Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 45 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Restrictions on immigration: Many have lost their desire to visit their home VTMBH Article: Author Thikana staff VTMBH Article: Publication Weekly Thikana VTMBH Article: Original Language Bangla VTMBH Article: Translator Moinuddin Naser VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb In previous years, many Bangladeshis visited their native country to celebrate the Eid Festival, the greatest festival of the Muslims after Ramadan. However, according to travel agents and immigration lawyers, few are leaving the U.S. this year because of tightened immigration policies and the economic recession. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body This year, the number of Bangladeshis who intended to visit their native country on the occasion of the Eid Festival was less than previous years. Restrictions at the airports and the economic recession are said to be the major reasons people were discouraged from visiting their home country. This information was gathered from travel agents and immigration attorneys. According to available reports, in other years, immigrants in the United States on various visas, used to apply for visas earlier to visit their home country to observe the Eid Festival, the greatest festival of the Muslims after Ramadan, the month of fasting. In the past, many people went to their home country and duly returned after observing Eid. But after September 11th, many people, who had traveled to their native country even with a visa, faced problems returning to the United States. Quite a good number of such visitors have been sent back to Bangladesh from different U.S. airports on the next flight out, or after being held at a detention center for few days. Immigration attorneys advise those who have already applied for status based on marriage or work certification, but have not yet settled the issue, or those who have been granted political asylum, but have not yet received their green card, to refrain from visiting their home country until their case is settled. But there are not many problems for those who are here on the Certificate of Special Studies program or for programs with the League of United Latin American Citizens. Many people who have applied under the Schools Around the World program, and returned on weekend, also faced a lot of problems because many of the immigration officials working at different airports were not aware of the program. During weekends, when the INS office is closed, the official working at the airport failed to obtain necessary permission from INS authorities. Many of those returning from their home countries have faced problems of detention at the airport. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-11-29 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 68 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Restrictions on immigration: Many have lost their desire to visit their home 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. In previous years, many Bangladeshis visited their native country to celebrate the Eid Festival, the Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-11-29