I made a decision:
November 10, 2015
The Honorable Senator Diana Feinstein
United States Senate
RE: Pedro
Jose Berzunza
Jose Berzunza
NVC Case Number: MEX2010754122
F4 Visa Applicant
Dear Senator Feinstein:
It is my pleasure and hopes to write this letter on
behalf of Professor Pedro Jose Berzunza Castilla, a Mexican citizen currently
living in Merida, Yucatan. He is seeking an F4 visa to join his sister’s family
in the US, and I am honor and proud to recommend Pedro José to your attention
as an exceptional candidate for US residence.
Pedro applied for the visa in 2007, secured INS clearance in 2010 and is
currently awaiting visa approval by the State Department. Anything you can do to intervene and expedite
this approval will be profoundly appreciated.
Please allow me to outline some of the excellent reasons this approval
would be a good decision for our nation.
behalf of Professor Pedro Jose Berzunza Castilla, a Mexican citizen currently
living in Merida, Yucatan. He is seeking an F4 visa to join his sister’s family
in the US, and I am honor and proud to recommend Pedro José to your attention
as an exceptional candidate for US residence.
Pedro applied for the visa in 2007, secured INS clearance in 2010 and is
currently awaiting visa approval by the State Department. Anything you can do to intervene and expedite
this approval will be profoundly appreciated.
Please allow me to outline some of the excellent reasons this approval
would be a good decision for our nation.
I’ve known Pedro since 1990. At the time we met, he was applying for UCLA graduate
program at the School of Law, and me as the Director of the Program of México,
I invited him for one of my seminars in regarding the Mexican Government public
policy, and I was impressing for his enthusiasm in regarding the U.S.-Mexican
relations and the history of both nations. Pedro came to the US on a foreign
student visa in 1989, not long after finishing his undergraduate degree or BA
in Law at State University of Yucatan. After
him graduate from the LL.M. and working as research assistant for Professor
Henry W. McGee and Cruz Reynoso at UCLA School of Law, he made decision in 1994
to apply for the Latin American Studies at UCLA, in which he was accepted in
the spring of 1995.
program at the School of Law, and me as the Director of the Program of México,
I invited him for one of my seminars in regarding the Mexican Government public
policy, and I was impressing for his enthusiasm in regarding the U.S.-Mexican
relations and the history of both nations. Pedro came to the US on a foreign
student visa in 1989, not long after finishing his undergraduate degree or BA
in Law at State University of Yucatan. After
him graduate from the LL.M. and working as research assistant for Professor
Henry W. McGee and Cruz Reynoso at UCLA School of Law, he made decision in 1994
to apply for the Latin American Studies at UCLA, in which he was accepted in
the spring of 1995.
After successfully graduate with his degree in an M.A.
in Latin American Studies, Pedro work for me at the Program of México at UCLA
and at Statistical Abstracts of Latin America, in which I am the Director and
Editor for the first and the second one. In the late summer of 1998, he was
hire to work as diplomat at legal department of the Mexican Embassy in
Washington, D.C., after he finish his term at the Mexican Embassy, he was hire
by the Department of Education as an Instructor for Spanish, History in the District
of Columbia Public Schools. During those
years, we maintain a communication and friendship, that fruitfully until this
day.
in Latin American Studies, Pedro work for me at the Program of México at UCLA
and at Statistical Abstracts of Latin America, in which I am the Director and
Editor for the first and the second one. In the late summer of 1998, he was
hire to work as diplomat at legal department of the Mexican Embassy in
Washington, D.C., after he finish his term at the Mexican Embassy, he was hire
by the Department of Education as an Instructor for Spanish, History in the District
of Columbia Public Schools. During those
years, we maintain a communication and friendship, that fruitfully until this
day.
I consider Pedro, as one of my “best cards of
presentation” as a professor of history or Ambassador of good will between the
two countries in which I live and rise as student and academic.
presentation” as a professor of history or Ambassador of good will between the
two countries in which I live and rise as student and academic.
I must said, that when his visa status required his
return to Mexico in 2007, Pedro had been a resident of the US for almost 20
years, basically the entire period of his young adulthood and for all the years
of his professional formation. He is a man with a great humanity, and his soul
is indeed bicultural, and his long periods of life and education in both the
United States and Mexico make him an outstanding bicultural citizen of nations,
I can affirm that Pedro José belongs to both cultures the Mexican by birth and
the American by education and formation as young man and adulthood. From both sides of the border, he has worked
over the years to facilitate international exchanges between U.S. and Mexican
citizens, and to educate about the histories, governments, legal systems, and
cultures of both the U.S. and Mexico.
return to Mexico in 2007, Pedro had been a resident of the US for almost 20
years, basically the entire period of his young adulthood and for all the years
of his professional formation. He is a man with a great humanity, and his soul
is indeed bicultural, and his long periods of life and education in both the
United States and Mexico make him an outstanding bicultural citizen of nations,
I can affirm that Pedro José belongs to both cultures the Mexican by birth and
the American by education and formation as young man and adulthood. From both sides of the border, he has worked
over the years to facilitate international exchanges between U.S. and Mexican
citizens, and to educate about the histories, governments, legal systems, and
cultures of both the U.S. and Mexico.
During his time in Merida, Yucatán, México he was
hired as academic at the Department of Political Sciences at the Modelo
University and at the School of Law of the State University of Yucatan, he is a
well-known and respected professor of college, at the same time he is the
Coordinator for International Relations at the Modelo University, in which he
was in charge to international guess program for the celebration of the one
hundred years of the Escuela Modelo; he was behind the projects to invite guess
speakers such as Ambassador and Undersecretary of State Thomas R. Pickering,
former General Prosecutor and Ambassador of Colombia in Mexico Luis Camilo
Osorio Izasa and others.
hired as academic at the Department of Political Sciences at the Modelo
University and at the School of Law of the State University of Yucatan, he is a
well-known and respected professor of college, at the same time he is the
Coordinator for International Relations at the Modelo University, in which he
was in charge to international guess program for the celebration of the one
hundred years of the Escuela Modelo; he was behind the projects to invite guess
speakers such as Ambassador and Undersecretary of State Thomas R. Pickering,
former General Prosecutor and Ambassador of Colombia in Mexico Luis Camilo
Osorio Izasa and others.
Professor Berzunza would very much likely to return to
the United States to pursue in this country his life’s work of education and building
bridges between the nations of Mexico and the U.S. and I believe this would an
excellent outcome for both the US and Mexico.
the United States to pursue in this country his life’s work of education and building
bridges between the nations of Mexico and the U.S. and I believe this would an
excellent outcome for both the US and Mexico.
During all the time I have known Pedro, I have been highly
impressed by his intellectual curiosity, his comprehensive intelligence, and his ability to engage complex issues in ways
that demonstrate thoughtfulness and insight. I remember that while he was at
George Washington University he took great advantage of the intellectual and
political life of our nation’s capital, frequently calling to share information
about the many lectures and events he attended as he fulfilled his profound desire
to learn more about U.S. and international government politics and
personalities. A look at his CV attests to all the ways he has involved himself
through the years with educational opportunities, and I can also attest that he
is skilled in the service of educating others.
He has so much to offer the US at a time when so many of us need to know
more about Mexico and Mexicans, and more about international history and relations
in general as we develop the skills and strategies we need to be good global neighbors.
impressed by his intellectual curiosity, his comprehensive intelligence, and his ability to engage complex issues in ways
that demonstrate thoughtfulness and insight. I remember that while he was at
George Washington University he took great advantage of the intellectual and
political life of our nation’s capital, frequently calling to share information
about the many lectures and events he attended as he fulfilled his profound desire
to learn more about U.S. and international government politics and
personalities. A look at his CV attests to all the ways he has involved himself
through the years with educational opportunities, and I can also attest that he
is skilled in the service of educating others.
He has so much to offer the US at a time when so many of us need to know
more about Mexico and Mexicans, and more about international history and relations
in general as we develop the skills and strategies we need to be good global neighbors.
In
sum, then, I strongly believe that Pedro Berzunza would be wisely chosen as an
F4 visa recipient, and that the U.S. would be fortunate to gain him as a
resident. Please do not hesitate to contact
me if there is any further information I can provide to you that might help you
act to support this visa decision in favor of my friend, Pedro Berzunza.
sum, then, I strongly believe that Pedro Berzunza would be wisely chosen as an
F4 visa recipient, and that the U.S. would be fortunate to gain him as a
resident. Please do not hesitate to contact
me if there is any further information I can provide to you that might help you
act to support this visa decision in favor of my friend, Pedro Berzunza.
And thank you, as always, for all the good work you do
for us residents of Washington State!
for us residents of Washington State!
With great respect,
James W. Wilkie, Ph.D
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