First, thank you for all your sharing and supporting those who have not been affected but that might know someone who has. In the past weeks, I've been able to get some stories of the people affected by this through Twitter. Each one these stories is a life, a family, and hundreds of thousands of decent human beings who had faith in the system, tried to do things right and now can't even even a straight answer.
Yesterday (Feb. 16) the White House was directly asked about PP 10014 and the visas expiring and no straight answer was given other than the White House needs to reach out to DHS, that they don't have an update. "the previous administration's approach was immoral but also ineffective". https://youtu.be/gC2ZHFh_Y_E?t=1084
And there are indeed many articles published already about the ineffectiveness of leaving the proclamation in place:
1) https://www.wsj.com/articles/ban-on-new-foreign-workers-left-u-s-jobs-unfilled-even-in-covid-downturn-11613409911?st=1jpplhvyryijseg&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter
2) https://www.wsj.com/articles/businesses-worry-about-bidens-silence-on-work-visa-ban-11612965607
3) https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/02/17/biden-trump-immigration-order-visa-lottery/#click=https://t.co/YnbfGCilGx
Here I'll also share statistics from the NVC about the backlog. The numbers are outrageous. https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/WaitingList/WaitingListItem_2020_vF.pdf
I was able to get a hold of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's team who says they can't do anything from their committees other than share it with their policy teams. I am still trying to get a hold of my other State's legislators (Sen. Edward Markey and Rep. Richard Neal) I haven't given up and an initial copy of our signatures so far was sent to Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. (DHS) and left another message in the White House Page, USDoL and USDoS . I'll be calling in the next days and following up if no answer. I'll keep everyone posted if I can get an interview/appointment or anything related.
I have also been following the litigations updates on Twitter #Anunciato #Gomez and others. @ckuck @iamlawachall @curtislaw
What can you do so far? If you aren't already, support and follow the other accounts. Please keep up sharing, please keep up posting and using the hashtag #StopPP10014 whenever you see any related publication.
I know that there's very little that we can do, but our voice is the last thing we lose. Keep up the hope. <3