Seems like #3 is the only real timely approach. I have reached out to my representative (either local or federal) and have gotten meaningful responses and in s

Seems like #3 is the only real timely approach. I have reached out to my representative (either local or federal) and have gotten meaningful responses and in several cases, they took action that successfully helped to resolve the issue (in one case, someone held in border detention, in the other case a local french preschool that was in threat of going out of business due to some fire code misunderstanding). It's not a sure thing but it's has a good likelihood of results.