home of the free because of the brave black and white

We grew up together in the US, I told the official collecting the cards. I waited more than four years for that card. Standing in the very long line, I saw people holding their Green Cards and.handing them in. It came time to join the procession and receive my certificate of citizenship. The speech by the Judge was eloquent and moving. More than 300 other people from every ethnic group imaginable were sworn in with us. It took place at historic Faneuil Hall, Boston, and it was conducted with wonderful ceremony and pomp. It's a special green card and you have the status of a brain surgeon.' Well, thank you again, Harmony Magazine! The only traumatic part of it is was the swearing-in ceremony itself. 'But I have never seen anything like this. The official who did the final interview with me ran the card through the system and looked at the computer screen in amazement. This was very serious, as you'll read later.Īmazingly, becoming a citizen was remarkably easy and it all happened within a space of weeks. It gave me a new status, according to my attorney, the same level as a brain surgeon or nuclear physicist. The article.and a big thanks to publisher Paul Judy for this.changed everything. It reported on a successful series of collective bargaining negotiations by the Oregon Symphony that utilized a new technique called Interest Based Bargaining that I had introduced. At this point, which I confess felt pretty precarious, Claudia Burnett submitted to our attorney a major article from Harmony Magazine. The argument, 'But I like it here,' was ineffectual. The agents were not convinced and demanded that the position be advertised nationally otherwise my work visa would be revoked. That was because the Orchestra had used a headhunter. In looking at my file, Immigration was surprised to see that my position had not been advertised. The same attorney was retained and we began work. In terms of Immigration challenges, this was Mount Everest. I liked the US so much I wanted to become a Permanent Resident, which meant applying for a Green Card.

Home of the free because of the brave black and white