My friend Rachel’s husband is a Canadian citizen and they’ve been trying to get him through immigration for over a year now. From what I can tell, Specter and Casey haven’t done too much to help, despite letters and calls to their offices. Its been really frustrating for Rachel and her husband. If only they were high profile and not twenty somethings!

However, Specter did help a high profile client get an expedited vias a for his wife a few years back. I was amazed what ONE call from a Senator could do. Usually those visas take weeks to obtain, but our client’s wife had hers within 48 hours.

I’m still waiting to see what Arlen Specter will say – hopefully his response will not be a form letter but I’ll post those interactions as well.

Thanks for taking an initiative and standing up for those that the government perceives only has a small voice. You raised issues that are often overlooked and neglected in office. I hope that you do get a real response, from a real person.

I just talked on my sit yesterday about the importance of personal contact. The e-mail form is the tackiest way to speak and learn from your viewers, customers, fans, etc. It puts a robotic feel to your question and in return you got a robotic response.

Unfortunately, I do not think that will turn around anytime soon, but hey, some Senators are starting to pick up Twitter, so there is hope. And I bet Mr. Casey has some intern running Google Alerts for his name, every politician has an ego, so I bet he sees this in time!

Cheers!