That you Secretary Blinken
@StateDept
. We must resume accepting refugees. It is a moral imperative.
And, so is admitting legal immigrants under the
#DV2020
and
#DV2021
lottery programs. NOW!
Cancel
#PP10014
today before our hearing at 4:00 PM.
#DoTheRightThing
.
#Gomez
#Aker
. Congrats!! Great decision from Judge Mehta. All
#DV2020visaholders
are considered valid through final judgement or the lifting or ending of
#PP10014
!!!! This is the best news since 9/4/2020!!
#DV2021
and
#DV2020
, so good to see you all working the political angle of this unjustifiable visa and entry ban. Now, let's get the courts to issue their orders, if the politicians won't!
#SaveDiversityVisa
#Anunciato
We are still waiting on the decision in this matter, and we are all anxious and desperate for a resolution. As I said after oral argument, we don’t know when a decision will come, but hopefully very soon, as so many folks have expiring visas. We remain hopeful!
As all
@TravelGov
employees abroad have been vaccinated, why are all consulates not open and issuing visas?
Asking for 1.3 million people, waiting on visa issuance today.
#Gomez
#Aker
#Anunciato
FANTASTIC NEWS! PP10014 is revoked immediately! Get your tickets if you have a valid visa!!!
Judge Mehta's order still stands. We will be asking on Monday for how State wants expired visas to enter the US (the process).
Good to see
@RepRitchie
step up and seek to reinstate the DV visas lost to the outrageous
#MuslimBan
. Ask your Rep. to sign on, and let's get DV2020 and DV2021 added to this bill! Let's not let Trump and Biden get away with stealing the future from approved immigrants!
Which White House Reporter will ask
@PressSec
why
@POTUS
is not ending the unlawful legal immigration bans in
@PP10014
and
@PP10052
. There is no excuse not do to so, and hundreds of thousands of lives are being negatively affected.
I still believe that it is likely that extra-legal PP10014 and PP11052 will be cancelled by the Biden administration by early February, but we are arguing for the cancellation of PP10014 tomorrow in the Anunciato case in NDCA.
#Gomez
#Aker
#dv2020visaholders
Reminder. Today at 4:00 pm EST. The Government has to tell Judge Mehta whether it will lift
#PP10014
, find a work around (Automatic NIEs), or fight. To listen, call (877) 848-7030, access code 321-8747. Space is likely limited.
#KeepFighting
#DV2021
FINALLY some serious movement on DV2021 in the Visa Bulletin. NOW we need a decision in
#Anunciato
to get these interviews going. For those of you whose numbers will be current, make sure you are getting all of your info to the KCC!
Last night
@rafaesq
and
@curtisatlaw
,
@ckuck
and
@phillipkuck
filed our Joint Response to the Biden Partial Summary Judgment and our own Summary Judgment, including a request for issuance of all 55,000 visas and reissuance of all expiring visas.
LOOKS like (we shall see tomorrow), like GREAT news. WH says Biden will be cancelling
#PP10014
and its progeny. This means visa issuance will begin!!!
#DV2021
#DV2020Winners
A terrific website documenting the destruction of the Diversity Visa
#DV2020
and
#DV2021
by the Trump and Biden Administrations. The question is WHY Biden's minions are doing this?
IF
@POTUS
voids
#PP10014
and
#PP10052
tomorrow, and you have a valid immigrant visa AND have no country 14-day bar in place, you better be on an airplane by Friday to the US. I don't want to be hearing about visas expiring for people who COULD HAVE traveled, but didn't.
WH reporters, still not asking the right question: "Why is President Biden not revoking the unlawful proclamation barring legal immigration in
#PP10014
and
#PP10052
?"
#DV2021
. Please know that our case, Anunciato, is a class action. That means it covers every selectee. We are seeking issuance of all 55,000 visas by end of FY2021, or an extension until they are all issued. There is no need to join our lawsuit as all are protected already.
So,
@TravelGov
makes ALL DV2021 cases current (except Iran, Nepal & Egypt), BUT has NO PLAN to actually issue all 55,000 visas. Now, more than ever, we need a court order preserving ALL unused visas through 2022. We will fight to make that happen with
@gsiskind
&
@jeffjoseph
.
How about before President Biden fixes the problems of the world,
@JoeBiden
fixes the problems of the world and end the illegal
#ImmigrationBan
in
#PP10014
! Come on Man!
What do you think
@Presssec
?
New: Biden’s big immigration reform bill will be introduced in both the House and Senate NEXT WEEK — likely toward the end of the week.
House bill, led by Rep. Sánchez, is expected to move quickly with goal to have it passed by early March. Senate effort will take longer.
Don't Kill U.S. Employment Visas and EB-5 with S. 386 / H.R. 1044 - Sign the Petition! via
@Change
. Thank you
@mshahlawyers
for getting this word out.
FYI on the "potential" for Biden to undo PP10014 and its progeny--don't day trade on this happening quickly. We Need the Court's to shut this illegal proclamations down. So, we fight!
#DV2021
#DV2020Winners
.
Biden's
#TravelBAN
" is a Travel Delay--Wildly inconvenient, not necessary in light of testing and vaccine, but not a "BAN." Want to see a BAN? Look at
#PP10014
and its progeny. A total Ban on legal
#Immigration
. That is why we fight, and we will win.
#gomez
#aker
#DV2020
Congrats. We won! Details to follow. Decision here.
“Defendants shall process DV-2020 applications in a random order until all 9,905 diversity visas have been granted.”
No increase.
#DV2020
and
#DV2020Winners
Alert: Gomez/Aker are currently negotiating with the State Department to extend ALL the DV visa stamps reissued that have expired, AND create a process to reissue current visas should they expire before cancellation of the ban. WE have your Backs!
#Gomez
#Aker
Judge Mehta even brought up that we "Might" ask for more than 9,095 DV2020 visas, and I had the chance to tell him that we already did do just that in our filing for Summary Judgment! Now, he needs to read it!
@jeffjoseph
@gsiskind
@rafaesq
@curtisatlaw
The US is going to shrink in population as a result of COVID 19 and reduced immigration. This is BAD for the economy. Very BAD. Hey Congress, Get this fixed.
#Anunciato
. We will be filing later today a response to the government's letter and seeking an order that all DV2021 plaintiffs be accorded priority treatment in the court's order on the preliminary injunction, something we have consistently done throughout this litigation.
Do NOT expect
@POTUS
cancellation of the PP10014 Immigrant Visa Travel Ban on Friday. Lets all pray for a positive outcome on
#Anunciato
sooner rather than later. We do NOT expect a decision any sooner than Feb 6.
#Gomez
#Aker
. Looks like we are going to get a decision shortly after a hearing on the ENTRY or PRESERVATION of the
#DV2020Visaholders
on 2/18/2021 at 2:00 pm. Great job today by
@rafaesq
and Cleland on bringing the urgency forward.
#dv2020visaholders
#Gomez
#Aker
"The reality is, it’s now on the court to make this happen. They could consider this until the end of time, and everybody is going to lose their visas while they consider this,” Kuck told the judge.
#Goh
#DV2021
. We won! The court is not yet reserving numbers and a status report is due from
@StateDept
on 9/23/21. Plaintiffs are not prioritized for visa issuance. More details to follow in a YouTube live tonight at 6:00 pm EDT.
@jeffjoseph
@gsiskind
So Biden has evacuated 87,000 people from Afghanistan in about 10 days? That is great. BUT, can you imagine how many we could have evacuated (with valid visas), if
@Travelgov
had not slow-walked SIV and DV2020 and DV2021 visas for YEARS?
#DV2021
#GohvBlinken
has been assigned to Judge Mehta, which we believe is fortuitous for our case. He knows the issues. He knows DOS ignored his order on visa issuance for DVs, and he has reserved visas already for DV applicants. We now march forward.
Looks like
#S386
is going to get another vote without a hearing, and
@senatorPerdueGA
has lifted his hold. If true, this is a sad day for
#immigration
to America, if you are from 194 of the countries that you want to immigrate here, other than India.
#DecadesOfWait
@WHCOS
@POTUS
Yeah, except he is still barring legal immigrants from coming into the US Ron! How about you get
@JoeBiden
to revoke PP10014 and PP10052, today!
#aker
#gomez
#Anunciato
Quick video update today at 12:00 pm (noon) EST to discuss the outcome of the Judge Mehta decision, what it means for entry and those who’s visas have expired. And, to answer your questions. Tune in!
About time we fix this
#immigration
problem too.
"Biden will announce legislation his first day in office to provide a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants in the United States illegally."
#HR1044
is still VERY much alive in discussions on the omnibus, even at this late stage. In the Zombieland of Congress, controversial bills FREQUENTLY rise from the dead to come back and haunt us. NOW is the time to call your Congressman. Call 202--224-3121 and ask for your Rep.
Well, that was quick! Judge Mehta set a status conference in
#Gomez
#Aker
and others for tomorrow, Wednesday at 4:00 pm, presumably to address the Circuit Court's order!
Call in: (877) 848-7030, access code 321-8747. The public access line will be muted.
#dv2020visaholders
#Anunciato
: You will see a Notice posted in Anunciato shortly in which we agreed to give the government one week to respond to our Amended Complaint. This does not, in any way, affect the decision pending in front of Judge Seeborg, nor will it have any affect on timing.
The question is how many
#H2B
visas did Trump apply for to work at his resorts and vineyard, and did he get them on par with everyone else?
The DOL announced that the first 5 min of the H-2B lottery it received more than 97,800 requests for 33,000 available visas.
Wisely, Biden choses to leak that he is willing to either do the
#immigration
bill all at once (Comprehensive), or piecemeal. He wipes out the most common excuse the
@GOP
has used to not move for reform. 15-Love. Lets see what they come back with.
Charles Kuck said: “How come they’re (
@StateDept
) the only government agency in the whole world who has not found a way to operate during Covid?” he questioned.
504,541
Remember this number. This is how many immigrants
@TravelGov
has NO PLAN to immigrate in any reasonable time. A complete abandonment of its actual job. No wonder everyone is suing them. And winning.
Gomez--Now Mr. York says that
@JoeBiden
will announce his decision on
#PP10014
by the end of February--after thousands will lose right to enter the US under
#DV2020
.
If you have not read the bill (
#S386
), you should. It's actually unintelligible to anyone other than Charlie O and a few immigration lawyers. I did my best to explain it on my last podcast, and that was me talking for 37 minutes without a break.
Just got to tell a 31-year-old client that he has been a US Citizen since he was born. Fun way to get rid of the 10 year bar! Good thing our immigration laws are clear and understandable.
A number of Goh Plaintiffs are now getting interviews and
#DV2021
visas. We will continue to fight until all of our Plaintiffs get their interviews! Congrats to those who have already been interviewed and approved!
@Jeffjoseph
@gsiskind
@immlawACHall
#Goh
#DV2021
. We will be meeting with Judge Mehta next week to discuss timing of dispositive motions and a date for final hearing filing. Waiting now on the administrative record from State. We will overcome this ridiculous no visa policy.
@jeffjoseph
@gsiskind
@immlawhall
#Anunciato
Judge Chen just rejected the Motion to Consolidate. We now continue waiting on Judge Seeborg's decision on the Preliminary Injunction.
#WeKeepFighting
#Anunciato
Gov't counsel just filed a notice with the Court citing the
#Gomez
filing that
#PP10014
is under "active review" and "[T]hat process will conclude before the end of the month" (February 2021). But,
#WeCannotWait
.
Now that word has gotten out about the punitive effects of
#S386
, support groups have arisen to provide first-hand accounts of the damage this bill will do to people from 195 other countries. Support All of US is one such group
@supallofus
. Reach out to them for info.
Did you know that it takes
@USCIS
12 minutes to adjudicate an Employment Card Application (I-765). And, that
@USICS
charges $410 for this "work." And, that the average processing time is 8-9.5 months?
Can anything other than intentional mismanagement explain this?
#Gomez
It was quite clear that the Judge did not want to hear from all the attorneys; I know both
@rafaesq
and I was raring to go, but sometimes, when you are ahead, it best to keep quiet. I expect a very rapid decision from Judge Mehta, and I believe he will preserve all visas.
#DV2020
and
#DV2020winners
. Trump is still president until 1/20/21. He will most certainly extend the proclamations. And, Biden will quickly cancel them. The fight continues, however, as Biden winning does not solve the institutional delays. But, still great news today.
"President Biden should immediately renounce this illegal usurpation of congressional power and restore the status quo by declaring those bans void," Charles Kuck, an immigration attorney involved in lawsuits on behalf of diversity visa lottery winners"
Hey
@JoeBiden
time to get your lawyers to change their stance in these lawsuits challenging Trump’s nativist policies. Or, they are now YOUR nativist polices.
#dv2020winners
#dv2020visaholders
#DV2020
. Good hearing with Judge Mehta today, alerting him to the issue of visa expiry. No decisions, but a follow up call with the judge after a change of administration on January 29, 2020 at 1:00 pm EST. We will keep fighting!
#Gomez
#Aker
#DV2020
hearing to be held next Monday, July 19, as part of a "hybrid" hearing along with
#Goh
and
#DV2021
.
@Gsiskind
and
@ckuck
will be there in person, but there will also be accessible online for counsel and plaintiffs.
What will the now denuded HR1044 do? Here are the new wait times (at a minimum), effective immediately:
EB1 – 3 years
EB2- 16 years
EB3 -4 years
Within a decade wait times will extend to:
EB1 – 7 years
EB2- 37 years
EB3 - 11 years
Lofgren took OUT the "No-Harm" provisions.
#GOH
#DV2021
#Gomez
#Aker
#DV2021
. We have notified Judge Mehta that all counsel in Gomez case would like a faster hearing/earlier decision than the one he proposed to join together on July 13, 2021 with the Goh case. Now we wait. Again.
I cannot believe that
@joebiden
and
@SecBlinken
want us to sue them to get our clients their right to immigrate and enter the United States, but so be it. We will sue them and we will win. Follow the link in
@gsiskind
tweet below to join us!
I'm pleased to report that our ImmPact Litigation team is suing to force the Biden Administration to process visas in all NIV and IV categories in countries covered by COVID entry bans.
@ckuck
@jeffjoseph
@LilySAxelrod
@immlawACHall
#Gomez
#Aker
#DV202
, Judge Metha orders
@Travelgov
to begin issuing DV2020 visas, to provide interim reports and conclude visa issuance of 9,095 visas by 9/30/22. Congrats to those who will FINALLY be receiving their DV2020 visas!