The Immigration Hour

Today we take a look at the need for more high-skilled immigration, we discuss the outline of Senator Durbin's RELIEF Act as a supplement to #S386, and I get a chance to respond to Twitter comments on S386 Tweets!

S386 Is Still Breathing, The Presidential Proclamation On Insurance, And Public Charge Rules by Charles H. Kuck

Senate Bill S386 has engendered a lot of heated debate on listserves and social media about its effect on both Indian and Chinese Nationals and The Rest of the World (ROW). We take another dive into the AMENDED S386 and its effect on the H-1B visa category (not good), and the Buy-Offs for nurses and physical therapists. We also talk about the real numbers and traumatic impact on ROW immigration and our economy over the next decade.

We take a super deep dive into Senate Bill 386 (#S386), its background, the current law, the changes the bill would make, the virtual elimination of legal employment based immigration from anywhere by India for the next decade, and what can be done to fix this bill.

We look at new polling that show that 80% of all Americans support a legalization program, and that same pool shows that 78% of republicans think Immigration is more critical an issue than foreign interference in our elections! We also chat about several lawsuits challenging USCIS Acting Director Cuccinelli's job, and the H-1B lottery. And, we take a quick look at the ICE agents now firing weapons at "fugitives."

You ever wonder where the administration gets all its anti-immigration ideas? FAIR produced the outline and checklist for virtually everything done to day that hurts and impacts immigrants. We take a look at what's been done and what is coming up. We also look at the new DOJ/EOIR regulation on Appellate Immigration Judges and what that means for clients and lawyers going forward.

Today's Podcast takes a super deep dive into the new regulations on Public Charge and Public Benefits that will become effective on October 15, 2019. These rules will separate families, severely limit legal immigration, and will have a terrible, long term impact on the psyche of immigrants and the view of United States as an Immigrant Nation. Oh, and Emma Lazarus is rolling over in her grave.

The Anti-Immigration Movement has infiltrated the senior leadership of DHS, USCIS, CBP, and ICE. What does that mean for a plethora of immigration policies and enforcement, and what is being done to combat this stain on our American Immigrant Heritage?

Today's podcast goes deep in the Attorney General's poorly reasoned and hubris filled decision in Matter of L-E-A-, finding that Families are not social groups (unless they are like the "well known"). We also look at the Guatemala-US "Safe Third Country" agreement, its legal basis, and the fact that Guatemala has no effective asylum application system.

Today's show goes deep on the flawed logic of the new Expedited Removal Regulation and how this will effect people, and we give some suggestions on how Citizens, LPRs, Visa Holders, and even the undocumented need to be prepared. Finally, we discuss the Padilla/Matter of M-S- ruling and what it means for bond hearings for asylum seekers.