing documents or other evidence required; (4) What procedural steps must be taken by the consular officer or Department; and (5) Any relief available to overcome the refusal."
12. There are legitimate reasons why in some cases a conoff
should not release all information relating to a visa refusal;
such reasons could include.. confidentiality concerns. However,
absent such considerations, conoffs should provide the applicant
with the full factual basis for a visa refusal, as well as a
reasonable opportunity to overcome the finding. This is particularly important to ensure that the Department's interests
are protected in any subsequent litigation.
Powell was a 4-star general and dared to advise his department. I can't imagine Condi doing this.
President has his cabinet of secretaries and ambassadors, who more freely press the foreign leaders than their own departments and embassies.
It's an interesting system, with a shell of democracy, and a core of near-monarchy (federal bureaucracy), which presidents and their cabinets try to avoid as much as possible.
Again, the United States is not a democracy,it is a constitutional republic,far different than a democracy. But the Goebbels media in America want you to believe we live in a democracy,thats how illegal legislation gets passed in the middle of the night. Too many experts here and abroad can't define what our form of government is. So when you refer to the United States as a democracy, you are dead wrong. Germany was a democracy, that's why a Hitler coming to power in the United States is remote by any imagination. There's were the electoral college works. That's also why the small states have a chance in elections because of the electors. If it wasn't the case we would be ruled by the liberals and communists from Left Coast and the East seaboard.