Fargo Couple Among Those Stung by Abrupt Hearing Cancellations

(Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – A woman who recently moved to Fargo from the Philippines has a job lined up to work as a nurse for Bethany. But she hasn’t started the job because her work authorization hasn’t yet been approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

She is living with her husband, a Fargo native, while they wait for a hearing to be rescheduled, but they have no idea how long the wait will be.

The North Dakota Monitor is not naming the couple out of concerns for her safety.

The Minneapolis field office for Citizenship and Immigration Services is where North Dakota residents are likely to go for an immigration hearing or interview. The couple traveled to Minneapolis in November for a hearing, spending the night in a hotel so they could arrive early for their 8 a.m. appointment. At 8:30 a.m., they were told the hearing would have to be rescheduled. They say they were not given a reason.