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I'm an immigration lawyer in New York, working with clients all over the world in this video
or this session, I'm gonna talk with you about a Washington times article that came out yesterday
that may have confused some people, because the title says temporary migrants who entered,
illegally get new path to permanent status under Biden policy. What is that all about? What is the
Washington times talking about? I'm gonna break that down for you in this one. And guys, I'm also
gonna talk with you about the fact that 280,000 green cards are available this fiscal year.
For those of you who are going through an employment based process and U S C I S is racing,
uh, to get these green cards issues. So what that, what does that mean? It means
more approvals. So stick around for those details as well. For those of you who, um, have, uh,
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again, it's great to see you in this one. Let's go ahead and get started. Let's talk about the fact
that the Washington times is saying that migrants now have a back door, a back door to amnesty.
Is that true? Here's the article that came out on July 10th and it says the Homeland security
department's citizenship agency has created a backdoor policy or pathway to citizenship
that is open to some of the hundreds of thousands of migrants who came to the us illegally, but are
now under what is known as temporary protected status or TPS. Now you may have heard me tell
you, um, recently in a video that U S C I S has issued a memo, uh, effectively changing a policy
that Trump put into place that stopped TPS holders from obtaining or applying for adjustment of
Status to get the green card here in the United States, um, because they entered to the United
States illegally or unlawfully or without entry. Okay. EWI. So those individuals, despite the fact
that, um, that they are eligible, they have a, a petitioner who, uh, has applied for them,
filed for them, and they wanna be able to get the green card here and they have TPS, but despite
the, all of those facts, they're still not eligible to apply for TPS. And the Supreme court
also backed this up last year when it ruled that a TPS holder who came in, um, without inspection,
um, just, you know, just by, by virtue of them being a TPS holder doesn't mean that
it cured the problem of unlawful entry. They still will not be eligible to adjust their status.
U S C I U S C I S changed their policy and said, well, actually, um, some time ago before Trump, we
used to believe that if they, a TPS holder leaves the United States on authorized travel through
an advanced parole, uh, and they are inspected and admitted back into the United States under
that the advanced parole, they are now eligible to, uh, apply for adjustment of status.
So U S C I S went back to that policy. And so that is what the Washington times
is talking about in its article, where it says that, um, the Biden administration has
changed its policies to create what they're calling a backdoor amnesty, or a backdoor pathway
to citizenship. And you might be saying, well, where in the world are they getting this hundreds
of thousands of migrants will be eligible for this thing? Where are they getting this from?
Well, they're getting this number guys not from U S C I S directly. Okay. Not from U S C I S
because, uh, according to the article, U S C I S told the Washington times that it doesn't know how
many people to expect to take advantage of the new travel rules or apply for an adjustment of status,
but the numbers could be massive. Some experts say, and now this whole, this, this hundreds
of thousands of people that came actually from the former director of U S C I S who says, well,
I can't guess about numbers, but this is a path to amnesty for hundreds of thousands of people
who have entered the United States illegally. Now, again, we don't know. And then he goes on to
say that he calls the policy, another brutal stomp in of the rule of law and guys, again, this was,
this was the case. This was the, these were the rules that were in place before Trump came
into office. So, um, this is not anything particularly new. It will help people, but
we don't really know U S C I S doesn't know the number of individuals who this will help. Now,
this is not a direct pathway for people who have TPS to adjust their status.
And I've seen in your comments below, um, in other videos I've seen comments or questions
that said, well, does this mean TPS equals adjustment of status TPS. If I have TPS,
am I now eligible for adjustment of status? And the answer is no, this is only an opportunity
that is available to individuals who actually have a petitioner, um, through the family based system,
or even the, or the employment based system. You have a pathway to the green card. Someone is
starting the process for you. And, uh, you meet all of the other eligibility
requirements to adjust your status, including the fact that you had left on advanced parole
and you've reentered the United States, if you did not have lawful admission to begin with.
Okay. So that's what the Washington times, um, has out there. I don't want it to confuse you
and think, oh, there's an amnesty going on that I don't really know about. Um,
and so that's what this, what they're referring to here. Now, let's jump over to the other issue,
guys, about green card availability, 280,000 green cards will be available or are available,
I should say this year. And, um, I'm gonna pull up the, uh, let's see, this is the, um, Bloomberg
Bloomberg law article about this issue and immigration. It says immigration agency races,
races to issue 280,000 available green cards, a record surplus of employment based green cards
available this year is put in the pressure on top immigration agency officials to issue all
available visas before the fiscal year ends. And, uh, the agency faces an even bigger workload this
year than last year, because 280,000 green cards, um, is what they have to work with now compared
with 268,000 in fiscal year 2021. Um, but U S C I S according to them says, says that they are say
they are well positioned to issue all of the available visas before the fiscal year and
September 30th. And so we're talking about the EEB one S and such EEB, two S um, you know, employment
based pathway to a green card. So, um, Very exciting news. It's, you know, it's being
reported that there are more approvals this year, uh, as U S C I S is trying to meet this, um, this
quota, so to speak. So, uh, if you're out there and you might be eligible for an employment based
pathway to a green card, now this year is the year to really pursue it, particularly EEB one, EEB
two, the government is highly motivated to move those forward. Okay. So, uh, we also do the EEB
process. Now at our firm, you can reach out to BBE law, uh, to get your case, uh, to meet with our
employment based, uh, attorney and, uh, get your case looked at to see whether you're eligible to
take advantage of this opportunity. Okay, guys. So that's the latest, there are a lot of other
things going on. I mean, my goodness, there's Texas, and some new things happen in there.
I'll cover Texas in another, uh, stream, um, streaming session with you. So stay tuned. I
have some thoughts about what is going on in Texas and the governor's new executive order
that, um, effectively says that text Texas has the authority to send migrants back to the border. So
I'm gonna talk about that in an upcoming session, guys, thanks so much for being with me,
comment below, let me know your thoughts on these, uh, issues and share this stream with
others and let, um, and guys, I will see you in the next one. Thanks so much for being with.