Hello, hello, everybody, and welcome to a quick live update. We were getting… we've
done quite a few videos about the USCIS furlough, and many, many attorneys have done that as
well. And it's been a big concern for a lot of people as to what's going to happen, and
when, and if they're going to furlough all these people. So, today, I wanted to share
with you an interesting update. There was a letter that was sent by a few congressmen,
a few senators actually to USCIS directors, essentially saying that they have information
that USCIS was essentially misrepresented their budget estimates and they provided lies,
and essentially fake data to justify furloughs for whatever reason. So, I wanted to share
with you that letter. I just got a hold of it right now on Twitter. And we'll talk about
the implications of this. And also a few other updates. So, stay tuned. I'll be back in one
second. Welcome, welcome, everybody. First of all, I wanted to thank you for joining
me today. Many of you are here, following me for the past few months since we have all
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information. So, let's dive in. And by the way, those of you who don't know me, I am
Jacob Sapochnick. I’m an immigration attorney located in San Diego, California. And I help
clients in all 50 states. So, let's talk about the news from today. And I wanted to show
you this document. So, basically, this is a letter that was sent by a few senators to
the USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, and to the Deputy Director. And specifically,
what it says, I'm going to read it to you and you can see it here it says, “We write
to you today about the fact that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service
currently projects to end the fiscal year with a surplus and sufficient balance to pay
its employees for the remainder of the year.” So, the senators realized they saw the budget,
there was… this is Public Information. And they noticed that they actually have a surplus
as opposed to what they reported to Congress earlier this year, that indicated a 571 million
deficit. So, guys, this is crazy. So if you look at this document, the senators, everybody's
worried then trying to… there was a bill that passed in the House Appropriations Committee
just last week, supporting a bailout of $1.2 billion to the USCIS because they claimed
that they are basically running out of money. In fact, not only do they claim that they
put it on their official accounts. Just last week, they said, “The effect of the…”
this is from the USCIS, by the way, this one, “The ffect of the Coronavirus pandemic are
longer reaching leaving few [inaudible] USCIS is still experiencing those very effects,
which began with an alarming drop in applications,” blah, blah, blah. And they are basically saying
that they needed money from Congress to continue their operations. And now, basically, it's
revealed that not only that they have money to pay people, but they have a surplus, guys,
they have a surplus of funding. So, why are they threatening to furlough all these people?
What is behind this, right? So now, we want to know exactly… and I think like I said,
this is just kind of came out today. I don't have that much information about what's going
to happen with this but I wanted to share this with you, guys, because you are followers,
subscribers to our channel. And once again, if you're here for the first time, make sure
to subscribe. But this is basically our disturbing news because the impact of furlough essentially
means that there's going to be less interviews, there's going to be less people getting a
green card. As you know, in the last week, we reported that green cards and work permits,
EADs are not being printed because USCIS essentially fired their contractors because they said
they couldn't afford to pay them. And they were going to do this in-house. And as a result,
they were not able to produce the green cards and the EADs on time, which created even more
anxiety. The fact that they are starting to work on a part-time basis has resulted in
the fact that there's no biometric appointments. People are not getting their interviews on
time, receipt notices are taking three to four weeks to receive. And now, we realize
that not only that they are okay financially but they have a surplus. And so, why are they
going to be furloughing more than 35,000 employees in the next two weeks? Why are they doing
that? So, it's a good question. It's hard to say. But I think, with this exposure, maybe
USCIS is going to issue a public announcement. Again, there's so many things that are happening
in this agency that are so confusing to us all. Just another example where they, again,
DACA applications. The Federal Court last Friday issued a ruling that they should be
accepting applications. There's more than 500,000 people that could qualify for DACA.
And each one of them could be paying fees for the applications, yet USCIS is refusing
to this day, to this moment. They're saying that they're not going to be accepting DACAs
even though the court said that they should be, right? So, there's just so much confusion
there. And Those of you that are joining us right now, welcome. Welcome, Giselle. I'm
going to be answering your questions in a few minutes. I promise you, guys. But some
of you guys that are joining, they want to see the documents that I've mentioned before.
So, this is the document. Basically, it came from a few senators, and essentially, they're
saying that “We write…” this is a document to the USCIS directors saying that currently,
you're projecting… you, guys, projected the fiscal year with a surplus and sufficient
balance to pay your employees. And so, they want clarification as to why they want to
know why they continue to claim that furloughs are imminent, and they need to fire, that
they need to defer all these people as a result. So again, these were all just excuses as to
why they have the delays and all the problems that we're facing. So, this is just, to me,
disturbing I felt like… as soon as I saw this, I felt like I should go live. I should
update you, guys, our community on YouTube here so you'll be able to share that with
your communities as well. But this is, to me, quite disturbing. Let me take a few questions,
guys, and see if I… Giselle, I know you had a question. Let me take your question.
So, “Just asking, if I'll get married as a visitor visa will not apply for spouses
sponsor can apply for SSN?” No, if you don't apply for a green card, you're not going to
be able to get your SSN, unfortunately. So, once again, I know you, guys, have a lot of
questions. I mean, I originally had planned to go live. I was hoping to give you some
more updates on embassies reopening. So far, I just have a little bit of update on that
to let you know that as of July 15, only a few embassies have reopened. As promised,
quite a few of these embassies are still not able to schedule appointments as they need.
And I tell my clients and I tell you, guys, as well, please continue to email the consulate
to make sure that you know about what's going to happen. But this is just a side note. But
with respect to this video, the idea, the reason I wanted to go live is just to give
you an update of the fact that, today, we discovered that USCIS furlough claims about,
the furlough reasoning, the budget is not true. In fact, they ended the year with a
surplus. If they're lying to us about this, what else are they lying to us about? That's
my question to you. So, what else are they lying to us? They’re not accepting DACA
applications, even though a court specifically forced them to do so. Why are they delaying
receipt notices for weeks? Why are they not issuing work permits, green cards to people
that are waiting and they deserve those? So, this is, again, clearly I'm upset about it.
And I'm curious to see what you, guys, have. Make sure you let me know in the comments
what you think about it. Make sure you share this video with somebody that may be interested
to know. But again, like I said, furloughs are still coming in, they haven't rescinded
that. At the same time, we discover that they provided lies to us about their financial
deficit, which is quite disturbing to all of us. So, once again, this is crazy. Let's
see. I'll take a couple of your questions because I didn't come in to… plan to do
this. But let's take some questions. Danita, “Does it mean that approval for I-130 petition
will be affected?” Well, I don't think so. Like I said, even now that they are operating
the way they're operating, it hasn't impacted any of the approvals. It just tells us that
the reason they are delaying all these things is not because of financial reasons, just
because they own… system is messed up as we know already. We know that they are an
agency that is broken. And I'll keep updating you as I get more information about all this.
So, we know but this shouldn't affect this. “Could you please make an expedite video
on humanitarian reasons for I-130 spouse case?” Absolutely, yeah. I've done a video recently
about different ways to expedite cases. And I did mention humanitarian there. So, go back
and see that video as well. Let me see. files. Yeah, I'll take a few questions, guys. Like
I said, I came on here just because I learned about this information. I wanted to keep you
posted. “What are your opinion for visa waiver overstay for citizens legalized to
USPR and hurdles like hardship waiver? Are they necessary?” So again, if you overstay
your visa waiver, even if you're married to an LPR, it's not going to help in the long
run. If you leave the country, you’re still going to be considered to be an overstay.
And that's the thing. That's the difference between being married to a US citizen and
be married to an LPR. Caroline, “Our paperwork, in a consulate in Ghana for K1, will they
start interviews?” Once again, like I mentioned before, every consulate has a different schedule.
So, make sure you email your consulate and find out. K1s are not subject to the Proclamation.
So, you shouldn't have any problems with getting an appointment as soon as the consulate will
reopen. Let me see. And once again, guys, thank you so much for always, always supporting
our channel. As soon as I go live. There are hundreds of you coming on. I truly appreciate
you… doing these videos, last night, as you know, I’m up until midnight making videos
for you, guys… learning, updates. Now, we're in the middle of a conference, the American
Immigration Lawyers Association Conference. It's the whole week, and I'll provide and
I'll keep providing you updates from the conference as well to keep you informed. So, thank you
so much, guys, you're the best. I'll take one more question and the rest, please post
your questions in the comments. And I'll come back throughout the day and I will answer
them, I promise you. So, let me see here. Janet, “When is the Bombay Embassy open
in India?” Like I said, embassies are reopening but you need to email this particular embassy
and find out. Richard, “Any idea when biometrics scheduled will commence for Miami?” So once
again, Richard, now, there's no reason for USCIS to delay those fingerprints. There's
no reason for them not to issue green cards. We know they have money. We know they have
funding, and their furloughs are BS. So, hopefully, it's going to happen very soon. I'll keep
you posted. Anyway, guys, I'm curious to know what you think about this, about all these
craziness. Who to believe right now, right? Who can we believe? We can't believe the government,
we can't believe nobody, right? So, it's quite upsetting. But anyway, I'm curious to know
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well. And thank you, guys, for watching. I appreciate all of you. Once again, to summarize,
this is the letter that was issued by Senators to USCIS
today, saying that they know that there's no budget deficit. In fact, they know there's
a surplus, and they want to know if they intend to continue to furlough those employees. I
don't know what's going to happen. Let's see what happens. I'll keep you posted. Thank
you for watching, guys. I'll see you in our next videos. You, guys, are the best.