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Immigration Lawyer, Law Professor, Advocate for Immigrants and Immigration Reform. Suer of Immigration Agencies. Follow me @ckuck on Threads

Atlanta, Georgia
Joined September 2008
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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 .
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Charles Kuck
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#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!!
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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
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Charles Kuck
3 years
We are off to DC for oral arguments. Let’s all be sending good, positive vibes to the litigation teams for #DV2020 and #DV2021 for #Gomez #Aker #Goh #Goodluck #Kennedy #Filazapovich and to Judge Mehta. For Goh this is our FINAL hearing. #Justice
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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!
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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).
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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!
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
5 years
Now the Hospitals are opposed to #S386 . This a bill that needs a hearing, not a vote to hide the disaster in the making.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#Anunciato #DV2021 #DV2020VisaHolders --We have just filed this letter with Judge Seeborg explaining the affect of @Potus 's inaction on #PP10014 and #PP10052 , and urging a rapid, positive decision on our Preliminary Injunction.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
It’s a beautiful day for #Justice in DC #DV2021 #DV2020
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#Gomez #Aker #dv2020visaholders We will shortly be filing for emergency relief (NIE entries). Thanks to @blesjm1 @rafaesq @curtisatlaw and @ckuck for the work it took to get this filed tonight. Argument is next Week. Tune in. I will post the filing a little later this evening.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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!
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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?
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Charles Kuck
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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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
WH reporters, still not asking the right question: "Why is President Biden not revoking the unlawful proclamation barring legal immigration in #PP10014 and #PP10052 ?"
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Charles Kuck
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Make Testing and Quarantine the requirement for international travel, NOT a Travel Ban @joebiden ! @AliMayorkas
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Charles Kuck
3 years
NOT Tire of winning. Just saying # #Aker #Gomez #PP10014
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
I love the smell of freedom and justice in the morning!
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lizandra Troisi
3 years
Thanks for everything you have done 🙏🏻 #DV2020 finally together @curtisatlaw @ckuck @gsiskind @immlawACHall 🇻🇪🇺🇸
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Charles Kuck
3 years
@TravelGov It’s a plan with no plan. Shifting deck chairs on the Titanic is not a plan. Ignoring the DV2021 deadline is not a plan.
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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 .
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Charles Kuck
3 years
Utterly outrageous and a makes a lie @JoeBiden 's claims to be pro-immigrant. Hey @RonaldKlain you read this?
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Stefania Martucci
3 years
Dear @POTUS and @FLOTUS let me introduce you my son Giulio. Today he turns 4 and this is how he can see his dad. Please be compassionate and #stopF2Aban @gsiskind @ckuck @EndFamilyBan @curtisatlaw @immlawACHall
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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 ?
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Sabrina Rodríguez
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
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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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
By not revoking #PP10014 and #PP10052 , @JoeBiden and @Presssec are doing the bidding of white nationalist organizations. Remember this.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
Our long national nightmare is over. Again. Congrats to President @JoeBiden !
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Charles Kuck
3 years
Tonight at 6 PM EST @gsiskind , @jeffjoseph , @immlawACHall , and @ckuck will have our Litigation Update on the continuing fight against the Biden Administration's Policies against Legal Immigration. #Milligan , #Anunciato #Tate #Gomez #akercarbon
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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 .
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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3 years
#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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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!
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Charles Kuck
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#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
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Charles Kuck
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@marycjordan @ktumulty Please tell me no one is surprised by this.
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Charles Kuck
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#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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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.
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#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.
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Charles Kuck
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#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
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Charles Kuck
4 years
Wow, that was some argument in the #NoBan #DV2020 case. 3.5 hours! I am proud to be part of an exceptional group of lawyers, each of whom made terrific arguments! NOW, its up to Judge Mehta. #LetWin ! @curtisatlaw @rafaesq @gsiskind @Immigrant_Atty @phillipkuck @KarenTumlin
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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?
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3 years
@gsiskind and yours truly thinking positive thoughts today in #Goh and #Aker !
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Charles Kuck
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#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.
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Charles Kuck
5 years
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
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Charles Kuck
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@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!
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Charles Kuck
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#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!
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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."
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Charles Kuck
10 months
The US immigartion system is broken, every single aspect of it. Perhaps irreparably. So sad. That's it.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
70 days and no head of @USCIS nominated. No effort to reduce outrageous backlogs. At a certain point, @JoeBiden , you own this.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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.
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Charles Kuck
5 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
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Congrats to President-Elect Biden. Let’s Make America Nice Again.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
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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 .
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Charles Kuck
3 years
We had some fun yesterday! Let’s hope for a quick victory!
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Charles Kuck
5 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
2 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
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@DvObserver @AC360 @CNN @andersoncooper Maybe @andersoncooper will ask @JoeBiden why he won't end the illegal #ImmigrationBan in #PP10014 and #PP10052 tomorrow night on his townhall?
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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
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Charles Kuck
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#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
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Charles Kuck
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#Gomez #Aker #Aninciato ALERT Blanket NIE given to all #DV2020 visa holders. EVERYONE Come now!! @gsiskind @jeffjoseph
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#Anunciato Judge Chen just rejected the Motion to Consolidate. We now continue waiting on Judge Seeborg's decision on the Preliminary Injunction. #WeKeepFighting
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Charles Kuck
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#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 .
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#HR1044 / #S386 will retrogress worldwide #EB5 visas to 8 years immediately, and to 16 years by the end of the 2030.
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Charles Kuck
5 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
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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?
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Charles Kuck
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#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.
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#Goh #Aker #DV2020 #DV2021 . @gsiskind @jeffjoseph @immlawACHall and @ckuck will have our weekly litigation update Tuesday, July 20, at 6:00 PM EDT. Greg and I are headed to the airport after a 4.5 hour oral argument and we are tired but happy!
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Charles Kuck
3 years
Told you we had your back!
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Charles Kuck
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#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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
"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"
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
Anyone at the White House paying attention to the lawsuits on Travel bans? Asking for about 500,000 Immigrants.
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Charles Kuck
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#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!
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#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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
We will do a live event tomorrow when folks are awake!
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Charles Kuck
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#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.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
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!
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Greg Siskind
3 years
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
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#PublicChargeRule is dead. Let it remain buried for eternity.
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#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!
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Charles Kuck
3 years
#Goh #DV2021 One of our named Plaintiffs just received their family's DV2021 visa stamps! Congrats!!!
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Charles Kuck
5 years
What is Fairness? It’s not #S386 !
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