Hey guys, join me tonight. As we talk, um, immigration news, there's a lot of important
things going on that I wanna make you aware of. And if you're already aware of some of
these things, these issues, um, I wanna share my thoughts with you about them. So if you're out
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let's talk about some important things we're gonna talk about, um, unused, uh, visa or green cards
that, um, would allow the immigration backlog on both the family and the employment based side
to be addressed. That's issue. Number one, we're gonna talk about
ice guys. There's some important developments with respect to ice and their enforcement ability
where we'll also talk about, um, an important, um, bill that was signed into law by Florida's
governor. Uh, just recently, uh, we'll also talk about the NVC, the national visa center
backlog report, where are they with respect to the backlog? And then we'll also talk about
something that happened right here in New York today with respect to immigrants
and a new bill that allowed them, uh, some people to vote, some immigrants to vote.
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and, um, subscribe to our free weekly newsletters. So let's talk about some immigration,
uh, matters guys. So the first issue, um, is this with, to unused visas or green card, um, just
on Friday, as a matter of fact, on Friday, the, uh, appropriations committee on the house
of representative side, uh, passed or voted out, I should say voted out of committee by 32 to 25, um,
provisions that would allow unused a green card that, um, have been abandoned or unused
over the past three decades to be applied to, um, going forward so that it could
address the backlog on both the family and the employment side of things.
And so the appropriations language, it has a very long way to go guys, it's not this, you know,
appropriations process or the legislative process is a slow one, um, most times. And so this is a
positive development, but we've seen this happen before, right? With respect to unused visas.
And they're trying again, they're still pushing for that to help, to clear up the backlog. And so
it, um, it made its way out of the committee on Friday, and that's a very important development
and it has a ways to go. So I'm gonna continue to watch that, to see how far it goes. And most
importantly, what happens on the Senate side and when the Senate and the house reconcile,
uh, their differences with respect to the appropriations. So this was, uh, dollars
that were placed in the department of Homeland securities, um, appropriations, um, bill.
Okay. The next issue guys, and this is, you know, this is not a great news, not
great news ice. Uh, so you may have heard me talk in the past about the fact that, you know,
ice has under the bidded administration. There, there was a memo that dictated to ice officers
about who they could, um, target, who they should target and, uh, arrest and detain and deport.
And under the Biden administration, they were trying to target those who were threats to public
safety and, uh, border security and national security. And, um, certain states challenged
the Biden administration saying, wait a minute, I, we cannot do our enforcement work properly
under this new memo. And so a judge in Texas placed, um, basically said, listen, this memo
is, uh, not enforceable. And then the government recently appealed the decision and it's pending
waiting for a decision by the fifth circuit court of appeals. And, uh, the decision by the fifth
circuit circuit appeals has not come out yet. And there are consequences for that because, um,
on Saturday the memo actually, that was the deadline. That was the deadline with respect to,
uh, the enforcement, the implementation, the full imple implementation, so to speak of this memo.
All right. And they, the decision did not come out of the fifth circuit as of today. So they missed
this Saturday deadline, which means that ice cannot use the policies that they had laid out
with respect to targeting people, the people who they found to be the most dangerous. Um,
so they cannot enforce that memo in those new policies. And so right now, ice agents have a
lot of latitude to determine who they want to target arrest and detain and deport, and
certain jurisdictions like Atlanta, for example, uh, is very hard on immigrants. Very,
very tough with ice enforcement in Atlanta. So jurisdictions like that, they now have a
lot of latitude to do what they wanna do. So to speak with respect, to detaining, uh,
folks and targeting them, but other jurisdictions, um, like in New York and some other states,
uh, we're expecting that ice will continue to maybe to, to continue to operate the way that,
um, is dictated under this memo. Okay. So although technically speaking, the memo is they cannot
enforce this memo at all nationwide. And so, um, that's kind of, that's really concerning again,
especially for certain places like Atlanta, Georgia, and, and some other conservative,
um, conservative states. Okay. So that's, uh, so I'm watching that issue closely. And, uh,
once we hear back from the fifth circuit court of appeals, I'll let you guys know,
uh, as you're coming on board, I see more people are joining this, uh, live session,
say hello, say who you are and where you're watching from tonight. Okay. The next issue,
friends that I wanna talk with you about is out of Florida, out of Florida, similar kind of similar
to the whole ice enforcement, um, issue is that the Florida governor signed, um, a bill into law,
which basically mandates that state law enforcement agencies should work with ice.
They must work with ice law enforcement agencies, jails, um, must work with ice, cooperate with ice,
to share information about immigrants who they're detaining in their, uh, jails. And, um, it's,
it's, it's a tougher policy because when you go to other states, you know, they're not mandated that
their state law enforcement agencies work with ice. It's all being determined on a county by
county basis, but in Florida it's statewide. And so, um, for those immigrants in Florida, um, just
know that if you are arrested locally by local law enforcement police, um, just know that
there is a chance that your in information would be shared, will be shared with ice for
them to later detain you, um, depending on obviously what the charges are and such, but
that's, what's going on now in Florida, Florida has, is really cracking down. Okay. So, uh,
let's see, let's talk a little bit about THEC. Let's talk about THEC. My dog just decided,
you know what, I'm coming in. I don't care. , I'm just gonna come right in the room.
Um, let's talk about the NBC immigrant backlog report. So let me see if I can jump onto the NBC's
page and show you guys, uh, what's really going on with the backlog. Okay. So according to this
backlog, this is the latest one. Um, last updated this month, June, 2022. So as of May 31st 455,000
people were considered documentary qualified by the NVC and their case was ready for,
to be scheduled for an interview. However, only 28,545 people were actually scheduled
for an interview leaving 426,000 people weighed in to be scheduled for an interview. And when you
look at this data and compare it to, um, normal times back in 20 20, 19 on average folks were,
there were only 60,000 applicants who were pending weigh in to be scheduled for an interview.
So this backlog, um, continues and it's really shameful. I, you know, I think
certainly let me just jump back on here. Certainly the, uh, the government should be doing more.
Okay. There's no, if ends or butts about it, the government should be doing more to clear this
backlog. And so a lot of people are still weighed in just to be scheduled for an interview around
the world. And for some of our clients, what we have to do is, uh, if there's grounds to
seek expedited processing, we absolutely seek expedited processing on their behalf because
it's unfair that they have to sit and wait for an interview, um, and wait for such a long time.
Okay. So lastly guys, New York, just today, New York, uh, a New York judge, you may have remember
me talking about the fact that immigrants, um, that a new law was passed last year in, in New
York, uh, city that allowed immigrants or lawful permanent residents to be able to vote.
And we, we were talking about maybe 800,000 to a million people. Okay. And just today,
a judge struck that law down and said, listen, no, non-citizen in New York should not be able
to vote New York city. So, um, that's the latest with that? They, the Republican party and some
Republican lawmakers challenge sued the city and, um, they won. And just interestingly enough,
you should know that the past mayor of New York mayor de Blasio and the current mayor, neither one
of them had even signed this bill into law, um, nor Vido it. It was just their hang in. But today
a judge in Staten island ruled that, um, this, uh, non-citizen should not have a right to vote in New
York city municipal elections. Okay. So those are the, uh, the latest news that I wanted to
share with you guys tonight on this broadcast. I'm just putting my information and firm information
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