Hey friends, president Biden has a new blueprint for legal immigration
and a new budget for immigration. I'm going to talk about those two issues in this live session.
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So let's get into it. Guys. President Biden is making some, um, moves these days around
immigration and the, there has been a lot of frustration by quite a bit of people because he
hasn't really touched what, what is called legal immigration, right? And so in the blueprint that
we're going to talk about shortly, it actually addresses some pathways to speed up the system,
to bring people here to the U S faster and smoother, and just really focusing on the legal
immigration system. So we're going to talk about that. Give me some hearts as you're coming on,
but before we dive into his blueprint, I'm going to talk with you about the budget he has. Um, you
may have heard that a couple of days ago, he sent his budget on to Congress, and we're going to talk
about the immigration portion of his budget. I'm going to jump on, um, pull up as usual here.
My, my notes. Okay. I just took notes for this one, guys. Um,
putting together these presentations, I sometimes have time to do big presentations. Other times I
can just type up some notes. So bear with me here. These are my notes. So on Friday, president Biden
released his $6 trillion fiscal year, 2022 budget. And this budget is pretty controversial, pretty
controversial because it actually expands the government in many different ways. But the heart
of, um, the budget proposal that president Biden put out there comprises of two components, really
there's the $2 trillion American jobs plan, which is his infrastructure plan. And then there's the
1.8 trillion American families plan, which seeks to expand or provide free higher education,
expense childcare, healthcare, and tax benefits for low income families. And, uh, he tweeted on
Friday that he released this budget, um, and that it builds on the progress we've made
over the last few months and makes historic investments that will help help our nation
build back better for decades to come. Now, of course, this budget was not welcomed
at all on Capitol hill by Republicans, but what is in it that will help us with immigration,
right? Let's focus in on a few key pieces here of the budget that helps immigration. Firstly,
U S I S the agency that processes, um, immigration applications and petitions. So at USC,
I S the budget proposal attempts to add about 1300 positions, which would be amazing, right? Because
more bodies will be available to process your cases faster. Um, and so there's 345 million
in this budget proposal to reduce backlogs. And you've heard me talk about backlogs before the,
um, the, uh, income and director, if she is confirmed by the Senate
is also very much focused on reducing the backlogs at us, CIS. So there's money in the budget for
that purpose and to process up to 125,000, 125,000 refugee admissions next year.
Now, what about immigration court? Let's talk a little bit about immigration court. Uh, the
under the budget proposal, it would add about 100 new judges, uh, reduce the backlog of 1.2 million
pending cases. So again, here, we're getting into the backlog issue, um, and also increase access
to legal aid for children and families border crisis. The big controversial thing that Biden
has done in this proposal is he's completely eliminated the 1.2 billion that, um, that for
the border wall construction project. So that's gone and then there's money
in there. 3.3 billion to care for unaccompanied. My, uh, migrant children provide safety nets, um,
provide more, um, programming and such to help families who are migrating, um, uh, who are
seeking asylum. And then CBP, customs and border protection would, uh, increase or add additional
facilities. 660 million is in there for new facilities for CBPs office of field operation.
Now that's the budget. What, what about the blue print? Right? The blue print. And I'm going to
jump back on the screen for just a second here. So the blue print was obtained by New York times,
New York times, um, came out with an article today that highlighted some portions of a 46
page blueprint that it obtained on, uh, president Biden's plan for legal immigration. And so this is
the article that came out today. And so I'm going to pull some pieces from the article that talks
about what this plan is and who it will help. Okay. So this is Biden aims to rebuild and expand
legal immigration. Okay. So what's in this blueprint. Well, first of all,
it was a document that was written on May 3rd. Um, and it's called DHS plan to restore trust in our
legal immigration system. And according to the New York times, they say that if
president Biden gets his weight, it will soon be far easier to immigrate to the United States.
There will be shorter, simpler forms and applications, uh, and applicants.
Well, there will, there will be shorter, simpler forms, and applicants will have to
jump through fewer security hoops. Foreigners will have better opportunities to join their
families and more chances to secure work visas. And according to the article, it also
goes on to say that the, the document offers detailed policy proposals that would help more
foreigners move to the United States, including high skilled workers, trafficking victims,
families of Americans, living abroad, American Indians, born in Canada, refugees, asylum seekers
and farm workers, immigrants who apply online could pay less in fees and even secure a waiver
in an attempt to reduce barriers to immigrations, to immigration and regulations would be overhauled
to encourage full participant, uh, full participation by immigrants in our civic
life. And so this, um, the, we don't have the very specifics on what these policy proposals
are that will help these groups of people. This is just a summary that was provided
in the New York times article about who it will actually help. And, um, let's see,
what else does the article say in terms of who the blueprint is targeting? Well, firstly,
it's also targeting the backlog, the backlogs in our immigration system, which is tremendous. It
would also fast track immigration applications by expanding guys get this virtual interviews,
um, and electronic filing, as well as limiting the requests for evidence from applicants. Oh my God,
RFAs requests for evidence or additional evidence. Um, it was just such a problem under the Trump
administration and it led to the slowdown of a lot of cases, but, um, under this proposal, the us CIS
would limit the number of RFPs that it issues. Um, also the blueprint talks about expanded
immigration opportunities for LGBT Q refugees and revamp the U visa program for crime victims
here in the United States who if you've you're out there and you've applied for the U visa, you know,
how incredibly long it actually takes to, to be approved and, um, to, to feel secure again.
So they're looking at revamping that U visa crime victims, um, program here in
the United States. So those are some of the things that the New York times have talked
about. Um, that's in this blueprint now, what has the Biden administration said with respect to
the fact that this blueprint is now out here in the world, uh, prematurely, right. I shouldn't
be talking about this right now, but guess what? New York times obtained a draft copy.
So according to the Biden administration, they're saying that, um, that it is just a draft and it's
a draft, right? And so they're continuing to talk and develop their plans around how they're going
to improve our immigration system. For many of you who are out there impacted in a very negative way
by how the system is functioning right now. So the Biden administration, they're not committed
right. To whatever has been put out there so far prematurely.
They're just saying that, you know, we're, we're S talks are still underway, right. What else can
they say at this point? But it's going to be very interesting to see, um, to see some of this, uh,
get implemented at some point soon. So that's good news. They're thinking along the right way,
the right lines, I should say, um, to improve our system. So guys, if you're, I see that, uh, so
tell me what you think below about the blueprints. Um, are you in the blueprint,
did you find yourself in the blueprint? Um, tell me what you think about at the
backlog issue. I know many of you are impacted by that. Um, and so, um, let's see, let's see what,
what you're saying. So, uh, uh, it does not even matter, USC. I S is backlogged for years yet.
They're backlogged for years. Um, but the dollars are coming, the dollars are, are being put into
the budget to address that issue. Um, so we'll see how it works out.
Hi there, Ricky, thanks for watching from New York. Um, let's see, Rob says
how to improve the immigration. So system build the wall, send them home, uh, have them vetoed
and process Rob. Uh, thank you for your opinion. I get it. I know that I have people on all sides
of the spectrum, all sides of the argument, uh, who watch me thanks for weighing in, um,
Miriam DACA. Okay. Okay. So yeah, you visa needs to be fixed for sure. Um,
I agree with, with you on that, the U visa process is just crazy. Um, newsprint
with respect to immigration reform for dreamers essential workers. Watch my last video,
which was just a few days ago. Um, what SEMA watch the last video. I go into a lot of details
in that one about what's going on with immigration reform, where things are at right now.
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