The Immigration Hour

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 an...

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...

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.

Today's show starts with a deep dive on Trump's ICE Enforcement Tweets and how that led to this last weekend's lack of actual enforcement action against the vulnerable immigrant communities. We look at actual ICE Capability to carry out enforcement actions and the economic and societal impact of these actions. We spend some time talking about the least qualified head of immigration in our history....

With my co-host Laura Rosmarin, we take a deep dive today on the Pew Religious Survey showing that White Evangelicals are the LEAST likely to support refugees (shocking?). We also analyze in detail the positive effects of HR 1044, up for a vote today as the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019. Finally, we also discuss the "H-1B disease" and RFEs, along with the horrific nomination of...

Today's podcast is dedicated to America on her birthday! We talk about the obligations we have to immigrants who have created her, how we are failing in those obligations right now, and how we can do better. We also touch on the Secret CBP Facebook Group, AOC's tweets about her detention visits, and how the Democratic Primary candidates chatted about immigration in their last debate!

This week's podcast features a deep dive on the postponed Immigration Raids and how ICE and DOJ/EOIR set up these families to be picked up. We also spend some time talking about the re-discovery of horrific conditions in baby jails run by CBP. Finally, we talk about the Humanitarian Crisis Aid bill pending in the House and its Senate counterpart, as well as Rep. Doug Collins awful bill, HR 3360, w...

On today's podcast, we delve deep into the meaning of Trump's Deportation Threat, turning ICE into the Boogeyman for immigrant children, and talking about ICE's recent mistreatment of a Vietnamese National. We also spend some time examining the Compromise on the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrant Act in the Senate, and we take a look at the Pew Research Center's newest Immigration #Facts!

Today's podcast featured a guest appearance by Phil Kuck, our newest attorney, and we talk about The Trump Tariff Threat and the "Mexican Miracle," How Trump/Miller/Kushner are actually implementing their xenophobic laws through policy changes like the recent diversity lottery chance, and we also discuss in detail the Vacancies Act and the Cuccinelli Appointment (illegal?) as "Acting USCIS Directo...

Today we talk about USCIS and ICE's Regulatory Agenda for 2019 and 2020, ICE's continued detention of children, and the new social media requirements for visas from DOS. Sorry about the weird sound. New equipment. Will be fixed in the next episode!

Today's podcast takes a look at Immigration, Detention, and the Broken Immigration Court System, and a deep dive into the Eugenics basis of the Kushner Immigration Plan and the craziness of modern day "literacy tests."

In Today's Podcast, I am joined by my partner, Hiba Ghalib, as we discuss Immigrants and Crime, The Kushner Immigration Proposal, and the Kerfuffle of the Former DHS Secretary Nielsen's refusal to carry out poorly thought out Nationwide Raids late last year.

Today we take a deep dive into the "Kushner Immigration Proposal," we raise a voice about the ongoing separation of children from their families at the border, and we also analyze the "Trump Immigration Memo" calling for ways to make asylum harder to obtain in the U.S.

Today's Show features a deep dive on Trump's new "memo" on Visa Overstays and the "Entry/Exit system, an analysis of the Citizenship Census Question before the Supreme Court, and a look as to why Family detention centers are empty.

Today, Host Charles Kuck talk the current state of the politics of immigration, discusses the consequences of the public charge changes at Consulates, and focuses on the H-1B program's assist to the US Economy.