Green card

It's probably gonna be appealed.

But in the meantime, they just shut down all green card processing through the embassies and we don't know what's gonna happen with that.

So when are they gonna start printing the visas, green cards? We don't know.

There's no answer.

The government doesn't know either.

One situation that was visible, another that had been hidden until it could no longer stay hidden.

We just came out of the USCIS and I got approved and now I have my green card.

But then nothing mattered most in this story for Anfisa than the green card.

George knew that the green card was the thing she needed that he had that she didn't have yet.

Once she had it, the calculation changed.

She was no longer dependent on the marriage for her legal right to be in the country.

Today, you'll hear one of those stories.

Donna Hughes Brown was born in England to Irish parents and came to the United States as an 11-year-old child, building her life here as a lawful permanent resident.

Earlier in her career, Donna trained as a large animal veterinary technician, then began studies in occupational therapy, which in her hope was to allow her to combine her passions for care for both animals and people in healing.

Today, Donna operates her own home health care practice in rural Missouri, specializing in hospice and private home care.

Yeah, exactly.

Ultimately, this will allow the Trump administration to deny green cards for immigrants who are likely to use federal welfare, food stamps, or Medicaid, and to revoke the green card for immigrants who are currently using these programs.

The new rule is to take an effect on four days.

5.6 million immigrants are expected to lose access to those benefits.

The New Citizen Guide program that we're gonna tell you about enlists volunteers to help aspiring Americans complete the path to US citizenship.

And veterans are joining this nationwide effort to support the Green Card holders, including non-citizen service members, as they're preparing for those final steps, so important.

Joining us is Nazanin Ash, the Chief Executive Officer of Welcome.US, and Andy Sullivan, Executive Director, No One Left Behind.

Thank you both for coming on.

Thanks so much for having us, Kate.

So let's talk about this.

Um, why do so many Green Card holders stall out in the final stretch before becoming citizens? Um, I'll ask you that, Nazanin.

What do you...

They're warning new state labor regulations take effect next month that could drive officials away, increase costs for school and youth leagues, and eliminate the flexibility many refs want.

This has been an ongoing fight now for over a year as the Sherrill administration is about to enact rules that would basically eliminate all independent contractors and 1099 income.

New Jersey is joining a multi-state lawsuit challenging new Trump administration restrictions on green cards.

The lawsuit targets changes to the federal public charge policy, which gives immigration officials broader discretion to consider whether an applicant uses or could rely on government benefits such as Medicaid.

Fall weather arrives in New Jersey.

So is there a chance that I could lose the visa after a couple of years, and, and I've gotta get out of the country? Or, or how, how long does it take for me to get citizenship?

Uh, the visa is a non-immigrant, uh, track, so it doesn't convert into green card.

It doesn't convert into citizenship.

So it's, it's temporary in nature.

That's a temporary work visa for, quote, "individuals with extraordinary ability or achievement." Milo told Piers that he's actually had a few of these O-1 visas, and the last one he had expired in 2019.

But before that happened, in 2017, Milo married an American citizen and got a green card.

Filed for an adjustment of status, um, uh, basically to, to, to switch tracks from a visa to, uh, a green card.

And that's what I did.

Went to the interviews, and that's what I had.

But-

And you got a green card?

Yes.

Well, she was blaming it on the Senate, the House, and the people that let these people come into this country.

Some of these people was hearing this United States on a green card.

You know, then we got people hollering, oh, we don't need the ID to vote.

Why do you have to have an ID to buy alcohol? You have to have an ID to get on a plane.

Nobody ever thought something like that would ever happen.

Nobody could even dream about that happening.

I mean, you let these people come in this country, you give them a green card.

We're not talking about everybody now.

It may or may not have been.

I mean, he said in a text later to the man that it was a green card marriage only.

That could've been out of spite.

Um, but certainly-

But long before that happened, in 2017, I got married to an American.

Hmm.

So I filed for an adjustment of status, um, uh, basically to, to, to switch tracks from a visa to, uh, a green card, and that's what I did.

Went to the interviews, and that's what I had.