Hello, everybody. Welcome, welcome. This is a quick live to announce the breaking news.
Just a few hours ago, the government decided to drop the lawsuit, basically, decided to
drop the rule imposing restrictions on online-only students and other students that are taking
programs that are specifically online. So we reported on a video about the application
of this rule. There's been a lawsuit that was filed, and we're expecting to hear some
sort of a decision today and what happened was just pretty unexpected that it will happen
that way. So, we'll talk about that real quick. And I know you have a lot of questions. Many
of you had a lot of questions. We're anxious about this rule. So, stay tuned. We'll talk
about this and what's going to be the next steps, what we think the government is going
to do. So, stay tuned. We'll cover this and answer some of your questions. So, welcome,
welcome everybody who's joining here, let me know where you’re from. Once again, I
see a bunch of you here, Adamera, Anita, Fatimah, Laarni, a let me know where you’re from,
where you’re tuning in. I'm excited to see you all. And like I said, we're all waiting,
anticipating what's going to happen today. We have a lot of our subscribers that are
students both in the US and overseas. They're waiting patiently to see what's going to happen.
And essentially, the administration rescinded, also canceled their order from July 6. And
essentially, they just dropped it. So, it was crazy. In fact, I'm going to show you
right here, what they said. Here. You can see it right here. So, this is actually a
text from the order confirming that Trump administration has fully rescinded its international
student policy. And I'll read it. Judge Ellison, hearing held on 7-14, the court was informed
by the parties that they have come to a resolution to the combined temporary restraining order
preliminary injunction, the government has agreed to rescind the July 6 policy. And basically
they're back t fully returned to March 9 to March 13 have been policy, which essentially
allows students to continue taking online programs. And this is just… essentially,
it's kind of like a buoy, right. So, as you know, Harvard and MIT, and more than 30 other
universities joined in less than a week to come together and file an injunction to try
to stop the government from enforcing this rule, essentially, that will require students
for full. If they are going to school in an online full-time program, they have to leave
the US immediately or if they're coming from overseas, trying to come back to the US, they're
going to be refused visas. And again, this is one of the things that the lawsuit stated
from Harvard and many universities is that this is essentially inhumane. It's impossible
for all the students to just pack up and leave. Specifically, where many of the countries
are locked down as well. They're not allowing people to come in and forcing students to
go to school to be there in person is actually… especially now that we have so many cases
in a rising, the infection is continuing to rise. It just doesn't make sense for students
to physically gather in university. As you can see, it wasn't a decision by the judge,
it wasn’t any ruling in ICE, officially, just rescinded that decision and it came back
to its original policy from March. So, we'll see what happens. I mean, whether they're
going to try to do this again, or they just realize that it was just a ridiculous decision.
What is interesting to see is that when we have such an executive order, specifically
this case, impacting students, but we have so many others. We had the ones impacting
asylum, we had the actual, the regular Proclamation. This is the first time where so many came
together in such a short amount of time to put so much pressure on the government to
reverse their position. And again, here, the good thing is that they were able to show
that it's going to be an economic impact on the students. It's going to be a devastating
impact on many of them to go back home. It's actually dangerous. The financial toll on
the students and also the universities themselves, many of these universities have programs with
the students, they have to come back. They've paid so much money to the university. So,
there's a lot of factors that show that the government didn't take any logic into consideration
when they did this. And so, that was just a sign that if people come together, if you
can actually point to the government that their actions were illegal and illogical,
then there are ways to stop them from doing things. So, I think it may open the door for,
or make the government think twice before they do stuff like that. And also, with respect
to future orders, it shows people… I mean right now, our biggest concern is the DV lottery
winners. So I'm looking to see who is going to take action. We need, essentially, to join
more organizations who come together to sue the government big time to try to create an
impact because right now, DV lottery winners, they're almost in the same position as students.
Many of them who are in the US, we are worried they‘re not going to be able to finish the
adjustments. We have a lot of them overseas because of the proclamation. They're essentially
going to be left out of this program. So, that's another example where we need litigation
to come together to try to stop government action. And we know that it's possible. And
once again, I just wanted to jump on here to share the news with you. And again, the
interesting thing about it is that it's… essentially, the impact of this rescission
is that students and schools can proceed as if nothing happened on 7-06, as if this order
was never issued. That's the essence of the rescission, they basically take back what
they've decided. And again, they have not given any reasons, there's no comments, except
from the statement that I just shared with you right here, guys, except from this where
they specifically state that they rescinded their decision and the policy for March 9
and March 13 is come back to impact the same as it was. This [inaudible] the temporary
restraining order. And obviously, there's no more need for a restraining order because
they rescinded the rule. And so, now, everything goes back to normal. So, once again, this
is just crazy. I know that a lot of you were asking and sending us questions, and many
of you knew that there's going to be some sort of a decision happening today. And so,
I want to just come on here to share the news. Once again, it's a big win for Harvard, for
MIT, and for students all over the country that came together, small lawsuits in addition
to what the big one says. And also to the law firm that drafted, I think their name
is Wilmer Hale. It's a big law firm on the East Coast. They've come together to do an
amazing, amazing brief in their injunction, something that they put together in a matter
of days. And it was a really strong, powerful brief, where they came back. And they explained
essentially, just to give you context, they talked about the current state of affair of
students in the US, that they're coming here, they're bringing money, they're contributing
to our economy. Many of them are not able to go back. They show the devastation of them
going back home, it's impractical for them to leave. This is a crazy rule. And then they
will show able to show how a lot of these students who graduate, they stay in the US
and they join companies like Google, Twitter, Instagram, and many other companies to be
able to become the top engineers and talents. So, sending them away is essentially like
shooting ourselves in the foot. And therefore, all these arguments and the government really
had no arguments back. I mean, their brief was horrible. Their response to this lawsuit
was completely horrible, and amateurs. So, we’re excited that they decided to back
off. And again, it's a good sign for other executive orders. And like I said, right now,
I'm really focused on the DV lottery. I'm hoping that somebody is going to take action.
So, let me take a few of your questions, guys. We have Indeedy, here. And once again, if
you're here watching this for the first time, make sure to subscribe to our channel. Click
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there’s breaking news. I'm here live, first to let you know. So, let me take Indeedy’s
question. “Now, see what actually harms America. American economy depends on immigrants.”
Absolutely. Let me see. Questions, Pretty, “My niece got an admission, Parsons School
of Art this fall. She applied from Dubai, the University announced classes online so
she can still get the visa?” Absolutely. That's a great question. So, students that
are currently overseas, because this thing was rescinded. It's like it never happened.
Okay. So, essentially, what happened before the 6th of July stays the same. If you are
going through an online course, you can continue going through an online course, nothing has
changed. So, we are back to like before, right. Let me see if we have any other questions
here. We have a lot of questions. So, you post all those questions. I'll keep answering
them in the comments after the live is going to be off. So, once again, just to summarize,
the government has rescinded its order to require students to leave the US if they're
going to full online courses. And essentially, that policy, like it never existed. So, students
can officially stay in the US if they're going through online courses, they can stay, if
they're coming from overseas like a lot of the questions that I see here. Let me see
another question. So, “Do you still think embassies are opening tomorrow? Mexico in
particular?” So again, I've done a video on Monday where I announced that July 15,
embassies are going to reopen. So, yes, there's a confirmation from the State Department that
embassies are reopening tomorrow. And remember, quite a few countries have reopened, a lot
of European countries have reopened. I believe Mexico City as well. But it is important to
email the individual embassy, so you'll know specifically if that embassy is open or not,
and that's exactly what you're going to have to do. Anyway. So once again, thanks for watching,
guys. This is a quick live to update you. Once again, the rule, imposing online restrictions
on students that go on full online courses is now rescinded and no longer in effect.
Those of you that are in the US can stay. Those of you that are overseas can go back
and apply for student visas as soon as your embassies reopen. So, once again, guys, drop
me a comment. Let me know any other questions you have, any other concerns about this rule,
and any other rules. And I'll keep you posted. We have a few more videos coming out this
week. We look forward to seeing you in our next video. Thanks, guys. And I'll see you
soon.