NEWS
NEWS 8.
NEWS 8. A
NEWS 8. A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GET THAT SHOT. THAT'S FOR SURE. THANKS, IVAN. PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS ADDRESSING IMMIGRATION
RIGHT AWAY. HE ALREADY SIGNED
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO STOP
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BORDER
WALL. NOW HE'S ALSO ASKING
WORKING. HE'S ALSO WORKING ON
PAUSING DEPORTATIONS AND
SAFEGUARD SAFEGUARDING THE DACA
PROGRAM. IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY
ALEX OSIAS JOINS US LIVE WITH
MORE ON WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
ALEX, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. GOOD
MORNING. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO PROVIDE
A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP? SO IF
YOU'RE LIVING IN THE U.S. AS OF
JANUARY FIRST 2021 YOU HAVE AN
EIGHT YEAR PATH TO CITIZENSHIP.
NOW FIRST YOU HAVE TO GET A
FIVE YEAR PATH TO A GREEN CARD.
SO IF YOU'RE PAYING YOUR TAXES,
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DEPORTED,
YOU CAN PASS BACKGROUND CHECKS
,ALL OF THIS STUFF. THEN YOU
CAN QUALIFY FOR THE FIVE YEAR
GREEN CARD. NOW AFTER FIVE A
FIVE YEAR GREEN CARD YOU WAIT
THREE YEARS TO DO THE SAME
THING. YOU PASS A BACKGROUND
CHECK. YOU CONTINUE TO PAY
TAXES AND THEN YOU CAN GET
CITIZENSHIP THROUGH
NATURALIZATION. DOESN'T MATTER
HOW YOU CAME HERE. DOES THAT
MEAN YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO COME
HERE LEGALLY WITH SOME KIND OF
PAPERWORK? IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW YOU CAME HERE SO YOU COULD
COME HERE ILLEGALLY BUT JUST
SAY YOU KNOW, THIS PLAN ISN'T
GOING TO GET PEOPLE TO
ESSENTIALLY FLOCK TO US NOW IT
SAYS IN THE PLAN IT HAS TO BE
JANUARY FIRST 2021. SO IF
SOMEONE CAME IN TODAY IF
SOMEONE CAME IN TOMORROW THEY
WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR THIS PLAN.
THEY HAVE TO BE IN THE COUNTRY
NOW. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE
KIND OF HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHEN
THEY ENTERED THE COUNTRY BUT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT BY
WHETHER SOMEONE PAID TAXES IF
THEY PAID RENT. IF THEY HAVE
ANY PROOF THAT THEY'RE IN THE
COUNTRY AS OF JANUARY 1ST,
2021. TELL US ABOUT THE IMPACT
THIS IS GOING HAVE ON DREAMERS.
SO DREAMERS. THIS IS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT FOR THEM
DREAMERS, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
AND PEOPLE ON PROTECTIVE VISAS.
THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PATH.
THEY MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A
GREEN CARD RIGHT AWAY WHICH IS
IS PRETTY COOL FOR THEM BECAUSE
NOW THEY ONLY HAVE A THREE YEAR
PATH TO CITIZENSHIP. SO AS LONG
AS THEY CAN PASS BACKGROUND
CHECKS AND DO CERTAIN OTHER
THINGS THEY'RE WORKING OR
THEY'RE IN SCHOOL THEY CAN
APPLY FOR A GREEN CARD
POTENTIALLY IMMEDIATELY AND
THEN THEY CAN HAVE CITIZENSHIP
WITHIN THREE YEARS. ALEX, WE'RE
SEEING IMAGES NOT THESE
PICTURES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING
IMAGES OUT OF GUATEMALA. A LOT
OF PEOPLE HEADING TO THE U.S.
THROUGH MEXICO. WHAT IS GOING
ON THERE? BECAUSE SOME OF SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
HEARING THESE PEOPLE SAY IS
LIKE WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT BIDEN,
THIS PRESIDENT WE'RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO ENTER THE UNITED
STATES. IS THERE SOME
MISCOMMUNICATION GOING ON IN
THOSE COUNTRIES AS TO HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET
IN? YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT.
I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S NO WAY
THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST LETTING
EVERYONE IN. AGAIN, I MEAN THIS
IMMIGRATION PLAN IF YOU WERE IN
THE U.S. AS OF JANUARY 1ST,
2021, THEN YOU CAN BE ELIGIBLE
FOR A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP. NOW
SOME CERTAIN VISAS MAY BE
EASIER TO GET AT THIS POINT,
BUT THERE IS THERE IS A
DISCONNECT HERE. THESE PEOPLE
ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING ANYONE
WHO COMES IN TOMORROW NEXT WEEK
,THE WEEK AFTER THAT THEY
WOULDN'T APPLY FOR THIS PLAN.
IT'S POTENTIAL THAT, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE IN THREE YEARS, FOUR
YEARS THAT COULD BE ANOTHER
PLAN. BUT THAT'S NOT THE IDEA.
THE IDEA IS TO HALT EVERYONE
COMING THROUGH THE BORDER AND
TO HELP PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN IN
THE COUNTRY FOR THIS LONG TIME.
IT'S NO ADMINISTRATE NOW. NOT
EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO
REALLY REVIEW ALL THE POLICIES
AND IDEAS REGARDING IMMIGRATION
THAT THE NEW ADMINISTRATION,
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT STICKS OUT
TO YOU THAT OUR VIEWERS NEED TO
KNOW HERE WITH US BEING A
BORDER STATE? WELL, IT'S AN
INTERESTING PLAN BECAUSE BEFORE
THIS NOTHING EXISTED BEFORE
BIDEN YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE TO
GET A MARRIAGE BASED VISA OR
YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET PART OF
THE GREEN CARD LOTTERY WHICH
WAS ESSENTIALLY GIVEN TO A VERY
SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE WORLD. SO THIS IS A
VERY, VERY PROGRESSIVE PLAN IN
THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO. THIS
WILL BE THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
IMMIGRATION PLAN AND IT WILL BE
ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
IMMIGRATION PLANS OF ALL TIME.
THERE WAS ANOTHER NEVER A PATH
FOR SOMEONE TO GET CITIZENSHIP
IF THEY WERE WORKING IN THE US
PAYING TAXES, PASS BACKGROUND
CHECKS JUST BECAUSE THEY CAME
HERE ILLEGALLY. OK. GREAT TO
TALK TO YOU. I KNOW THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AS
THE PRESIDENT SIGNS MORE