Hey, Frank, come on in, break in news. Join me for this live session in this session,
I'm going to cover the latest news regarding the, uh, immigration push on Capitol hill.
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um, let me know how you're feeling today. Okay. So in my last update to you, which was yesterday,
I, uh, went through the legislation, the reconciliation language that, um, that the house
has put together, the house of representatives. Okay. The house Democrats, I should say. And we,
in that last video I discussed with you, um, you know, what the major overview is,
what, what the, the, the bill is really about and who it helps.
So if you have not seen that video and you have questions about who this immigration
proposal will help go back and watch my video from Monday, September 13th. So today in this video,
I'd like to share with you some of the latest updates regarding this big push on Capitol health.
Firstly, um, late last night, the house judiciary committee voted the bill out of committee by
a vote of 25 to 19. After a 14 hour session, it was very, uh, passionate. Uh, a lot of amendments
were offered by, um, Republican members of the committee and all of those amendments were shot
down. And so the, the bill was ultimately voted out of committee. So that's, that's significant.
And actually, I, I wanted to show this to you. Okay. So how's panel Advance's immigration
language for reconciliation bill. Now what now what's next. Right? Where do we go from here?
Well, as discuss the Senate, parliamentarian needs to weigh in on this, but I do have some
new information to share with you in this video about what's going to happen next with the Senate
parliamentarian. Um, as you guys know through my video and through reading up about this on
your own last Friday, the staffers on both the democratic side and Republican side met with her
and presented arguments, um, uh, either for or against, including in the immigration proposal,
in the budget reconciliation process. And, um, after that meeting, she has asked the Senate
judiciary chairman, Senator Durbin to provide more information, to support the arguments
that the Senate Democrats are making to include reconciliation and to include the immigration
proposal in the reconciliation, um, bill. And as a matter of fact, um, let me take you into,
into the article that, uh, hold on a second, let me decrease the size of the screen.
Okay. So in this article that came out, uh, yesterday from the hill,
it talks in more details about the request that the Senate parliamentarian is now making
Senate parliamentarian, pushed Democrats for more details on immigration plan. And specifically what
she's looking for is more, are more legal theories to support include in the immigration proposal
in, um, in this reconciliation plan. What what's interesting to note friends is this,
and I'm going to just scroll down in the article a little bit and covered this. But
what's interesting is that the Senate, uh, uh, is now saying they're not going to have their bill
ready. The Senate Democrats will not have their bill ready by the deadline, which is tomorrow,
September 15th. Okay. According to Durbin Durbin, Senator Durbin indicated that the judiciary
committee could miss the deadline because it won't have a final draft of its piece of
the spending package until it gets a decision by the parliamentarian on the immigration plan.
Senator Durbin friends is, has indicated that we're going to vet this through the
parliamentarian before we put it out there. Okay. And if the article ends by a potent Senator
Durbin, which says the language coming out of our judiciary committee is being vetted through the
parliamentarian office. So we are not prepared to do any final draft until we get that work
done. He said, so, uh, the Senate side will not based on this comment here from Senate majority,
the Senate judiciary committee chairman, they're not ready. They're not ready to put their version
of the bill out there to the world yet. Not until the parliamentarian makes a decision
on it. So that's a different strategy, um, from, you know, what some of us were thinking they would
advance right? On the one hand we were thinking, well, they're going to take
the house version and they will, they will, you know, they will reconcile the differences right
between the Senate and the house version. Um, but now the Senate side is saying, well,
we're not even going to put our final draft out there until the parliament,
uh, until the parliamentarian weighs it. So, uh, so that, so we won't see their version
tomorrow as we initially thought. So those are the three major. Um, those are the major
updates that I have for you at this time. The house version is out of committee.
The parliamentarian is seeking more information on legal theories from the Senate Democrats to
support this. And Senator Durbin has said, well, the judiciary committee won't put its final bill
out there until the parliamentarian weighs in on it. So that's, that's the major update, um, at
this point. And just to also recap the bill that came out of the house judiciary committee, um,
the first big, big part of the bill does provide amnesty or a new or a pathway to
adjustment of status or green card direct pathway to the green card for what they're
estimated to be 8 million people. And the four groups of people that will be
most impacted by this are dreamers. Those who came into the United States when they were 18 or under
essential workers who can provide proof that they have worked in an essential job, uh,
between January 31st, 2020, and August 24th, 2020, uh, one. Okay. So you have to provide consistent
record of being paid up working during that timeframe. And you must, your job must fall into
one of those essential worker categories. Thirdly, TPS holders, um, are also eligible for adjustment
of status and those with deferred enforced departure, the all, everyone who applies for this,
if this does go anywhere and becomes the law, um, when you apply, you must pay a supplemental fee
of $1,500 on top of the application filing fee for adjustment of status. You must also
pass a background check and do a medical examination as well. And pass that test.
Um, uh, the bill also helps people who have an approved I one 30 and I one 40. Uh, it helps you
if you've been waiting for your turn to file for adjustment of status due to the backlog
in our system, it allows you to pay an extra fee to, um, to get your case to be moved along
faster. Okay. So that you could apply for adjustment of status earlier. I should say,
if you have a criminal record, the bill on the house side provides a very, um, uh, abroad
waiver to waive crimes. Okay. Some crimes, some things are not waivable included, um, security
convictions, right? Uh, espionage, terrorism related offenses. Those are not waivable. However,
most everything else seems to be under the house version of the bill, uh, include an alien
smuggling student abuse, abusers, unlawful voters, and, um, and some others, you, the waiver,
the waiver is based on you arguing humanitarian reason or family unity or public Patros.
It would be in the public interest to grant you this, um, amnesty or this, uh, pardon.
So the effective date on the house side, the effective date of that legislation, if it passes,
um, is 180 days after the enactment of the legislation, or May 1st, 2022, um, if you're in
removal and, uh, if you're in removal and you have a, um, or you have a final order of removal or
voluntary departure, according to the house version of the bill, you are eligible to apply for
this as well. Um, so those are the major points here. Diversity visa, winners going data, and all
the way back to 2017, you're able to get your views up through this legislation as well. If you
were not able to get your views of due to an executive order or a presidential proclamation
or something of that nature. So guys let's see what happens with the Senate parliamentarian.
From my standpoint, that's the most important thing to look for at this point now that we
know what the framework is, um, that has been laid out by the house judiciary committee. All right.
So let's, uh, see whether the very smarts Senate judiciary staffers, um, are able to come up with
the legal theories that the parliamentarian is looking for. Um, according to the article that
I just pulled up for you, it said that the Senate, uh, democratic staffers walked away from Friday's
meeting feeling like, oh, it was a good meeting. It went well, but who, you know, we'll see.
Right. We'll see. Um, so I'll keep you guys posted for those of you who are looking for,
um, looking for advice, uh, about your background and you're concerned about some things or whether
you may have a pathway to a green card, contact us, uh, uh, so that we may look at your background
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