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good evening friends good evening
welcome to Facebook live it is Monday
night and I am live to talk about a
serious issue that is circulating in the
world of immigration
first of all I've been away but I'm back
I was in Africa and I have some exciting
things to share with you over the next
couple of weeks about what I was doing
in Africa but in this live session we're
going to talk about the public charge
issue the public benefits issue some of
you may know it as such so before we get
started and guys this is not going to be
a very long one but before we get
started I'm asking you to share this
video with your friends with your family
share it with other people hit that
share button right now because this is a
real issue that friends that has the
potential of impact in about 20 million
immigrants you heard correctly
20 million okay that's the number that
they're reported so get this video this
live session before your friends and
your family right now also comment below
tell me if you have any questions that
you'd like me to address and upcoming
videos or live session okay so let's
just dive right in dive right in public
charge what are we talking about what is
public charge you may have heard the
news that the US government is trying to
weed out poor people it doesn't want
poor people to apply for immigration
benefits you may have heard stories like
that and really a lot of those stories
are connected to this issue around
public charge
so public charge is what we in the world
of immigration consider being dependent
on the US government for welfare
benefits okay so for those of you who
have applied for a green card you know
that you need to have a sponsor right
you need to have a sponsor on that
affidavit of support because the US
government is very concerned
about people coming here and then being
dependent on the government
understandably so right I agree with
that but this rule change that we're
talking about in this video takes it to
another level okay takes it to a
different level so for those of you who
have been applying for a green card one
of the things that we talked about
during that green card process is what
can make you in admissible right what
can make you inadmissible to the United
States and one of those things is being
considered public charge so this issue
typically applies to green card
applicants right people who are likely
to become primarily dependent on the US
government so what does that look like
it looks like you get in cash assistance
it looks like you get in long-term care
or health coverage long-term care the US
government is providing cash and
long-term care to you so that's the
definition of public charge and let me
back up let me back up because I want to
I want to address something here there
are people on YouTube who are lawyers
right who are trying to create such a
stir about this issue and people are
very afraid but friends let me tell you
this is just a proposal okay this is a
proposal this is not the current rule
this is not the current law there is a
process that our government needs to go
through in order to make a change like
this okay the rule that we're talking
about here this rule change is something
that was leaked to the media okay it was
leaked to the media it is not not not
the rule yet it has the potential of
becoming the rule but it is not the rule
yet this is a process it may become a
rule in about a year or a little longer
than a year so stay tuned for the very
end of this video in which I'll talk to
you about my tips or my one tip I have
one key tip that you need to hear at the
very end of this live session by the way
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of updates ok how is the government
proposing to make this process of
becoming a green card holder a little
bit more difficult well what it is
saying
under this rule change is that anyone
who have received certain benefit food
stamps okay or Medicaid or other health
insurance you are now potentially you're
inadmissible
okay seeking an extension of stay or
you're seeking to change your status if
you've received any kind of welfare
benefits or any benefits from the US
government or you're likely to receive
those benefits you're you fall into this
category as well
currently public charge is based on 50%
or more dependent on the US government
under this rule change that is not the
case anymore you do not need to be 50
percent or more dependent on the US
government in order to fit into this
category okay so this is making it
broader bigger who's excluded from this
because certain people this does not
apply to the benefits that you've
received from the US government that's
excluded from this issue so if you've
received certain disability insurance or
veterans benefits or some sort of
government pension benefit or
unemployment or workers compensation
those types of benefits do not count for
public charge purposes okay Medicare
also doesn't count it doesn't count
unless the premiums are paid in part or
fully by the US government and certainly
those who have received government loans
student loans okay those benefits do not
count for this purpose so who is exempt
from this we're talking about refugees
we're talking about asylees we're
talking about certain special immigrants
they're excluded from all of this we're
talking about people who have scope or
seek an adjustment of status under the
Cuban Adjustment Act
or the nicaraguan adjustment and Central
American Relief Act or Haitians who are
seeking relief under the Haitian refugee
immigration Fairness Act those people
are excluded from this public charge
issue so here's my tip for tonight
you guys better hurry up and file you
better hurry up and file because this is
a proposed rule change there's a process
this thing will not go into effect until
the public has an opportunity to weigh
in to comment and believe me people will
be commenting on this so this is not an
overnight process that our government is
going to implement it's going to take
about a year or even longer so guys
hurry up
don't sit on the sidelines and you're
trying to wait things out in this case
it's not to your advantage to wait you
need to hurry up and get your spouse to
to pay a lawyer so that you guys so that
he could spot a file for you for your
green card you guys need to hurry up
don't sit on the sidelines and wait this
is a rule change it is a proposal it is
not the law yet it is not in effect yet
okay so that's all I'm gonna share with
you tonight go ahead and comment below
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watching thank you for sharing this
thank you for allowing me to enter into
your living room or wherever you are
tonight okay to tell you that you don't
need to worry about this quite yet
because this is only a proposal it is
not the rule yet it was leaked it was
leaked into the media and stay tuned
next week Monday for my next Facebook
live bye bye
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