We can not give up on it just yet!
Here is my letter sent to the Director of Non-Immigrant Visas:
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Dear Mr.
Bistransky, Director of Non-Immigrant Visas -
For
many months, twelve American families have been arranging for a 10-year
Anniversary Celebration for children adopted through the Moscow Embassy.
These are each upstanding, professional families who have no intentions
of harboring an "escapee".
Each
American family was going to host, thank and honor the man (Alexander Romanov)
who helped make their dream of having a family a reality. The children
were excited to meet this man. One family was even flying in from Ireland for
this special tour.
We had
plans each day for taking Alexander to an American baseball game, the Golden
Gate Bridge, the Space Shuttle, Queen Mary, Home Depot, along Route 66, a
library, horseback riding, a California mission and so many other places and
then to document his travels so that many more people would be brought together
in this network of Joy and Learning.
How
could the Interviewing Officer not understand how much of a Goodwill Tour this
was to be for the two countries? We established the Sasha Journey
Blogsite to track Alexander's daily activities and broadcast those
to the current readers in Russia, the U.S., Germany, Australia, South Korea, and
other countries. I implore you to please look at it.
I
posted a comment on one website and a Russian person responded with "Americans KILL the
adopted Russian children!" Sasha's Journey was going to prove to the world the
opposite! To show everyone how wonderfully these adopted children are treated;
how they have grown into fine young persons in their communities.
Alexander
loves his country and the intention for doing this Goodwill Tour was to bring
the two countries closer together!
How can we explain to a dozen Russian adopted children that the
man who helped to make them American Citizens has been Forbidden to visit with
them?
I
ask you Mr. Bistransky "Tear Down this American Wall!"
In this particular case: How can we create Unity
versus creating more separation between the two countries?
Respectfully,
Tina Shelton
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