So, everybody's been asking me about the second stimulus check, what's the latest update,
and when the HEROES Act is actually going to pass. So in this video, we'll talk about
that and more. I'll see you on the other side. A lot of people have been emailing me and
asking me since we announced the HEROES Act, and talking about the second stimulus package,
everybody wants to know when it's actually going to pass. Currently, it's only a bill
that passed the House of Representatives. So in this video, I'm just going to go a little
bit into more detail, the updates that we currently have, and what to look for in the
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about these topics. My name is Jacob Sapochnick. I'm an immigration attorney based in San Diego,
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us because I'm doing this for you guys. So, let's talk about the second stimulus package.
The idea behind the stimulus package is to issue an additional $1200 checks for people
that will qualify for this and an additional 1200 for dependents. The most important part
of the HEROES Act is that it’s going to go retroactive and issue the 1200 dollar checks
for immigrants that were excluded under the CARES Act. And as I mentioned in previous
videos, specifically for immigrants that are undocumented, as well as mixed families, where
we had people that were in a family that somebody had social security, they filed taxes, and
then another family member, they didn't, and then they were all excluded under the CARES
Act, the HEROES Act is going to fix that, and those people are going to qualify for
financial benefits, and addition to certain health benefits for undocumented immigrants,
and the biggest, probably, benefit of the HEROES Act would be to allow certain essential
workers to qualify for deferred action, including a work permit. And again, those details are
still very unclear but they were mentioned in the bill that was passed in the House of
Representatives. So, all these things are very, very exciting, and we really hope that
this bill is going to move forward. For what we heard, it’s going to have a tough, tough
battle in the Senate. Remember, people are asking, so what's the next step? So, now that
this bill passed the House of Representatives, it has to also go to the Senate and be voted
there. They're going to have their own version. And it's not going to happen anytime before
August, probably sometime around August that they will be voting on that at the Senate.
So, the Republicans are really in no mood to rush to pass this bill, obviously, because
there's a lot of opposition over there and people are not so optimistic as to what the
Senate is going to do. The Senate is not really optimistic about the version that the House
proposed, that was passed in the House, so they may have their own version. And we believe
that it's going to happen before the August break for the Senate to vote in this as well.
So, it's really not that far away. Now, what's going to happen afterwards? Everybody's asking
me, how can this bill actually become law? So, it passed the House of Representatives.
It also has to pass the Senate. How will this bill become law? So it has to pass both Houses.
And then it has to go to the President for the President to sign it. So, the President
has a few options. Either he's going to sign this bill, or he's not going to sign it. Either
he's going to veto it, or he's not going to do anything. And in that case, after 10 days,
it's going to become, automatically, law. And so, that's kind of how it works. So, it's
really important for this bill to pass both Houses, and then end up at the President's
desk for the President to sign it. And we believe that if the President will get that
bill, the final version from both Houses, he will sign it. The bill has a lot of good
advantages, has a lot of good benefits for the economy. It's going to bring people to
work. It's going to allow people that are financially struggling to receive the much-needed
help they need and it's going to help immigrants that are in essential positions to be able
to, in the essential industries, to be able to not be afraid from deportation, to have
protection to stay here, get the financial help they need, as well as the right to work
for that period of time that this law will define. And also, they have a lot of provisions
for healthcare workers to be able to stay and work and get their cases expedited. So,
we're hoping that this is going to become law very soon. Once again, as I mentioned,
it has to pass the Senate, then it will go to the President. We think that there's going
to be a vote sometime before August. And we'll do more updates, videos once I know more as
to where this bill is heading but I know we had a lot of questions about the HEROES Act.
And this is the most recent update that we can provide. So once again, make sure you
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