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of that video that I'm going to do a
video about public charge right because
it is so hot and you guys have been
asking me for an update now I didn't
think that come Monday I would be before
you again with a huge huge announcement
that the government issued today so
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love now let's talk about public charge
first thing I want to say about this
issue is that I'm only going to tell you
about what I know there's so much
there's so much to this friends the
government issued a rule a final rule
today that is 837 pages long there is no
way anyone there is no way anyone knows
fully about this issue as of today
really it just came out and it's 837
pages so I'm only going to share with
you what I know so far about this issue
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today now what is this
so public charges you guys know you've
been following the issue you've been
following some of my videos about this
issue I did a video about this last
August and I had to disable comments
friends I had to disable comments on
YouTube because this issue of public
welfare public benefits benefits going
being accessed by immigrants is so hot
there were so many awful comments by
those who are anti-immigration and so I
had to disable comments and if things
get ugly with this video in terms of
comments I'll have to shut down comments
as well so my job here is just to report
to you what I've learned thus far and
what I'm going to be referring to
primarily is the announcement that USCIS
issued today now the other thing before
I get into their announcement is that
you should know that the government is
denying more and more people for the
green card or what we call the immigrant
Fiza they're denying folks the green
card on this ground on the ground of
public charge because the government
doesn't think these individuals can
ourself sustain it okay maybe because
they have access benefits okay we're
going to talk about which benefits apply
here but just to give you a quick update
in terms of how many people have been
denied so far what we do know is that
between October of last year in July
29th the State Department the State
Department denied 5343 Mexicans okay
this is Mexicans the immigrant fees that
denied the immigrant visa applications
to these individuals from Mexico
compared with only seven denials in 2016
which President Obama you know he was in
the White House at that time so we're
talking seven people were denied in 2016
from Mexico compared with over 5,000
that was denied between October and July
okay so that's a huge huge huge jump and
then also overall taking everybody into
consideration are all countries into
consideration or nationalities into
consideration twelve thousand one
hundred and seventy nine visa rejections
occurred during that same time period so
as you can see the government is using
this issue of public charge to deny
people of their immigrant visa okay or
the green card so this rule that what
government is expected to impact friends
nearly 400,000 immigrants okay 383
thousand people is what I've seen in my
research so far so this is big it's big
news and so let's talk about USCIS as
announcement about this public charge
issue because some of you are out there
and you know you know you know you know
that you have accessed some benefits
right and so you're very concerned about
what that means for you in terms of
being eligible to either apply for a
green card or to adjust your status
obviously or to change your status or to
extend your stay here in the United
States so I need you to listen carefully
to what I'm about to share and I want
you to share this video with your feed
as well because if you're in this
situation chances are other people are
out there in your feed right who needs
this information so here's what the
government said today in its
announcement call USCIS announces final
rule enforcing long stand in public
charge inadmissibility law now first
thing that you should know is that the
government is putting in place and I
don't know specifically the terms of how
this is going to work yet I'm gonna have
to dive into the rule but they're
putting in place a bond bond Bo and D
okay a public charge bond for those who
are seeking to adjust their status okay
they're putting in place this bond and
the minimum bond amount is eight
thousand one hundred dollars but the
actual the announcement says the actual
bond amount will be dependent on the
individuals circumstances so the
government is going to look at the
totality of circumstances age background
all sorts of stuff
all sorts of factors I should say to
determine what your bond amount could
potentially be and yes you heard me
correctly I said bond
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doing so now what else does this
announcement say it says that public
charge is now defined in this final rule
to mean an individual who receives one
or more designated public benefits for
more than twelve months in the aggregate
within any 36 month period okay it
defines the benefits that is part of
this whole public charge inadmissibility
ground okay and so if you have received
cash benefits to maintain your income to
help you maintain your income right cash
benefits or if you've received SSI
Supplemental Security income or TANF
Temporary Assistance to needy family
supplemental nutritional assistance
programs snap okay and then it also says
friends it says most forms of Medicaid
okay in certain housing programs are
part of this public charge definition so
this is you know this is interesting
because you know quite a bit of people
may have access to one or two of these
benefits okay so we're going to talk a
little bit more about who it
specifically applies to and who it does
not apply to okay now the type of
government programs that are excluded
excluded from the public benefits
definition are the following first of
all individuals who are in the military
who are serving an active duty or in the
Ready Reserve Component of the US Armed
Forces they're excluded from this and
their spouses and children are also
excluded from this
okay now what's also excluded is public
benefits that are received by certain
international adoptees and children
acquiring US citizenship
what's also excluded Medicaid for aliens
under 21 and pregnant women okay also
excluded Medicaid for school-based
services and also Medicaid benefits for
emergency medical services excluded so
what I just went through with you are
those benefits that people may have
accessed that's now that's excluded from
the definition of public benefits or
public charge
okay it's not included okay now let's go
on what else does the USCIS announcement
say about this issue the regulation does
not it says the regulation does not
apply to folks who have who are who have
who are seeking an immigration benefit
based on a humanitarian program for
example people who are Rev considered
refugees under our law asylees special
immigrant juveniles people who have who
are victims of trafficking okay or your
victim of crime certain qualifying
crimes okay or you're a victim of
domestic violence among others that's
what the announcement says among others
don't know who those others are right
now but if you're seeking a humanitarian
based benefits okay or a benefit based
on humanitarian needs
you're basically excluded from this it
does not apply to you okay I've
mentioned the fact that there will be a
bond that the government it will set up
for those who are seeking specifically
seek an adjustment of status okay and
the minimum bond amount
$8,100 I don't know how that's going to
be structured yet I have to do a little
bit more reading again the rule is 837
pages okay so there's a lot to unpack
here I mentioned at the top of this
video I believe that this applies to
people who are seeking a green card or
if you're seeking to change your status
from one non-immigrant visa status to
another or if you're seeking to extend
your stay this includes you as well
now who doesn't it who else does it not
who does it not include now I jumped
over to the rural friends and I just
read the first two pages just the first
two pages and on page 2 of the actual
rule it says it does not apply to u.s.
citizens even if the US citizen is
related to an alien subject to the
public charge
ground of inadmissibility so if it's
your wife who's an immigrant seeking to
adjust her status and you as the husband
you're a US citizen and you have access
public benefits during the course of
your your time as a US citizen it does
not apply to you okay even though maybe
your wife had sought benefits as well it
applies to her okay but it does not
apply to the US citizen okay
it also the the rule also says that the
public benefit must have been received
directly by the alien and for the aliens
benefit okay meaning that the alien is a
beneficiary of that benefit some of you
may be saying well your situation may
look like this you're you you you have a
child a US citizen child and you access
food stamps you've access certain other
benefits TANF maybe you're getting cash
assistance you know the it's so the
question
who is the beneficiary of the benefit is
it the child or is it you if it's your
US citizen child that's not an issue but
if you're the you're the beneficiary
then that's going to be a problem okay
the rule says DHS will not consider
public benefits received on behalf of
another DHS also will not attribute
receipt of a public benefit by one or
more members of the aliens household to
the alien unless the alien is also
listed as beneficiary of the public
benefit so again that summarizes what I
just shared with you that you have to be
the direct beneficiary of that that
benefit so that's where we are today in
terms of my understanding the public
benefits based on the announcement that
the government has issued it is going to
impact quite a bit of people here's what
I did not say it goes into effect in 60
days so we're talking about sometime in
October right now the thing is that
various organizations nonprofits have
announced to my knowledge they've
announced that they will file a lawsuit
to challenge the implementation of
certain aspects of the public charge
rule that was issued today so who knows
you know you guys have been following
developments since President Trump took
office and you see that sometimes these
groups are very successful and stopping
or pausing for a brief moment certain
changes until the court decides
ultimately whether the government had
overreached its powers or not so we
don't I don't know how this is going to
be resolved chances are who knows they
may be successful in getting an
injunction to temporarily stop the
implementation of this rule or aspects
of this rule until the court rules so if
that happened
obviously I'll try my best to update you
on those developments but this that you
should be concerned okay who you should
be concerned if you are seeking to get a
green card or seeking to extend your
stay here or change your status and
you've sought those benefits that I
discussed earlier that those you it may
impact you it may impact you in a real
way
so that is public charge that is the the
issue of the day friends comment below
and tell me what questions you have
about this perhaps I'll cover it in my
next video as well but I will be
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