Okay. Awesome. I see that some of you are on welcome. Good night. We're going to talk about
some latest news. Let me say this, this message or this information is for those
people out there, 20 million undocumented individuals in the United States tonight,
and they are hungry for information, and I've been working super hard to pump out information to you
guys, because I know you're hungry and there's a lot to talk about, and I don't cover everything
because it's just so much, but for the 20 million plus undocumented people tonight and America
and their families who are impacted by their status, this is for you. I understand that
many of you are out there. You're very frustrated because I haven't touched certain topics around
H1B or around, uh, the family band, because there is nothing to talk about yet with respect to the
family, immigration ban, please be patient with me as I'm getting the information out to you.
And I understand that this doesn't apply to some of you. And if that's the case, then fine,
simply share it with others who are here in the United States who cared deeply about these issues.
Don't leave me nasty comments on Facebook and on McBean immigration TV, um, and on Instagram,
because I hadn't touched your topic yet, please be patient with me with that being
said. Um, I'm going to talk about a topic that quite a bit, if you have asked me to talk about,
and it's about reconciliation and the essential workers, because that is actually the hottest
thing going on right now, tonight, actually with immigration reform here in the United States,
there is a real possibility that as early as next week, we will S we can see some
action around immigration reform. I'm going to share with you the information that I've
researched and gathered so far, but it looks like they're going to push there.
There's a big push by the immigrant advocacy community
to include immigration, certain immigration reform and the COVID stimulus package that president
Biden introduced. The one point, uh, one point, what is it? 1.9 trillion. I think it is yes.
Stimulus package. There's a huge push right now to include certain things in that around immigration,
including a, a pathway to citizenship for 5 million undocumented essential workers. Okay.
So you, some of you may have been reading a little bit in the news about this. So we're going to dive
into that issue as well as things around, uh, possibility that they would include something
around DACA for dreamers, um, and those with temporary protected status. So that's the biggest
thing, biggest opportunity right now, uh, that we have to see some immigration reform as early as
next week. Now let's get into it. What, um, today, yesterday, which was Tuesday, January 26th, Senate
majority leader, Chuck Schumer, he had a call with the democratic Senator Senate caucus.
And during that call, he mentioned to them that as early as next week,
they could do a budget resolution on the Senate floor. Now that's actually a very big deal because
president Biden introduced the 1.9 trillion COVID package. And he immediately got a lot of pushback
from a lot of Republicans, obviously. And he was looking to do something on a bipartisan level,
but guys in the Senate now controlled by Democrats. They can go through a process known
as budget reconciliation that could effectively bypass the gridlock and by a vote of 51,
and on the Senate side, they could actually pass something significant
as early as next week. That's the power. Now that Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has,
because if he gets all 50 Democrats in his caucus on board around the budget resolution,
Kamala Harris could be that 51st vote. And that's very significant. So let me share
my screen with you for a moment here and take you into, um, take you into
this tweet here, uh, from ABC news, they tweeted earlier today, Senate majority leader,
Chuck Schumer on COVID-19 relief legislation. Time is of the essence to address this crisis.
We're keeping all options on the table, including budget reconciliation. Okay. So take a listen
Time is of the essence to address this crisis. We're keeping all options open on the table,
including using budget reconciliation. The first step to pursuing COVID relief legislation
through reconciliation would be to pass a budget resolution. And so in keeping our options open
on our caucus call today, I informed senators to be prepared that a vote on a budget resolution
could come as early as next week time. So you heard it directly from him, right?
You heard it directly from Chuck Schumer that as early as next week, they could
do a vote on budget resolution. Okay. Um, so with that being said, they could, this is now
the opportunity that they have to put in some additional items into that budget resolution,
including things around immigration. Now, the immigrant community, as I've mentioned earlier,
the immigrant advocacy community sent a letter recently to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi with
a big ask in that letter. And that letter has a lot of umph behind it because 513 organizations
signed onto it include in my association, the American immigration lawyers association,
they signed onto this letter and they're asking that something be done around DACA, around
TPS and around a pathway to citizenship for, uh, 5 million undocumented essential workers. And they'd
like to see all, see those action items handled in the bud, the budget reconciliation process.
And so, um, let me grab the letter and pull it up here so that you guys can see a little bit,
love it. Okay. So here we go. Here's the line. So this letter, uh, dated January 22nd, again,
to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. And they say in this letter for those efforts for efforts to
be successful and for the recovery to be as bold, dynamic, inclusive and equitable as possible, um,
we, the undersigned 513, uh, organizations Paul on the Senate and house of representatives to include
in such legislation, permanent protection and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
who have long contributed to this country in a myriad of ways include in particularly dreamers,
TPS, temporary protected status holders, and those essential workers who have been on the front lines
during this pandemic and their families and estimated 5 million undocumented individuals,
nearly three and fourth, all undocumented immigrants in the workforce are working
every day alongside other Americans in essential work, in essential roles.
And here's where it gets a little emotional because we could literally visualize these
essential workers and we know who they are. They're our family, they're our neighbors,
right? The letter says they are providing healthcare as doctors, nurses, and home
health AIDS, and keep in home healthcare settings safe and open as custodians they're food servers,
they're administrative workers. They're working to protect our food security from farm farms and
food processing facilities, all the way to grocery stores and restaurants. They are first responders
and they are teachers and they are the backbone of the nations care workforce, which is, is, which is
itself the foundation upon which nearly everything else is built. Okay. So they're asking for a very
significant, um, move or action next week, next week through the budget, a reconciliation process,
they also reminded, uh, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi in this letter that, uh, several months
ago, when the heroes act was passed, the heroes acted, include some sort of,
um, temporary protection from removal and work authorization as well for essential workers.
And that never did pass that never made its way through the, into the stimulus package.
It never passed. So they're reminded them that these are the individuals who are the backbone
of America and at a minimum at a minimum, provide a pathway to citizenship for these individuals. If
you, if you are an essential worker out there and you, I know you're out there because you've been,
uh, commenting and write in me and you want this information, you want to see something
done with your status. You know what I'm talking about here? You're the backbone of this country.
So that's the push right now to, uh, by the advocacy community to include an immigration
immigration reform component in next week's budget reconciliation. Now, again, Chuck Schumer,
he, he put it on the table that it could come as early as next week. Okay. He didn't go as
far as saying it is common next week. He said, well, it could happen as early as,
so let's just keep our fingers crossed and let's just see if he will in fact bring it next week.
And whether it will include the, um, essential workers plus DACA protection, um, TPS holders,
something around TPS. Let's see if it will include all of that. Okay. Uh, let's see, what else do I
want to share with you guys? Oh, so here's how the whole budget reconciliation is going to work. It's
like I said earlier, it only requires 51 votes, that's it? And it will, the senators will have
about 20 hours to debate and that's it, 20 hours to debate. So it's not a, but it doesn't require
the 60 votes to pass. No doesn't require that they could do it with 51 votes. And right now they have
50 Democrats and then they have one tie breaker, which is vice president Kamala Harris.
So also one other thing to add is that, uh, president Biden's COVID relief bill, uh, as you
guys may have been reading in the news, um, would provide 1400 in direct payments to individuals.
And it increases the federal and, uh, minimum wage to $15. There's a lot to it. I'm going to break.
I'm going to try my best to see if I could break some of it for you guys over the next few days as
well, but just stay plugged in. I hope you found this information helpful if it's not for you,
share it with someone else. Um, comment below, let me know your thoughts and guys,
I will also see you on Monday night at 9:00 PM on Instagram, where I also do a live session
and answer some questions that you've sent me during the week. So, um, go ahead and put
your comments below because I do review them. And also I do ask that comments be kept respectful
and don't attack each other in the comments, just be decent don't attack immigrants. You know,
life is too short for all of that guys. This is an exciting time, and I'm glad that we could
talk about these issues finally. So let's see what happens, um, over the next few days with
this whole budget reconciliation process and whether immigration, some immigration reform
will make its way in there. Guys, I hope you found this helpful, and I will
see you in the next one. Thanks so much for being with me tonight. Love you guys. Bye bye.