Kellen Powell
Fighting For The Rights of Others
I have been fighting for others since I was 17. After 10 years in the Army I went to school to become a lawyer. I chose immigration because no one should be denied unalienable rights and the freedom to live without fear. Natural-born citizens of industrialized countries won a birth lottery and they should be ready to share with people born to less fortunate circumstances.
Fighting
Kellen's current project is gathering information from the government through the Freedom of Information Act. The purpose of this project is to get an honest picture of how the government is adjudicating immigration petitions.
In 2020, I proved that it is harder for a person from India to get an H-1B petition approved. USCIS's data shows that in 2019 the denial rate for people from India was 17% but only 9% for all other people.
Family
Family is the most important part of my life. I grew up in rural America. We didn't have a lot, but we had each other. Then I spent 10 years in the Army where I missed a lot of family events. Now I dedicate myself to being a father, husband, brother, and son.