USCIS CRACKDOWN Under Trump. What To Expect in 2025

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Summary

The video dives into the potential changes to USCIS policies under a second Trump administration, based on the past modifications made during his first term. The speaker, an immigration lawyer, outlines 16 changes implemented previously, such as increased vetting, denials, and restrictions on work permits. The video aims to prepare viewers for possible reimplementation of these policies in 2025 while addressing viewers' immigration-related queries.

Highlights

Trump's focus on immigration may bring back strict vetting processes and policy changes seen in 2017-2020. 🔍
The denaturalization office might receive more resources, pushing its agenda further. 🏢
Requests for evidence may dwindle, leading to faster denials without much chance for correction. ❌
The i601A waiver process could face changes, affecting many applicants. ⏳
Public charge issues could resurface, impacting eligibility for green cards. 🏦
There was a dramatic effort to reduce production of green cards, causing backlogs. 🛑
Fee waivers might be restricted, although past attempts met legal challenges. 🔒
Social media scrutiny was a previous agenda item; it might gain traction again. 📱
Encouraging people to avoid public benefits might persist as a policy. 🚫
Be ready for slower immigration case processing - patience will be crucial. ⌛

Key Takeaways

Brace yourselves! Trump might reprise his rigorous USCIS policies from the first term in 2025. 🤔
Expect increased vetting for immigration applications, potentially leading to more denials. 📋
The denaturalization efforts might ramp up again, keeping some on their toes. 😟
An 83% naturalization fee hike was blocked last term, but could be on the table again. 💵
USCIS might speed up denials by decreasing opportunities to correct applications. ✍️
Random rejections due to 'blank spaces' on forms might become a frustrating reality again. 🤦
Social media snooping for immigration applicants could make a comeback. 🕵️‍♂️
USCIS is likely to revisit restricting appeal options, shaking up the process. 🚪
Advanced parole and visa hold-ups might become common, so stay prepared. 🚨
The administration could make naturalization exams harder, but it's not set in stone yet. 🧠

Overview

As the US braces for potential changes to immigration policies under another Trump administration, there's a sense of déjà vu. The earlier years saw rigorous vetting of applications, making it tough for immigrants to navigate the system. Now, many wonder if 2025 will bring a return of these policies, especially with a focus on reducing fraud and tightening naturalization processes. 🧊

Immigration legal expert, Latoya McBean Pompy, provides an insightful breakdown of what to expect. Trump’s first term saw heightened vetting, increased denials, and stricter controls on immigration benefits. This included efforts like reducing the output of green cards and increasing fees for citizenship applications. These efforts were often met with legal challenges, but they signaled a determined approach to immigration enforcement. 📊

Looking ahead, immigrants should be ready for potentially slower processing times and even stricter scrutiny. Whether it’s through addressing denaturalization, altering waiver processes, or revisiting public charge regulations, the focus would be on tightening immigration controls. As 2025 approaches, staying informed and prepared will be key for those navigating the American immigration landscape. 🔍

USCIS CRACKDOWN Under Trump. What To Expect in 2025 Transcription

00:00 - 00:30 hey friends before you go on that green card things are starting to get really interesting with us immigration can Donald Trump give you a drink hey guys before you file for your spouse watch
00:30 - 01:00 hey friends come on in join today's live session it's so great to see you in this one we're going to talk about USCIS during the Trump years and what we should expect starting 2025 okay at USCIS I've been getting a lot of questions from you about what will happen at USCIS under a second Trump term well in this session I'm going to go through 16 guys 16 changes
01:00 - 01:30 that the Trump Administration did during the first four years and what to expect going forward I'm Latoya McBean pompy an immigration lawyer in New York working with clients nationwide at McBean law our contact information is scrolling below just reach out to us to speak with us about your immigration problem and uh we'd be happy to see how we might be able to assist you also guys if you have not yet subscribe to this channel
01:30 - 02:00 subscribe now and hit that notification Bell so that you'll be the first to get notice of these videos each week hey there Ian Freedom now type in Freedom now Happy Thanksgiving hey there uh Lorna thank you Freedom now Freedom now Freedom now now let's get into it we're expecting USCIS to have a pretty tumultuous four years under the Trump Administration we've been there before and um we made
02:00 - 02:30 it through but you've got you guys have to gear up and understand what they did in the past and where they left off and what they're likely to do going forward so now let's go right into it the first first big thing that the Trump Administration did during the first four years was um something called continuous immigration vetting what they did guys of course they drilled down on uh
02:30 - 03:00 immigration applications and petitions uh running your information through various databases that of course we know about and some that we do not know about but they had this process of intense scrutiny on the application process and they want wanted to make sure that from start until finish that they were tracking you tracking your information confirming it all the way until the end and so we expect that this increased Focus on um fraud as I've been telling
03:00 - 03:30 you about that they're going to shift the agency back to a fraud detection lens and strategy and so this increased uh vetan process guys is likely to come back number two as as we know they created a denaturalization office denaturalization is nothing new for the government but the Trump Administration was very very very proactive in setting
03:30 - 04:00 up this new office and um keep and trying to ramp it up a little they did ramp it up a little but the impact wasn't that significant but now we know that they are planning on um and on focusing on denaturalization and I've talked about it um on two occasions with you in two different videos go watch those videos on this channel if you have not learned about the grounds for denaturalization and also my most recent video about whether an individual can
04:00 - 04:30 lose their US citizenship including those of you who are born here in the US some very common ways that it happens but the denaturalization office is something that we expect more resources financial resources and staff in to increase the third thing that they did during the first term which really impacted a lot of people is USCIS decrease the number of requests for evidence and the
04:30 - 05:00 uh notices of intent to deny they decreased issuing those why so that they could increase denials and so for instance the way that it worked in the past is that well well the way that it works now as you guys know is if USCIS has a problem with your case they send you a letter and they tell you they need more evidence or they give you an opportunity to explain things if they plan to deny your case they send you a really nice letter explaining to you the
05:00 - 05:30 reason why they're thinking about denying it and then they give you an opportunity to correct to explain some things under the Trump years they they decreased the amount of uh letters that they sent out to people um that would allow you an opportunity to make your Corrections right and to explain yourself they just outright sent denial letters so I'm expecting them to do that again um number four uh they increased
05:30 - 06:00 the issuance of notice notices to appear in Immigration Court they started more actions um against individuals to begin the removal process USCIS as you guys know they have the discretion to after they've denied your a case they have the discretion to just close your file leave it alone look the other way because they have millions of applications to process and so they don't care often times to
06:00 - 06:30 take further actions against an individual such as issuing a notice to appear in court that's why some people um have a very bad immigration record and but nothing has happened they're still here they they never went through the removal deportation process it's because that field office made the decision we're not going to touch it we're not going to move forward with putting that person in removal under this um under the first Trump term they
06:30 - 07:00 were issuing more notices to appear and by the way guys if you're wondering where I'm getting this information from my source is the migration policy Institute a very reputable um organization and they did a terrific terrific very thorough write up um data driven write up about the four first four years of the Trump Administration so that's where this information is coming from okay now number five what else we uh what else happened during
07:00 - 07:30 those uh first four years well they they limited your ability to submit your expedited requests to move your case along faster they updated their policy manual to um change the criteria for those who are eligible to submit um an expedited request for them they narrowed it I expect them to do that as well because under this upcoming Administration they're not looking to
07:30 - 08:00 help anyone out okay on the immigration side as a matter of fact the policy is just to frustrate to slow down and to make sure that more people are denied now friends this information certainly is not to scare anyone it's to empower you to know what really happened during those first four years so that you can strategize with your immigration lawyer if you're going to work with one and prepare AEP
08:00 - 08:30 case so that you have a strong chance of being approved over the next 4 years number six they um they frustrated the U visa and the t visa process they limited or they restricted the Department of Labor in particular um from certifying the U visa and t visa cases I'm expecting them to do this again um number seven and this is about Med iCal
08:30 - 09:00 deferred action they sus they tried to suspend it guys they were not successful with this one um the Congress got involved in this one and um consequently USCIS was able to reopen the opportunity for those who have very serious medical conditions to be able to stay in the United States and ask the government for a year or two years i' I I don't remember how long they usually get under under the medical deferred requests but
09:00 - 09:30 um this is a humanitarian and compassionate discretionary option that some people have and so under the Trump years they tried to just end the entire program or opportunity it did not work but I do suspect that they will try again okay particularly now that Congress the um upcoming Congress is um controlled by Republicans number eight and this is about
09:30 - 10:00 naturalization uh those of you who are applying for citizenship they increase the vet in when when I use the word vetting here I'm talking about like investigation the reviews The Look they're looking closely right at um an application so for those who were seeking naturalization during the Trump years they updated the US citizenship application which raised the requirement on uh related to some evidence that
10:00 - 10:30 they're collecting about um f uh details about your arrest history uh your international travel history uh requiring additional documents such as tax returns and children's birth certificates that was part of the first uh four years I I suspect they will return to that number nine um fee waivers guys and I during those four years I touched on a lot of these as these changes were unfolding um and I
10:30 - 11:00 remember talking also about these fee waivers they were trying to change almost well change the ability I should say or limit the ability of some people from asking for a fee waiver of an application fee waiver um and so they tried it it didn't work there was an injunction that was placed um by a federal court and so it blocked those changes anything dealing with um like
11:00 - 11:30 poverty guidelines or policy changes impacting people in in a real economic way you will see that the courts usually get involved in those types of matters and in this case it actually worked number 10 and this is one that lawyers hated badly and it has to do with blank spaces or blank responses on your applications I'm certain many of you
11:30 - 12:00 have submitted an application to USCIS and you didn't fill out every every space right you didn't fill out every space and it's okay they still went ahead and approved your case they reviewed it you got your green card you got your citizenship they if if they called you in for an interview they asked you to just fill in the details at the interview but during the Trump years they were rejecting your forms why because you left out your birthday or you left out something on the
12:00 - 12:30 application and so that was a huge issue back then I expect that this type of policy change most likely will come back again because they're trying to make things uh very very difficult but just note with that the Trump Administration as I've noted here wasn't entirely successful with that um they had to due to some Class Act there was a class action litigation that was filed to stop
12:30 - 13:00 this pra this practice and USCIS agreed to Halt the enforcement of this policy um during the settlement uh negotiation uh due to the settlement negotiation number 11 um now guys this is public charge okay public charge was a huge thing under the Trump Administration um they limited your ability to um be elig really for a green
13:00 - 13:30 card uh uh based on creating these economic standards okay and I'll talk about this again when I do my next video or live session about the changes that happened at the state department because a lot of things happened there and public charge was also part of it but um they were trying to weed you out if you did not reach a certain income threshold it was a a very comprehensive change and
13:30 - 14:00 there were um uh multip there were court injunctions and um a lot of things were going on legally speaking uh to block what Trump was trying to do with public charge and ultimately they were not very successful in getting very far and as a matter of fact the Biden Administration ended up rolling back the Trump public charge um policies number 12 and guys this is one that's like when I was
14:00 - 14:30 reviewing this with my my colleague she couldn't believe this but the the government during the Trump years had reduced the number of green cards and work permits that they were producing why they say oh they said well the contract that we had with the vendor that was producing the green cards um the contract is up you know USCIS ended the contract with the company that was printing the green cards and your Eads
14:30 - 15:00 and they did not follow up by hiring additional federal employees to keep this work going and consequently there was a backlog of 115,000 green cards and work permits by July 2020 and a class action lawsuit was filed and there was a settlement in which USCIS agreed to start U printing these work permits and green C card so this was one of those tactics guys that
15:00 - 15:30 um was very easy for them to do and so this is the shenanigans that happened before and more Shenanigans are expected again number 13 they increase the discretion of immigration officers what does this mean it means that they um the the folks who are reviewing your applications and petitions at USCIS um they have some guidance lines that they must follow they have some
15:30 - 16:00 statutes that they must follow and abide by while they're reviewing your requests for uh a green card or whatever it is or your Asylum application they have to follow certain guidelines but for certain types of applications they could also use their discretion and make a decision to approve or not approve based on certain discretionary factors well the Trump Administration wanted these folks to use more of their discretion and um in their decision making um number 14
16:00 - 16:30 you guys probably remember this one they proposed to increase your fees your filing fees um they wanted to uh do an 83% increase for naturalization and they also introduced new fees for Asylum applications so um they weren't successful as you guys know the rule was blocked by federal courts in California and it it um they were not
16:30 - 17:00 Successful by the end of their Administration and as you know uh just this past April the Biden Administration increased the fees across the board but um I don't think what Biden has done is as bad as what Trump proposed back then but I I don't quite remember the exact proposal you can watch my very old videos on the proposed increase with the filing fees number 15 they were proposing a new naturalization exam okay they wanted to make the test a
17:00 - 17:30 little bit more difficult and longer they may very well bring this back again they may bring it back again guys so um they were requiring just specifically they were requiring that applicants answer 12 out of 20 questions correctly um whereas uh today it's six out of 10 questions so they might bring this one back again and then number 16 it's kind
17:30 - 18:00 of like a catch all right number 16 says that they overall they slowed down on adjudicating your cases they just slowed everything combined all of these changes there were so many changes and more that I didn't even discuss today so many changes put together created a very slow process for folks here in the United States as well as those overseas and so again um the veton procedures and new
18:00 - 18:30 policies slowed everything down we're expecting that to happen again now let's talk about what they left undone right what did they propose that they might go back to what was pending social media okay you guys remember that they wanted to capture your social media information and and for those of you who went through the Visa process you already know that the Visa application um I
18:30 - 19:00 believe it does ask for social um social media information but what the Trump Administration was trying to do back then they were trying to get into your Facebook they were trying to uh see what you're doing online although they today they can see that if you do not have your protections on your social media account certainly they can see what I can see or anyone else can see if we were to go on your Facebook page but what they were trying to do back then um
19:00 - 19:30 they were trying to um add a request for five years worth of social media details to 12 immigration forms including naturalization permanent residence Asylum and Refugee status applications they wanted to collect your data and information five years worth look back so that's on another level right of
19:30 - 20:00 scrutiny in Ved in they weren't successful with that but they might bring that one back they were also trying to um reform or change the appeal process right they had proposed a revision to the form for filing an appeal or motion and um uh that would limit the issues that they can consider on appeals so if they denied your case
20:00 - 20:30 they wanted to limit the number the types of issues that you can bring back to them during an appeal process they were not successful with that number three they had also proposed guys this is for those of you who um are filing the i601a waiver that would allow you to wait here in the United States until this waiver is approved before leaving to go to an embassy interview you to finish your green card process they were
20:30 - 21:00 actually trying to um pull back on that okay because this discretionary waiver this provisional unlawful presence waiver is is kind of new okay and they wanted to uh make some changes to that process they most likely will bring that back and then they wanted to expand they weren't successful with this they wanted to expand more biometric collection um from you like uh you know your I
21:00 - 21:30 scans your palm prints voice prints DNA results in some cases they wanted to require all applicants including US citizens to submit Biometrics okay and again they weren't successful with that um that big one and then uh they uh they wanted to also let me scroll to the description here they wanted to um let me read this one
21:30 - 22:00 benefit granting agency reporting okay so for those of you who had ever tapped into certain benefits Federal benefits they wanted to require some of those agencies to report whenever a noncitizen requested any of those benefits and received benefit um they wanted to C capture that data as well why because they wanted to use it against you during
22:00 - 22:30 those years it didn't work um and then let's see I think this is no I have two more to go I think uh the next thing that they tried to do um they wanted to eliminate work authorizations um to immigrants temporarily released from custody from DHS custody so those of you who have a final removal order um for example final order of removal and you're under ice um supervision and you're checking in with
22:30 - 23:00 ice well you know that you have the ability to get a work permit with that process so they wanted to pull back on that opportunity all right um not unless the only reason you could not be deported is because um uh you your country you couldn't prove that you were from a certain country you didn't have the certain uh documents that were required that connects you to your country of birth those kinds of things um they had some exceptions there I
23:00 - 23:30 suspect that they're going to want to limit the work permit opportunity again for people who have a final order of removal um but you have a you're under ice supervision and then guys lastly they wanted to make um revisions to the citizenship application they wanted to request more information from you uh make it a little bit more burdensome so these are yeah that's that's it these are the major changes that were pending
23:30 - 24:00 under the Trump Administration the first term and what we expect um uh and what we expect them to bring back as you can see I expect them to bring back pretty much everything even those that they lost because why not right why not try again um so you've got to Gear Up you've got to gear up and you've got to know what um what's ahead like I said I will be covering in more information so that
24:00 - 24:30 you could Empower yourself again subscri subscribe to this Channel and hit that notification Bell so that you'll get notice of these videos and follow me on Instagram Tik Tok and Facebook for more sessions okay now I'm going to shift to see if there are some immigration questions just a few questions um few questions that I could answer today before I go what's the cost for a consultation for me it's $300 $250 for
24:30 - 25:00 some of my colleagues um will the Visa bulletin move this month well you're are you referring to December December is already out there there is some movement a lot of my colleagues have terrific immigration videos here on YouTube that covers the Visa bulletin I did not have time to cover the recent Visa bulletin um can you tell me what PD requests mean prosecutor discretion it's a POS it's a
25:00 - 25:30 process that allows someone in removal to speak with ice about their case and request some sort of outcome for instance you want to maybe get out of court you want to dismiss it um or you uh would like to reopen your old case and have the court terminate it or uh give you an opportunity to ask for a different form of relief in court it it's just a process discretionary process with ice uh Trump is expecting
25:30 - 26:00 to get rid of that process during his his years in office again thank you very much uh marriage based Green Card uh was done two months ago and still no green card is there a cause for concern I don't think there should be a cause for concern quite yet um I would want to know how did the interview go I'd like I would want to know um were there any flags on either side your side or your spouse's side if
26:00 - 26:30 you're truly concerned about how things went and what the outcome might be if your case you could reach out to us for a consultation uh any news about the F4 category no I don't have any news check the Visa bulletin for December to see how um things are moving for the F4 category um as a student graduate uh graduate uh as a student graduate from school and now married a weiten status
26:30 - 27:00 will I be deported uh I don't you know Patricia so I don't think necessarily you're the focus I don't know did you enter the United States with an F1 student visa um first of all if you're going through your marriage petition process you should be fine even if you did enter on that F1 and you're now out of status all right you could speak more with an attorney about whether you should really be concerned or not but I think that you'll be
27:00 - 27:30 fine how soon should I file for my son my son's spouse adjustment of status he is on DACA so I'm not sure uh you you mentioned son and then you mentioned spouse and then you say your son is on Duck I'm not sure who you're referring to but the point is as soon as possible if you're eligible to file for someone go ahead and do it there is no reason um
27:30 - 28:00 that there is a reason for some people to wait obviously I know that but um you know I'm lighting a fire under some people okay I hope that I've let a fire under you as well all right um will public charge will public charge be uh reinforced in 2025 affecting i130 petitions filed in 20124 it depends on where that you are in the process if you're doing your counciler process and it's back at that time then that's how it could impact you but for
28:00 - 28:30 those who are here in the United States do an adjustment of status it could hit them as well later on in the process when they bring it back right when they bring it back it's just a timeing issue okay so now let's keep going Freedom now my colleague is getting rid of any spam and any duplicate um uh questions and certainly any nasty comments too she's getting rid of thank you guys Freedom now let's see
28:30 - 29:00 um when you file for adjustment of status how long will it take to get a response from USCIS this wonderful glorious year called 2024 that is now wrapping up it's uh it was for some people it would it was four months three months some people had uh those testimonials and we shared some of those too five months six months 7 months 8 months 12 months that's what we were seeing okay uh this year next year it's going to be a very different
29:00 - 29:30 scenario as I've already discussed with you let's keep going um do you think we can have we can have more i130 approvals before January 20th absolutely the government is still doing its work it's still working and it will be working after January 20th only differently based on what I've just shared with you right it but we made it through we made it through okay what's the requirement to file for my
29:30 - 30:00 husband the requirement number one is that you prove that you're in a Bonafide relationship that you guys are living in marital unity and you intend to share your life together you prove that by submitting various documents to the government about your living arrangements your financial Arrangements any children how you met how the relationship progressed your photos your your text messages those kinds of things and you fill out a couple of forms and send send them into the government and maybe get an interview or not I don't
30:00 - 30:30 know and after that um hopefully an approval of your case when would be a good time to apply for citizenship today okay today good time today and I know Nia you could appreciate you understand that it's it's an it's if you're eligible now go ahead and do it um let's see uh someone says someone says that my
30:30 - 31:00 kids are documentarily qualified as of July 2024 when will they get an interview in Nigeria age 10 and 12 Nigeria the last um oops the last that I am aware of through the work that we do here it's like a year um after being documentarily qualified before an individual gets an interview before the embassy in Lagos uh do you think that the that Trump will slow down the process for
31:00 - 31:30 601a we are still waiting for our i130 Lisa is asking I I think Lisa I I don't know when you joined today's session um earlier I talked about the fact that they were actually looking to seriously um touch the i601a process during the first term I don't know if I can go as far in this particular video and say that they're going to get rid of it I'll know later in 2025 if that's a proposal that they put on the table certainly I think everything is going to be slowed down in
31:30 - 32:00 2025 and um including the 601a which is already taken three to four years to be reviewed um uh someone says in a very sassy way which triggers my sassiness too uh why do you keep saying what Trump will do and he is not in office yet because I am smart that's why all right if you're you're smart too you would wake up and recognize that that Trump did a lot of
32:00 - 32:30 things during his first four years and we expect him to do do them again and more because they have said it and they are serious about it that's why all right um so let's see someone sent me on Facebook someone on Facebook sent me a request and I accepted that that uh the person wanted me to pay $580 for a consultation and then I asked questions uh that they are representative is it
32:30 - 33:00 true lavel I know nothing about anyone asking for $58 80 consultation fee certainly is not us MCB law you look into it and see whether you're being scammed by someone else or not it's definitely not us our consultation fees are on our website they're clear our address our name uh names everything is on the website so go check that out and be careful guys out there there's going to be even more scams going on I think in the days ahead um so don't be scammed
33:00 - 33:30 be careful our F3 category got is the F3 category going to move quickly next year I don't think so Miss Clark I really don't let's see um I submitted my I45 and my i130 in September and I haven't gotten your an approval yet you're still in good shape beatric it's uh depending on uh which category you fought you you f your case under I'm assuming maybe immediate
33:30 - 34:00 relative uh category you're you're still in great shape it's only been a couple of months so I would wait a little bit wait longer for this okay um let's see Section 8 I don't remember whether I uh section8 H I don't remember how that was connected to public charge those years ago when um we were all talking about public char charge I would uh I remember
34:00 - 34:30 telling people though back then that they needed to just stay away from every form of public benefit you you might be living in a city that's very Progressive that says things to you like oh this is like local government dollars um or State dollars for these that's paying for this or whatever is paying for it but I remember warning people back then to be very careful about uh tapping into any public dollars um but what you know if they most likely they will be
34:30 - 35:00 bringing back public charge um we'll see what the criteria will be then um and I'll I'll talk about it then all right what can I do to start paying your tax say Shakira is asking Shakira you could speak with an accountant about that and let the accountant guide you with your tax uh your tax questions okay uh speaking about taxes I forgot to mention uh in when I was sharing with you all of that
35:00 - 35:30 information that um part of what the Trump administration had done um during his first four years uh under the whole idea of the um adjudicating officers using more discretion and by they they wanted people to submit more documents about their Community involvement their tax history so that's how paying taxes could be connected once again to immigration process but let's just wait and see on that specific one okay thank
35:30 - 36:00 you guys come on in type in Freedom now we're talking about um the changes the changes that the Trump Administration did to USCIS during his first four years and things that they left undone that they started and the likelihood of them bringing things back watch the beginning of this video if you missed it it will be posted again and all of this Q&A most of it will be cut out uh let's
36:00 - 36:30 see okay I'm going to take a super chat right now I'm G to take a Super Chat question and it says my Asylum case was dismissed in 2022 in 2024 my mom who is a US citizen filed an i130 for me as her married son so he is in the F3 category currently I haven't reopened my Asylum case am I safe under the new Administration so this individual only has right now an
36:30 - 37:00 i130 in the system his he's not in removal anymore because his removal case was dismissed and so he is not on the radar and he does not have a removal order which places him on the radar um now he has this i130 he'll have limited protection so to speak meaning he's on P he can make an argument that he's on track for uh a green card it's a lengthy long
37:00 - 37:30 process the government knows it so if they decide down the road to ISS to put him back in removal um based on the fact that they know that he doesn't have lawful status in the United States anymore nothing really stops them from doing that but it's a harder process and will be more time consuming for them to figure these things out and then place all these people back in to removal okay thank you for that
37:30 - 38:00 question um uh here's another Super Chat that's uh for $5 that says my i130 is pendant and my I45 is on step four case decision uh do you think this means my interview is waved I've seen these questions um before about um updates that people are getting from maybe an app or the
38:00 - 38:30 USCIS portal I don't know anything about any of that because I don't ever have a need to see any of that kind of stuff um your i130 is still pending they haven't made a decision on your i130 it's still possible I think that they could still call you in in query you about the i130 as well as the i485 so I don't know anything about the liability of these updates that people are seeing through um from USCIS as well
38:30 - 39:00 as from whatever third party app that you might be using come on in type in Freedom now guys Freedom now what would what will happen if ice approaches you what should you do uh Jones I have I would here's the thing I have a couple of videos on social media about what to do if ice comes to your job or your home I had I did one about
39:00 - 39:30 if they catch you on the street stop you on the street and that has not been published yet but we'll get to it um and so essentially here's the here's what you need to know first of all figure out are you free to leave walk away are you free to just say to to to to to leave if you're free to leave and you'll know based on certain um action that they um they're present and how aggressive they're going to they they seem if you if they say you're free to leave then
39:30 - 40:00 you can say I don't want I don't wish to answer any questions I'm going to walk away now you could say that you can also um not run do not ever run away from a law enforcement official ice is law enforcement they have guns okay do not run away from any of them if they say no you're not free to leave well then you should know that that they have targeted you for a reason because they know about
40:00 - 40:30 you and they know that you are you and they're going to bring you in for fingerprinting or maybe detention so if they want to detain you at that point you have the right to remain silent and not answer any questions there on the street uh not answer any questions when you go down either um you have a right to remain silent and you could ask for an attorney when you go down to their off their uh
40:30 - 41:00 field office and then that attorney can help you sort through various next steps okay but don't ever run away from them thank you guys I see that my colleague is sharing the Tik Tock video um that I did about what to do if Ice shows up at your door I think she might even share the one about what to do if um ice shows up at your job all right very important that you guys watch that one um now
41:00 - 41:30 let's keep going um you questions are so good today what's going to happen I don't remember did I say at the beginning I wish you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving I I don't remember if I didn't say that I hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving it is still the holiday week what's going to happen after January for my pendant i485 case based on V approval are they going to slow it down so this person has a uh
41:30 - 42:00 case based on I'm assuming U domestic violence obviously uh you have a vow case and your green card application is connected to that the i485 that this case these days is taking about three years on average for The Vow case to be approved so after January I'm expecting as the new Trump policies take root again at USCIS as I indicated earlier there is going to be a general slowdown like what
42:00 - 42:30 happened the first time he was in office okay thank you hopefully your vowel case will be approved before by then okay such good questions today Freedom now still still going to be Freedom now in 2025 um as well as protection protecting yourself from deportation
42:30 - 43:00 um citizen filed for unmarried son over 21 so here you have it Mandy a US citizen mother filing for an adult son um in 2018 okay he entered the United States in 2023 under the Haiti parole he now has TPS can he apply to adjust his status uh or does he need the approval of the i1 30 so Mandy ordinarily on a regular um live Q&A I would just go into
43:00 - 43:30 my other screen and check the Visa bulletin the latest one to see if the priority date is current if the priority date is current and he is um he entered on the parole and there was no Gap he went straight into the TPS so he has no unlawful presence on his record and he's he has lawful status here if the priority date is current on top of that then adjustment of status is possible but I don't know I'm just um I don't know anything about dates on Visa
43:30 - 44:00 bulletin right now because my mind is squarely focused on policy under Trump but go check out the Visa bulletin this what you want to look at Mandy is table B under the F2 uh oh I'm sorry F1 F1 category see I told you not even right F1 cuz you're you're a US citizen what am I talking about guys he's M he's unmarried right yes so F1 let's bring it back up there Mandy
44:00 - 44:30 says citizen mother unmarried son over 21 so F1 category someone in the comments could maybe go into the bulletin and let us know what year they're up to and this is Haiti so it's the First Column um and help Mandy out okay thank you um my i130 is approved but my green card was denied I'm now in
44:30 - 45:00 removal and I've applied for Asylum okay applied for Asylum you're in court so your attorney in court is going to have to defend you until the end with your Asylum case but um your i130 is approved I would want to know why the green card app well did was the Green Card application denied before you were placed in removal or after I would want to know about the reason behind the Green Card denial and um whether your
45:00 - 45:30 Asylum case is strong that could help you win um your Asylum case and then also I would want to know whether dismissal of your case is even possible as well in court to allow you an opportunity to reapply or whether an adjustment of status process would need to be sought in court as a defense for you so you could reach out to us for consultation to what we to about those questions that I just raised
45:30 - 46:00 um says a lawyer I was deported in 2017 for important control substance okay so I will tell you that the only way to get back into America is just as a visitor not through a green card process because that's drug trafficking and um whether Trump is in office or Biden or Obama or anyone it doesn't matter it's still going to be a significant hurt there's you can't come
46:00 - 46:30 back through the Green Card process um okay so you'll need to do the you the um I mentioned you because I was just thinking um sometimes there's a way for some people who are outside of the United States who are victims who were were victims of a crime here in the United States to even apply for the U Visa um process and also file their waiver with the U Visa process but this is too much into the weeds I won't say
46:30 - 47:00 anything more about that I would just say that control substance you won't be able to come back with the green card you'll need to uh try to get a a waiver the NIV waiver we do those and come back in as a visitor do we help people in California yes we do we work with clients Nationwide come on in guys say freedom now thank you all for being with me today I covered a lot of ground earlier watch the replay of this video on this channel
47:00 - 47:30 um well US citizens filing for non-immediate relatives like parents um become capped under Trump 2025 so if if you're filing for a parent that is a that's an immediate relative process but if the US citizen is filing for or someone who is not an immediate relative and they're in that category of
47:30 - 48:00 um the family preference system that's different they're not immediate relatives any cap by the way is handled by Congress and so Congress both Chambers will need to make an a decision about adjusting caps all right for those who are preference category individuals thank you guys Freedom now what will happen with pendant i765
48:00 - 48:30 for the work permit if until January 20th will not be approved it can it will still be approved after January 20th if you have if you're eligible for the I the work permit um so Dory Dory says that her i130 petition is going on for almost 9 years
48:30 - 49:00 now okay what do you mean by going on um can I still file for VA even though I've been abandoned by my ex uh almost 15 years ago the um the facts are really a little bit unclear to me um because the i130 that has been going on for 9 years is that connected to the spouse who who has abandoned you 15 years ago the information seems a little um murky on
49:00 - 49:30 my end um it it sounds like it would be a hard case to win uh you could have a discussion with one of my colleagues here at the firm to see to unpack what you mean here and whether you do have an opportunity for um a green card through vow um let's see you're welcome thank you Freedom now guys um
49:30 - 50:00 going to the what about going to the hospital for medical services so this is Juliana is asking a question related maybe to public charge that I discussed earlier that Trump uh really hates hates hates the tapping into public benefits and all of that I I tell people to be on the safe side I don't I don't like it either because you know I don't want anyone to be able to accuse you of anything down the road any of our clients down the road of owing
50:00 - 50:30 the government money and comp overly complicated your case it could be really tricky and I know sometimes you go to the hospital and I'm not trying to deter you from seeking medical care because if you have a life-threatening situation you've got to go to the emergency room you've got to be treated you've got to get the care that you need be careful do not lose um your life because of immigration okay please um what I I'm speaking those uh however to individuals
50:30 - 51:00 who sometimes when they go to the hospital the the clerk or nurse or whoever is handling your paperwork make it seem like oh don't worry about it don't worry about it um but sometimes it does come back to hurt some people particularly if they then leave America and then they're trying to get a visa to come back in but then they have these unpaid medical bills that they've got to clear up before they could get a visa to come to the US thank
51:00 - 51:30 you can you can you reopen to dismiss the removal order an old Asylum case that was denied you can reopen an old case um provided that you have you can demonstrate that you have a pathway to a green card now and so um we very barely ever reopen a case just to go back to
51:30 - 52:00 the old Asylum case that you were unsuccessful with winning years ago because often times things change those threats are no longer there right um everything changes so but if you have a different Pathway to a green card yes we will want to reopen that case and make that argument for you thank you guys Freedom now can can someone travel on Advanced parole to Canada before January 20th I
52:00 - 52:30 you know yes of course why not I'm still making the case that you could travel after um January 20th until things change until things change right then you will have to you'll hear me say things have changed don't do it um all right good okay come on in Freedom
52:30 - 53:00 now Freedom Now My Vow case I i360 was approved I my uh I45 is pendant how long is it going to take it usually happens very quickly maybe within another couple of months but every case is different I've seen some i360 vow cases approved and then the 485 denied for various reasons but um uh you know stay optimistic and it usually just takes a
53:00 - 53:30 very short time for them to approve it next okay okay let's see let's scroll down a little bit um okay 259 um if and this is a super chat from Roberto
53:30 - 54:00 if Trump makes uh naturalization test harder how soon would it take place my mom is about to file for citizenship these um changes uh by the way you as I said earlier they weren't successful with that change um because they take time it takes time certain changes require notice to the public and it takes time to do a lot of this so if your mom is eligible for citizenship she should go
54:00 - 54:30 ahead file her citizenship um papers and go through the normal process to get her citizenship uh I don't want her to worry too much about the test being harder because it's not a reality right now okay and it it it takes time so it's I don't know Roberto when that kind of change will go into effect when it if it happens you'll hear from me about that okay all right thank you
54:30 - 55:00 guys let's see Freedom now Freedom now okay will Biden do anything before leaving office I don't think so they failed terribly with the pit Parole in place pip which they could have done as a week one priority four years ago but they chose not to do that they did did it in um June of this year
55:00 - 55:30 and now it's too late so I don't expect them to know do anything amazing I think they're checked out to some extent with regard to immigration I think they're checked out because how you know they're checked out um you can still travel unless otherwise and you know told
55:30 - 56:00 how long would it take for US citizen mother to adjust status of unmarried child so unmarried child it's like s to eight years really um just the first part of that process then you're talking about adjustment of status uh the question is well how will they be eligible for adjustment of status the only way they could still be
56:00 - 56:30 eligible for that is if they um maintained a lawful status for the entire time that your application is penned in possible for some student for some people if they're like Stu you know in a student visa maybe n n Nadim says I'm in removal but my i130 is approved and I have been
56:30 - 57:00 annually reporting to ice and in January I have my next checkin uh should I be worried if the if they detain me well okay so when in January I don't think a whole when in January okay um if the detention is at the end if the checkin I'm sorry if the checkin is at the end of January I would would say certainly um if you have family okay you need to
57:00 - 57:30 just anyone who is checking in with ice anyone okay anyone who is checking in with ice need to begin also thinking about what this question is um asking should I be worried about it maybe but set some things in order in the event that right so for instance with children right if you have
57:30 - 58:00 children and you're detained by them at the check-in make it crystal clear that I have kids who are in school at this time and I have to go pick up my children today I can't be detained here I'm the guardian I'm the parent so if you're in that situation where you have children make it clear that I have children and I have resp responsibilities or I'm caring for my elderly parent and I'm the major
58:00 - 58:30 caregiver or caretaker make the if you have any of that going on make it clear that that's the case and have some sort of documentary proof with you that day tucked away in your bag that you could show evidence of also have a plan B in mind for those individuals in the event you are detained right um but most times they will not hold you knowing that you're the the kid's parent you're a parent or you're the caretaker of an
58:30 - 59:00 elderly parent or someone who is sick be prepared on that front um also be prepared with an immigration lawyer's name and phone number someone you can reach right um someone who you can reach also aside from an immigration lawyer who else can you reach who is reliable and who will hold on to your confidential information who can you call whose number you have memorized memorize a number um someone
59:00 - 59:30 you can call to say I need a lawyer because here's what's going on and you have and you make sure that that lawyer is found publicly online that they could quickly Google and get that phone number or information just set these things up and if your lawyer does not um have a uh on is not online some lawyers aren't then make sure that at home somewhere you have this information that you can
59:30 - 60:00 say to someone look in my top drawer in my bedroom you will see the card for the lawyer and the cell phone number for the lawyer contact that person so if you're checking in with ice this is a game plan you need to have ready um and um those are the things that I'm going to say publicly that I think can help some people to just to get ready ready if you also have an immigration case pending um
60:00 - 60:30 before your checkin have the receipt with you saying oh I have my i130 my spouse filed for me my case is penned in or I filed my U Visa case it's pending have some proof with you that you have a case that you had filed before your checking um okay so these are just some practical things that you can think about if you're checking if you have a check-in with ice coming up in 2025 all right okay thank you but
60:30 - 61:00 January I don't you know they're they're going to detain some people but um um the main focus will be those who have a criminal record at least in the beginning and a removal order um can I file for my son he's 19 and I'm going to put in my papers can I file for my son he's 19 and
61:00 - 61:30 I am going to put my papers in okay uh can he file with me okay I see what you're saying who in Indra who is filing for you is it a spouse if it's a spouse the question is did you guys get married before your son turned 18 and if so then that spouse can also file for your son and file for you of course um if you're being file for um by
61:30 - 62:00 someone else like even a parent and you're in a category like the F1 category yes your son can be added to your case but he's going to age out of the process after a few years okay all right what happens in all caps blessed abundantly says what happens to Asylum applicants
62:00 - 62:30 pending interview since 2020 so individuals who have their Asylum application still just pending um I'm not sure how the new Trump um years will impact you this time around the first time around he basically turned a side upside down the process and and people were waiting longer those who had
62:30 - 63:00 filed before he came into office but for those who filed during his time they were get they were going through those cases super super fast why to get these people in deportation proceedings I don't know what strategy they're going to do this time around um but uh I do expect that Asylum processing will be slowed uh slowed down during the Trump years guys Freedom now we're talking about what happened during the first Trump years I have a list of 16 items that I
63:00 - 63:30 touched on earlier watch the replay of this video on McBean immigration TV thank you and now I'm just doing a Q&A Friday Q&A on usual but um I want to answer questions today I have Shakira says I have a us-born child who is a minor and living here for about 6 years is there a way is there a way the person would be able to
63:30 - 64:00 stay you mean the mom because you're sun is here um you know so you could for those who have a pathway to a green card you can make your case that you have a pathway to a green card but by just because you have a child here in the US doesn't doesn't stop um deportation directly okay it allows individuals in court however to ask for their case to be administratively closed if your child
64:00 - 64:30 has any special needs depends on um how long you're here in the United States too because you um might even be eligible for cancellation of removal in rem in Immigration Court if you're plac ever placed in court but it um it applies to those who have been here at least 10 years before being placed into court and some other criteria if your son has problems emotionally phys physically mentally those are things that could be discussed with the judge for you to be approved of cancellation
64:30 - 65:00 of removal if you're you'll be eligible for it okay um but certainly at a minimum worst case scenario if they do place you in removal and you're not eligible for cancellation the the strategy that you could look for is Administrative closure so and you'll you know be here you'll you'll stay here uh but you'll still be in removal with no hearings coming up all
65:00 - 65:30 right um someone says I have recently applied for the i360 after two months I got a request for evidence for good moral character now I got a first time DUI could that affect my case it depends on some of the facts related to that DUI um they most likely will want to know um some details um was anyone injured what was
65:30 - 66:00 going on um it could potentially impact it um hopefully uh you have a good explanation that you you're sharing with them and that response um oh sorry about that someone on my team was calling me um um do you have open schedule this December I I know that I had opened up a
66:00 - 66:30 lot of slots that I I think might be filled by now but you just have to call the office and find out also friends you should know that on Saturdays and Sundays you could you can contact us to book your consultation between 900 and 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays you may book your consultation by call in our office at 9149 um 914 898
66:30 - 67:00 9488 but we we don't do weekend appointments but you our receptionist will be available to book your consultations what should DACA uh recipients expect under the Trump Administration uh what should they expect that Trump will not be a supporter of DACA in that he would really um look to get rid of DACA it's still pendant at the fifth circuit right
67:00 - 67:30 now for a decision um let's see Freedom now Freedom now any thoughts on anyone filing for citizenship during F Trump's term so as shared before they really were going after naturalization during his first four years some things worked other things did not work like the bigger things he wanted to do with naturalization um changes didn't work
67:30 - 68:00 but as far as what I expect um them to do going forward of course they're going to do this whole increase vet in more investigation and review of these applications maybe they are going to want more documents from you to you know um on certain aspects of your history um but you have a right to apply for citizenship during that time and to get your case approved and to become a US
68:00 - 68:30 citizen if you're concerned about any aspect of your background speak with an immigration lawyer before you file for naturalization because they will be doing increase vet in um during his time back um I've answered that one already I see a lot of duplicates here do my friends need to depart the US
68:30 - 69:00 before Justin status he's about to get married to a US citizen I adjust if he leaves the U the US he won't be able to do adjustment of status he would be doing a different type of filing but it's not adjustment of status I need to time out I don't want to ban you but this is getting really distracting I need um we've got to start uh we've got to hide some folks I don't think I'm able
69:00 - 69:30 to do it from my end but we need to begin hiding some folks mus lean let's let's hide because this is it's too much already too much okay um let's see let's keep going can Trump stop pending a uh Advanced parole
69:30 - 70:00 applications stop them um if they if they make a policy change I don't now I don't I don't think they this isn't something they were successful but if they make a policy um that says something like okay Advanced parole is no longer going to be part of this particular type of process they can do that but once your application is already in before those policy changes usually you're able under our law and system and how we operate in
70:00 - 70:30 this country you're able you have a right to see it to the end for adjudication not unless it's some situation very similar to what happened with Pip in which a court intervenes and puts um an injunction um to a process or the court comes out and says after an injunction that the government had no authority to do this like what happened with pip then everything then whatever was pendant literally stops so um it
70:30 - 71:00 that's usually the way that it works to really stop a pendant application good question thank you will the i130 process move slower now that it's mov in uh as I said earlier in this uh program that I expect um pretty much almost everything to slow down with immigration um in
71:00 - 71:30 2025 including as Brad is asking about the i601a whether it will speed up or slow down Brad the real question is will it still be around that's the question I think should be asked um it's still very three to four year still very slow all right okay we're winding down um let's
71:30 - 72:00 see okay let's go back here thank you guys for being with me Maria says ice has no pity when a parent is in detention I have I have a different experience than you Maria with that my experience is different okay thank you and we've helped over almost almost
72:00 - 72:30 10,000 immigrants so far and um you know we've seen a lot of different things over the years so my experience is a lot different um let's see how long uh how long will it take for marriage green card through US citizen spouse Teran is asking it depends on where your located uh currently right now it does take less than a year in most places I expect it
72:30 - 73:00 to slow down a uh in 2025 guys thank you so much for being with me today I'm going to jump off now uh before uh we close for the day at our office here again you can contact us you could call during the weekend um well you could reach us seven days a week now um to uh to book your appointment on the on the weekends you can contact us between 9: and 5 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and uh one of our receptionists would be
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