Hello, hello, everybody, and Happy Monday. Thank you for joining us today.
So, this is a very, very quick live. We have some major news today
about the public charge rule. Just one day before the elections, a lot of things are happening,
and just wanted to come out Live and let you know what's going on. Big, big news
about the public charge rule. It's also a big blow for this administration. So,
let's talk about that. And we'll jump right in, in just a second here. Here we go.
All right. So, thank you for joining us. So, we just had a breaking decision
from the court today. And let me actually share my screen so you can see the actual decision.
Here we go. And this is a decision this morning. I didn't even have time to… just came back from the
gym. And this was just announced, a decision in the district court of Illinois, Illinois vs. Wolf.
And basically, they granted a summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs on the claim that the DHS,
the public charge rule, this notorious public charge rule is essentially violating the APA,
which is the Administrative Procedures Act. And it's very important because it tells us
a few things, a few things for you guys to know is the first thing that public charge
essentially exceeded the Department of State's, DHS’ authority
under the public charge provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act. It's also
against the law. Essentially, it's against the law. And they also said that this is a public…
This rule is arbitrary and capricious. And so, this is huge, guys. This is huge. They said
that, essentially, because of all these,
the points that I just mentioned, the court immediately set aside this,
the public charge nationwide. So, do remember that we reported in a few videos that there are some
states that had court rulings, and it applied in some states, and it didn't apply in other states.
This is nationwide. This court immediately set aside the public charge rule.
And so, as of today, we don't need to worry about the rule or use the Form I-944. This form
that is required when you file your adjustment of status applications, you don't need to do that.
I checked on the website on the USCIS website before I went live, and there is no update yet.
So, probably USCIS is going to have to announce their own, I guess, their own response to that
or how they're going to be dealing with cases. But as of now, this is what it is. So it's
great timing, before the big day tomorrow. I mean, I know a lot of you, guys, are excited. And I'm,
we’re all hopeful that we're going to get some good news tomorrow. A lot of you have been sending
me a lot of messages and questions. And again, I'm going to try to go live, maybe tomorrow, maybe the
next day, depending on what's going to happen, and just going to give a little bit of feedback.
And, yeah, I mean, if you know any questions that you have,
make sure that you post them in the comments here. I mentioned to everybody that we started
a private membership platform specifically for immigrants. It's called ImmigrationU.com.
And I have a link in the description of this video for the platform where we're going to be
sharing updates, weekly zoom calls with me. People are going to be ready for a lot of changes that
are going to happen in immigration in the next month or so, or even throughout the year. So,
anybody that wants to be part of this, you're welcome to join ImmigrationU.com and I'll see you
there in a much more private setting where we can talk about more things that we cannot do,
as we do public share, case checklist updates, have guests over there, experts, attorneys,
people from the government, whatever we can get. So, we have a lot of questions right now.
Here we go. Paul, “No I-944?” Yeah, no. You don't need that anymore. So, here we go.
Yes. Yes. That's what I thought when I was jumping in the gym. This is a huge… Yasin, that's a huge
win for us. And I hope more good news to come in the future. Absolutely. Like I said, there's
going to be a lot of good news coming, hopefully, I mean, depending on what's gonna happen tomorrow,
but this is huge. And I wanted you, guys, to hear about it here first, on our channel. Hey,
Jacobo. Thank you, guys. Thank you for all the support. I appreciate it. Like I said,
I was going to try to go live as soon as I heard about it. So, once again, the court ruled today,
in a very, very surprising decision that we no longer… they set aside the public charge rule.
Remember, it does not only apply at the adjustment of status but also at embassies. People worried
about going for interviews at embassies, if the public charge rule is going to affect them. Well,
it's not. So, right now, it's been removed both at the embassy level and at the immigration as well.
So, it's impacting whether you file a family petition or for spouse, or parents, or… There's
been a lot of… especially now, when we’re still going through this pandemic and cases arising,
this public charge rule is completely inhumane. And I'm so happy that the court was able to get
that decision because this is not right for people not to be able to get the medical needed, the
medical care they need, to get the benefits they need just because they're scared that somebody is
going to deny their green card. So, this was a very, very powerful decision, as needed.
And like I said, we don't know yet how and what USCIS is going to do, what their reaction is.
There's no… we know nothing has been updated on the USCIS website. But all we have is this ruling,
as I mentioned to you, this just came from the court decision. And it specifically says that
it's a summary judgment in favor of the claimant that filed this and saying that the public charge
rule violates the APA. It's against the law. It's arbitrary and capricious. And it's set aside this
public charge rule immediately, effective today. So, this is huge news for you, guys. Once again,
and there’s going be a lot of confusion, a lot of questions. If you do have any questions,
make sure you post them in the comments below. Make sure you share this video with somebody
that is interested. If you’re here for the first time, you've seen this live for the first time,
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once again, huge news. I anticipate seeing more decisions like that or many other things we expect
in the DOL. There's litigation on the H1B rule, the DOL, we are waiting for K1 visa litigation
to come up next week. We've got a travel ban, so many cases are pending right now. And we're
waiting for that good news to come in. And let's see what happens tomorrow. And I'm excited to see
what happens tomorrow. So, I mean, this is exciting to start a Monday like that,
very happy again. Before we end this, I just want to remind everybody that we started our platform,
our membership platform for people just like you who are going through the immigration process
with questions, confusion, even if you have an attorney. It doesn't matter. This platform will…
we have our videos, there are case studies, case samples, weekly zoom with an attorney every single
week in a private setting to answer your question. So, ImmigrationU is the project that I'm working
on. I've built it based on your requests, based on comments at the beginning, for my YouTube family.
And I'm excited to have more people in there so we can engage in the conversation, share ideas in
a private setting. It's not a Facebook group. We have our platform where we are accessing videos,
our checklists, able to get our recorded zoom calls. You have one on one messages
with attorneys. It's a beautiful platform and I'm super excited about it, ImmigrationU.com.
And also, guys, we have T-shirts. We have T-shirts that we started selling our swag.
Our Youtube swag, I'm so proud of it. You’ll see the links in this video for T-shirts or hoodies.
I want to see more of you, guys, wearing those. I just got my samples. So, next video I'm going
to be making you'll see me wearing the T-shirts. So, once again, guys, thanks for watching. And
I'll do another live maybe tomorrow or the day after to answer questions, after what's going to
happen. In the meantime, stay safe. If you're a US citizen, make sure you go to vote. We have to
see change. So, go vote. And I want to see some more news, guys. So, thanks a lot.
I think it's time for me to take my shower. I just came back from the gym so I wanted
to jump in right there. So, thanks, guys. Have a beautiful day and I'll see you in our next video.