Hello, everybody. This is a quick live because we have some breaking news from DHS regarding
new DACA applications. So, as you know, following the Supreme Court decision a month ago, people
started to file for DACA. We're excited. We also had another information from a federal
court last week. And today, we have an announcement from DHS that they will be rejecting all DACA
applications so I wanted to jump on the here live. Just to give you an update on this.
A lot of you been asking, and answer a few questions. And of course, keep you posted
as we have more information but this is unheard of in the history of immigration law and I
cannot remember anything, looking back at legal books that somebody can define a court
order in such an extreme way. And that is a very dangerous sign for other cases that
we have, DV lottery, work permits not printed, people being delayed. This is just the beginning
of this administration defining the rule of law. So, let's talk about it. I'll be back
in two seconds. All right. Well, first of all, welcome to everybody who is joining us.
This was an unannounced live. I didn't plan to do it but I had to because so many of you
are asking me, and I think it's important. Welcome, everybody. Hello, Giselle. Hello,
Cats, Kareen, Musafa, Chilka, David. Welcome, welcome. Let me know where you’re from.
Once again, if you’re here for the first time, make sure you subscribe to our channel
so you will be notified every single time that I go live and give you these updates
because it looks like things are going to get crazier every day. So, let's look at the
decision right here. Okay, here we go. So, Homeland Security… here… Homeland Security
announced just this morning that they are now going to be accepting new DACA and they
basically said three things. They're going to be rejecting all new DACA applications
to those of you that we're going to get ready to file. You have to put your cases on hold.
They're going to reject all new and pending requests for advanced parole. And also, the
most important thing is that they're going to be limiting the DACA renewals for one year
at a time. Right? And this is absolutely crazy because this is complete defiance of a rule
of law. If you think about it, it's complete defiance of the rule of law. This is a Supreme
Court decision that completely defined the administration's decision to cancel DACA,
is illegal. And they just literally took it and ignored it. And what is interesting is
that the person who signed it, Chad Wolf, which is the appointed secretary of Security,
he was appointed illegally. And his term has already expired. And he is the one that signed
this Order. So, this is I mean, again, I don't know, I have really no words, what to say?
And I'm curious to see what you, guys, think about this. So, let me know in the comments.
But again, this is something that was just announced. And they released this long memo,
and I wanted to show it to you, share the screen here… so, this is a memo. If you
look at this memo, this memo is signed by Chad Wolf, who is illegally appointed, and
his term expired already. And he signed this memo. And in this memo, they're kind of going
through the background of what the DACA program is. And basically they're saying how illegal
it is. And again, that's not their role, the Supreme Court decided that DACA should continue.
The Supreme Court decided that their decision to terminate in 2017 was illegal. And yet
they go on and on, look at this, pages and pages as to why they should rescind it. Pages
and pages why they have concerns. Specifically, they have enforcement policy concerns. There
are several reasons for this enforcement policy that may warrant the full rescission of DACA.
This is not their role. They're not a court. Yes, they may not like it but DACA is a legal
program that needs to stay here while the decision of the court remains in place. And
then they go on and on why they should rescind DACA going through the process here. And of
course, and the final memo, like I mentioned before, they're going to be rejecting new
applications. And they're going to be not accepting advanced parole cases. And they're
going to be limiting renewals only to one year down from two years. So, again, to me,
it looks like they are trying to end this program completely in an illegal way. And
then, you're going to have 800,000 people that are left with no legal status and guess
what's going to happen? So, again, as sad as it is that this program is going to end,
and whatever the limitations that they're putting, the biggest concern that we have
is, if the government if USCIS is refusing to follow the rule of law, is refusing to
follow what the Supreme Court is saying, what are they going to do with other things that
are happening? What is this administration going to do with DV lottery, the people that
have pending DV lottery, and they're stuck overseas, and they're not able to come here
because they just have this ban on them. And even if the court is going to say, lift the
ban and let them apply for their green cards, the State Department is going to say, “No,
we don't want to do it,” just like the DHS. Right? What's going to happen if that's going
to be the result? So, what is the point of suing them if they don't care about following
the rule of law? So, I think that it’s going to be interesting to see what's going to happen
in the next couple of weeks because, right this moment, people are organizing to collect
information about people that are affected by this, a lot of DACA that filed. They're
going to be organizing to file a lawsuit, another lawsuit, at least to try to get some
sort of an injunction and see what happens. And there's going to be a lot of pressure
on the President to come forward and take responsibility. But if we have no rule of
law in this country, what is left? Like, why would you believe in a government that you're
paying fees to get a visa if they're not following the law, and they're not doing what they're
supposed to be doing? And who has trust? Last week, I reported that the USCIS lied about
their budget deficit. They completely lied to the Congress about it. Now, this morning,
we're getting this information that they're not going to respect the Supreme Court decision.
So, I mean, it just, to me, I'm still very upset about it. I'm just curious to see what
you, guys, have to say. Let's take a few questions. And let's see here. Let me know where you’re
from. By the way, those of you that are here, live. Let me know where you're tuning in.
There's a bunch of you here. Let me know where you're from. Put it in the comments. Kate's
saying, “Are F3 visas current cases which are now in the queue waiting for an interview…”
your question again, “waiting for an interview, does the ban affect the current cases?”
So, the ban affects all those cases from the previous Proclamation. So, anybody who is
not a spouse or child of a US citizen is impacted by the Proclamation until the end of December.
And let's see what happens. Let's see. A few more questions. Here. Thank you, guys. So,
people from all over the world here. Shera, “I wanted to inquire, a green card is given
a country, citizenship or country of birth?” It's given by the country of citizenship but
it actually depends on how you file. In the DV lottery, it's based on the country of birth
but if you get it from any other way, it's typically based on country of birth, and that's
how the priority dates are being allocated. So, some of you don't know what DACA is. And
thank you, Surah, for explaining, “individuals with unlawful presence in the US.” So again,
just to explain what DACA is, I'm so excited so I didn't mention what it is for those of
you who don't know. So, that is a program that started by President Obama in 2012, through
an Executive Order, and essentially what the program does, it allows young children, young
adults, children, who came here before the age of 16, that were, here, present in 2007.
And they don't have a criminal record, to get deferred action to be able to stay in
the country and work up to two years, and then continue to renew this every two years.
And then in 2017, President Trump decided to terminate this program and only allowed
renewals. And then recently, the Supreme Court decided what Trump did was illegal. And we
thought that the problem is going to come back to the normal filing that could have
been in 2012. But today, USCIS said that they're not going to be accepting DACA despite the
Supreme Court ruling, which is very upsetting, not just for DACA, but also for future cases,
and what it means for applications that are being filed with the government. And, basically,
there's no rule of law in this country right now. This is just crazy. So anyway, I’m
curious just to see what you, guys, think. Let me know in the comments. I just wanted
to come out here and let you know, because this literally was just published on the DHS
website, and I wanted to share this video. We have a lot of people that wanted to apply
for DACA. DACA can be helpful for those of you who are here undocumented. And even if
you marry a US citizen, you can still apply for DACA just to be able to get a temporary
work permit and also Advance Parole. So, if you leave the country and come back, you're
going to be able to show proof of legal entry. And that will help you a lot, even to get
a green card, even if you're undocumented. So, that was going to help a lot of people.
It already helped a lot of people. There's close to a million people that applied for
DACA over the years. And the fact that the government is refusing to do so is so upsetting.
So anyway… just a quick live. Once again, those of you that are here for the first time,
make sure you subscribe to a channel so you'll be notified every time I go live and update
you on these breaking news. And once again, I thank you so much for supporting our channel
for being here every single time that I post these videos, commenting. So, once I'm going
to be off to a live stream, you can continue posting your questions about DACA or any other
topic and make sure that you watch our video on Wednesday. We have a premier video on Wednesday
that talks about topics relating to delays at the government and a few other updates
that I'm doing so make sure you watch our premiere on Wednesday. We had a very good
video on Monday and many of you gave me good feedback about the stopping printing of EADs
and green cards. So, the video on Wednesday is going to provide more updates about delays
and cases that are being denied right now, and what to expect next. So, thanks for watching,
guys. I appreciate all of you and I'll see you in our next video.