Hey friends. Happy Friday. If you're on, join me. I'd love to talk with
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what you think about that. DME, DME, Veronica, and let me know what you cooked. Um, okay, now let's
get going. I'm going to talk about Biden. How many of you heard the news that president elect Biden
last week talked about his plans for his, the first 100 days in office. And part of the plans
that he mentioned is the, uh, plan to have some sort of immigration reform happen.
And, um, I'm going to get very specific here. The immigration reform that Biden talked about, uh, is
amnesty for 11 million undocumented individuals inside the United States currently. So if you're
in this situation right now, you're in the U S you've been following me and you want to talk
with, you want to learn more about what Biden is proposing and the history of this, watch
this video, share it with others. So yeah, 11 million undocumented or unauthorized, and, um, uh,
folks who don't have documents in the United States currently. And so PR uh, president and like
Biden talked about making immigration reform a top priority. He is now getting some heat
for that, obviously. So let's talk about it. Let me share my screen with you guys and talk about
Biden's amnesty plans. And I want you to comment below if you've heard about this and if you've
been watching this issue very closely, but, um, so here's the thing he said, this I made, um, I
made a commitment in the first 100 days, I will send an immigration bill to the United States
Senate with a pathway to citizenship for over 11 million undocumented people in America.
So this is very specific, right? He started, he wants to start with the Senate. So this will
be a Senate proposal that he is talking about here, which would make a pathway to citizenship
for those who are undocumented. Currently. Now this, this we're talking about amnesty guys, this
is amnesty, right? And so the basic definition of amnesty is to grant an official, pardon to someone
I'm pardoning you. Uh, you've done something that was not right. Right. You broke the law,
but you're going to be forgiven. Okay. I'm just going to make it a blanket. Pardon?
Okay. And so this, this, this, this upsets a lot of people because some people think
that, um, well, if you did something wrong, you didn't come in the right way. Well, why should we
grow? Why should you get this benefit? Right. Um, and, but that, but the whole idea behind amnesty
is, um, some degree of compassion and humanitarianism to some extent, right?
So this is, so we're talking about amnesty here. Pardon? In 11, up to 11 million people, according
to Joe Biden, president elect. Okay. Now, um, amnesty isn't new guys. It's not new. It's not
new. It was actually first put on the table in a very comprehensive way by president Reagan back
in the eighties. Okay. Back in the eighties. And some of you may be on this live session right now,
who benefited from the Reagan amnesty. And I've met with people in the past who said, okay, yeah,
I got amnesty under Reagan and I'm, you know, I'm now a us citizen, which is why I'm able to
petition for my wife or whoever. Right? So under Reagan, he granted amnesty to nearly 3 million
illegal immigrants. And you might be saying, wait a minute, Latoya Reagan was a Republican
and a conservative Republican at that. How is that even possible while guys it was possible because
back in the day, in the eighties, when we were all children, many of us were children, right.
They were using words like, well, we want to legalize people. It's about legalization.
So it was, they framed it differently. They didn't frame it like some big blanket amnesty proposal
that was going to forgive all these people. They did it differently. They were very conservative
with how they discussed amnesty. And it did work. I mean, he, it, it happened. Okay. So although,
so this amnesty is not just a democratic idea. When I say democratic, what I mean is by the
democratic party. Okay. No Reagan Reagan put forward an amnesty plan that Congress accepted.
Okay. Congress passed this into law because Congress is needed. When we talk about, uh,
immigration reform, you're talking about legislation and you're talking about
congressional, um, assistance. You cannot do immigration reform on a comprehensive level
without Congress. You have to, you know, write the laws, write who writes laws, Congress.
Okay, let's move on. So Congress passed this. And so what did this amnesty do? Right. Well,
who did it target? It targeted folks who had been residing continually in the U S since 1982,
January of 1982, or folks who had completed 90 days of agricultural work between, uh, May 8th,
1985 and May, 1986. And I'm getting that this quote is actually from a conservative,
from a conservative organization, the center for immigration studies. And there's the
reference point right there, the source, um, and their goal is to keep immigration law. But so they
have, but they did a pretty decent job summarize in immigration reform over the years. And so,
um, so yes, so the Reagan proposal targeted those people and then Congress acted again,
guys in the 1990s, they passed additional smaller bills or amnesty bills, so to speak.
Uh, the first is section two 45. I, which many of you, some of you may be familiar with,
um, because maybe some of you were eligible for it, but section two 45, I, the first one was
passed in 1994 that, that granted pardon? Right. Uh, to approximately 578,000,
um, uh, immigrants. Um, and then it was renewed in 1997 and again, in 2000.
Okay. By the way, I finally got my fancy water bottle here and I'm going to, um,
someone has already DMD me asking me where I got this from. I'm going to share the links with you
got the link with you guys soon. Um, but, uh, and, and what's great about this is, um, I,
it keeps track, keeps track of where I am during the day. This is 64 ounces and I'm doing really
well. I'm at the one o'clock point. So I'm doing really well. Okay. So they, it later on Congress
also passed additional legislation in 1997. And then in 1990, 1997, target and individuals
from central America, then in 1998 targeted Haitians. Okay. So these reform efforts, um,
were very much, um, uh, part of our history. Okay. So what Biden is talking about is not
anything new Congress acted again in the two thousands. Okay. And they pass the life act,
the legal immigration, family equity act to help people who had been waiting a very long time due
to the backlog in the system. Okay. So there has, uh, since that one, since the life act, there's
been other proposals on con on Capitol Hill for comprehensive reform, it, none of that worked out
lots of failures, lots and lots of failures on Capitol Hill. Um, and, uh, even under president
Obama, he wasn't able to get it done, but he did get DACA done. Um, DACA was the only thing
that he was really able to do on a big scale okay. Around immigration reform. So now we know
11 million undocumented people are in the United States today. Right. And you know, and these are
nice images that I pulled from Canva. Um, right. But you know, you may look like
one of these people right now, you may look like them, right. Someone here that, you know,
you're thinking, wait a minute, um, you know, I am waiting, this could benefit me. Um, I'm
really eager to see what happens with this Biden plan and what the Senate will do. Um,
I'm really eager because, you know, I'm a real person and this has impacted me in a very,
very real way. Now, again, Biden has chosen the Senate to propose this, but what is the likelihood
now friends, in my opinion, I want to shift to my opinion now, with respect to the likelihood
of something like this passing. Well, firstly, we don't have the details, right? Because
we don't have a legislation to look at that tells us, okay, this is how individuals will, who is
eligible for this pathway to citizenship. And here's how it works. We don't have those
mechanics quite yet. At least I don't, I haven't seen anything. Um, with that, don't even know
who's going to introduce it. Don't know any of those details quite yet. There's a lot of unknown
on my part right now, things will obviously change once Biden, um, wa once Biden gets sworn in, but
so we don't know the details quite yet, but once we do know the details, the question is, well,
what is the likelihood of this going anywhere? And the likelihood always rest on what's going on
on Capitol Hill. What's going on. We know that the Democrats control the house, but the Senate
control is still up in the air because of Georgia, right. And their Senate race off. Right. So guys,
if you're still, if you're enjoying this, give me some likes, give me some hearts, let me know.
You're still enjoying this. And you're still with me. You're still following. But the likelihood of
this passing depends on what the situation will be with the Senate, the us Senate, and who is going
to control the Senate because the political will must be there to pass comprehensive immigration
reform. And when you're talking about an amnesty proposal, such as this one, you absolutely need,
um, you need congressional support on both sides. And so both, you know, both,
both chambers house and Senate, we already know Biden supports this. Okay.
So that's, so I don't think it's going to go anywhere unless the Senate becomes Republican
controlled. That's my opinion. Uh, unless they, uh, somehow through other negotiations, they,
they work out some deal. Okay. Let's say for example, the Senate, uh, the, the, the Republicans
maintained Senate control, um, and Biden is very much adamant about comprehensive immigration
reform, uh, passing the white house will need to work out some deal with this, with the Senate
Republicans to make this happen. So it's still quite possible if under those circumstances.
Okay. So that's, what's happening. That's the discussion right now around amnesty, uh,
targeting a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented individuals. And so let me know your
thoughts, let me know your thoughts. Thank you for that. Um, Fritz, Fritz, you spell it differently,
but because I'm Jamaican, I know that it's it's Fritz, right? Fritz, let me know if
you're a Jamaican as well, because Fritz is very much a Jamaican name. Okay. Let me know in the
comments if you're Jamaican. Um, Okay.
Hey Bobby, thanks for watching from Haiti as usual. I'm looking
at the comments now to see if, um, uh, Beverly says old news. Okay. Um,
Yes. I know you heard about it, but what I'm doing is breaking it down today in a way that,
um, I think would benefit some people, Hey, Tamara, thanks so much for watching.
Okay. I'm going to jump off now and move on with the rest of the day. Um,
and Abdulla says that he hopes the best for undocumented people in America.
Okay. And so that's, what's going on. And then tonight, by the way, tonight, I just sent,
I sent an email earlier to my email list tonight, I'm doing a zoom video call to folks who had
applied for my marriage petition program and who had gotten to that next level. Um, and then
for others who are looking for information about it. So if you're interested in that,
I'm going to also put the, uh, zoom registration link below so that you guys can register it. But
it's tonight at 7:00 PM Eastern. Okay, guys, it was awesome seeing you. I don't see any great,
uh, any great questions related to this. Um, thank you so much for that. Thank you. I appreciate it.
Okay. Have a terrific weekend guys. And I will see you in the next one.
Bye-bye.