city council members and state senator gustavo rivera. just last month, ravi was recognized in albany with the immigrant excellence award by the new york state association of black and puerto rican legislators, given to those who show "deep commitment to the enhancement of their community." "the indypendent" newspaper recently featured him in a cover story called "walk with me," and a canadian broadcasting corporation film crew is following him this morning. ravi legally immigrated to the united states from trinidad and tobago more than 25 years ago, but a 2001 wire fraud conviction made his green card subject to review. even though he is married to a u.s. citizen and has a u.s.-born daughter, the government refuses to normalize h his status. instead, immigration and customs enforcement has exercised