Hey friends. Good afternoon. Join me for this wonderful, um, story that I'm going to share with
you about how our client we've got great news today, guys, we got great news. I was actually
planning to come before you about a different testimony. Okay. And I had it all prepared.
I was finished, shared this great, uh, testimony from a marriage case with you. And then I got this
call and it changed everything. So I'm going to share with you how our client who has been in the
United States for 32 years and has made a number of attempts to get a green card, but could not
do so, uh, due to his removal proceedings, how we were able to get ice, to approve our motion,
to reopen his removal proceedings so that it may be terminated or dismissed so that
he could apply for the green card before us. CIS, I'm so excited to share this one with you.
I see that folks are joined in, um, share this, uh, this live session with your feed. If you're
joining live on Facebook, if you're watching the replay, share this with other people as
well on WhatsApp and, um, uh, give me some, uh, hearts likes and, um, let me know what
you think about this story, but this is to encourage those of you who are out there
and you may have found yourself in removal. And, um, a judge has issued a removal order against you
and you're eligible for a green card, but because of that removal order, the government will not
allow you to get the green card through us. CIS, if you're out there and you're in this
type of scenario, I want you to watch this because this will surely encourage you to try again.
Okay. To try again, because like I said, after 32 years, our client has finally got that good news
call today from his lawyer that the government agreed with us and they're going to help you.
They're going to help you close this open, reopen your case so that it could be dismissed against
you. And now you could apply for that green card through your us citizens son. All right. This is
very emotional for us here today at McBean law, because this could not have happened
to the sweetest man who is up there in age, okay. Up there in age. And he has, his wife
is also elderly and sick. And this is the call that they got from us today. And it really melted
all of our hearts. So join me today in this live session, I'm Latoya McMain Pompey. For those of
you who are new to an immigration lawyer in New York, working with clients all over the world,
let's talk about how this happened. And if you need to contact us, you may contact
us@mcbeanlawatfiveonesixeightsixsixthirtyninehundredorvisitusatmcmeenlaw.com to schedule your
consultation. And guys, I do need to say that the jurisdiction where ice has approved this
is in the south. It's in one of the toughest jurisdiction for immigration in the country.
Okay. In the south. So let's talk about what this happened, what happened here and,
um, how, um, how this is so significant here. All right. And if you're still with me say that you're
still with me. I'm not sure if I'm still alive. Am I still alive? Are you safe? Are you there?
If so, just give me some hearts or say, I'm there. I'm here. I could still see you and hear
you. Okay. Because on my end, it's not clear whether the live session is still going on.
I'm on. Okay. Thank you for that. Something else is going on here.
That's funky. The comments are not popping up. All right. But give me some hearts to let me know that
I'm still alive. Okay. So let's talk about this guys. So the client came into the country in 1989,
when many of us were still children, right. 1989, and he's married a Y filed for him. And this is
the usual story came in on a visa. Overstayed spouse filed for him that, um, petition didn't go
through. It was it, uh, his application actually was denied. And after that denial for adjustment
of status, like many of you, the government placed them in removal proceedings. And he was issued
a notice to appear in 2000. Okay. In court, he, um, sought cancellation of removal. Okay.
He applied for cancellation of removal because by that point he was eligible for it.
He was eligible for it and he didn't get it. The judge did not agree with the, uh, application
and consequently, um, the judge issued a, it, the judge did rather than issue in a removal order
against them. They, they agreed for voluntary departure. Okay. VD and
with voluntary departure friends, if you agree to it and you don't leave the United States,
it does turn into a removal order. Okay. So now fast forward to some years and um, one of
his children grew up. One of his us citizen, children grew up and filed for him and the
[inaudible] was approved, but because the client was still had still had removal proceedings, um,
removal proceed in pendant. So to speak, there were some other things going on.
Actually let me back up before the sun filed for him, uh, he appealed the judges decision.
He appealed all the way up to the BIA and the BIA dismissed it. Okay.
They denied his case. And so then when his son grew up and his son filed for him,
the problem is this us CIS cannot approve the [inaudible] adjustment of status application.
Can't approve it because they don't have jurisdiction over him. The judge does. And the big
problem that many people have in this scenario is that they cannot bring their
green card application, the adjustment of status application, um, before the judge, unless the,
unless the proceedings are reopened again. All right. And so this is the situation that
our client found himself. And he had an approved I one 30, but he could not, um, adjust his status.
And so when he came to us after these many years, because his son's petition was approved,
um, uh, 20, in 2014, when he came to us, um, a few months ago, he came to us because, you know,
they, they heard that the Biden administration has brought prosecutorial discretion back.
Maybe there's a chance that McBean, lock-in take a look at my case
and see what they could do for me, because I feel stuck. I'm much older. Now, my wife is sick.
I had been trying to get a green card for all these years. Nothing, nothing was working out.
So we took his case because we knew that we could tell that we could do the prosecutorial discretion
request to that very difficult ice office in the south. And we advised him that this is going
to be difficult because of that jurisdiction. They are extremely tough, very, very tough, but
we think you have a good chance here, let us do this. And he agreed and we prepared the motion
to reopen his case, and we submitted that to ice. And we could, by the way, we could do this
for you where it doesn't matter where you're at in the United States, because this process
is largely administrative and electronic, and we can do it for you wherever you're at.
And so we submitted the request in August, um, yeah, at the end of August. And today my colleague
called the off that office, the ice office. And they said, we've agreed to do this for him. We
agree with you. And we're going to go ahead and we're going to prepare this and send it in so
that his case can be reopened. And then after the case is reopened, uh, after the next couple of,
we will then prepare his green card application so that he could get his green card through his
us citizen sign. That's how it happened. Okay. And so if you not all cases, guys, I'm just gonna
say this, not all cases, someone hit the nail on the head. Thank you for joining us from, uh, the
south, as I see some Southern people on here as well. So, you know, it's tough, it's tough.
Okay. I won't say which field off which, which office did this, um, for the sake of the privacy
of the client, but it's super, super, super tough there in any event. Um, if you're in a situation
like this and you need your case to be looked at whether you use us or someone else have it looked
at, okay, have it looked at because if you have a petitioner and a pathway to that green card,
you may have a chance of getting your case reopened so that your application can be submitted
to us CIS, so that you can get that green card. Now, not every case is eligible for this type of
discretion, okay. With ice. If you have, um, a lot of fraud and some other stuff on your record,
we would have to balance out the fraud with, you know, some other positive factors about
you and make a stronger argument for you. Um, also if you, you don't have any pathway or any
form of relief, that's going to be a problem as well, because you need to be able to demonstrate
that you do have that pathway. If you're in this situation, I highly encourage you guys
have taken, let us take a look at it so that, um, we, you know, might be able to help you
to be able to apply for your green card. So I'm just really thrilled for this family today
because they didn't give up. After all these years, 32 years, guys, they didn't give up.
And there's this opportunity now under the Biden administration to do prosecutorial discretion,
to submit that request and ask ice, to use their discretion, to help you to close your proceedings
so that you may pursue your green card application before us CIS. So this is thrilling for us.
And I wanted to jump on here real quickly and let you guys know that, um, what is passable,
um, and reach out to us again at 5 1 6 8, 6, 6 3900 or@mcbeanlaw.com be patient. If you want to
meet with me, it's my schedule. I'm not available like within a week or two, just be patient,
get on my calendar. If not my calendar, get on one of my colleagues calendar because my colleague,
she prepared this motion to, and she did as a rock, solid job on it. And, um, it
was a team effort, but we made it happen and our client is extremely happy. So trust us,
trust our judgment. And if you've met with us and we've told you in the past, you know what, we,
we think we need to do a case assessment to see if you're a good fit for prosecutorial discretion
or let's, let's study your case to see if we can really do this motion to reopen for you
the right way, trust that recommendation. Okay. Trust it because we have to study it
first. And we have to really look at a lot of different variables in order for this to
work. That's what we did for our client. And it works. So guys, again, if you're in any
part of the United States and you have a removal order and you're not eligible for a green card
through a relative, but you're stuck, the court won't open your case or the BIA dismissed your
motion to reopen contact us so that we could take another look at that for you. Okay. And lastly,
as I go, um, I do not have an update on pathway to citizenship other than, um, the house we'll
be voting at the end of this week on their BBB build back better, uh, act. And, um, the, the CBO
is coming out with their score. The score has to come out first before the house votes on it.
The Senate is saying that they're going to vote or wrap things up by the end of September,
um, December. Okay. They're looking at the December, December four on the Senate side,
the parliamentarian has not weighed in yet on the, um, plan C, which is that five-year
parole, a work authorization language, and also the language about recapturing unused Feess
that would allow folks to be able to apply early, um, for adjustment of status. So she
hasn't weighed in on those issues yet. Uh, but some people are very optimistic that it will,
you know, it will work out favorably, a pathway to citizenship. On the other hand
is something that is, is that has fizzled fizzled down. Okay. They, there is no political
will and appetite on the Democrat side for this. So that's very disappointing, but you've, um, but
that's, that's where things are at right now. Guys, I'm going to jump off here, but I wanted
to come on and share this good news testimony with you. Thank you so much for being with me
and, um, give this video, share the video with other people and contact us at McBean law so that
we might be able to see how we could assist you have a wonderful evening, and I will see you in
the next one. I will be back before you. I have videos, a video coming out this week on another
topic that I think many of you would be interested in. So stay tuned for that. And then if there's
any updates from Capitol hill, I'll try my best to jump in front of you. See you soon. Bye-bye.