August 22, 2025 • 17 mins
A shrinking workforce. Birth rates in freefall. Four million visas in limbo. America’s future may hinge on re-engineering immigration from scratch. Olga and Svetlana return with tactical fixes: repurpose ICE agents into processors not enforcers, unleash AI to slash delays, and build digital mentorship highways that accelerate integration—from day one.
Timestamps:
- (00:00) The Bottleneck Crisis: Immigration as Economic Survival
- (01:03) Work, Not Waiting: Why Speed Matters for America’s Future
- (04:35) AI to the Rescue: Automating Antiquated Systems
- (10:05) Integration That Works: Mentors, Networks, Community Support
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Alex (00:00):
"America's immigration system isn't just slow—it's a choke point
with plummeting birth rates on one sideand millions in limbo on the other.
But Olga and Svetlana have thoughtson fixing it: redeploy ICE agents
for processing, bring in AI tocut the waits, and build digital
networks for newcomers to thrive.
This segment gets into the nuts andbolts of making reform real, straight
(00:24):
from those who've lived the chaos."
Jerremy & Svetlana (00:26):
so far, everyone we've interviewed or everyone we've
talked to has had a similar viewpointon this question, so I'm very excited
to see what you two both think.
Should we open the borders,then make it very easy.
If you're an immigrant, come.
Olga Kay (00:41):
I have a twofold answer on this.
Jerremy & Svetlana (00:43):
Okay.
Olga Kay (00:44):
and for me, being in my forties.
Getting so lucky and havingmy first child, and maybe
that's the only one I'll have.
I constantly think about populationdecline or birth rates declining birth
rate rates decline all over the world.
And I feel like America has alwaysbeen so strong because we have so much
(01:07):
immigration and because we have somany more people that are being born.
But now that rate is also decliningand to thrive in the economy, we have
to have new people that are constantlybeing born and working into the system.
Let's say because of that, I feellike immigration is very needed
(01:28):
for the countries to survive movingforward, opening up the borders,
but at the same time opening upthe borders and anyone comes.
I feel like that's just gonna create aflood that is gonna be harder to manage
or given everyone enough opportunity,but at the same time, I feel like
immigration is very important partof the longevity for any country.
Jerremy & Svetlana (01:52):
I love this Olga, and I believe also it's not black and white.
Nothing is black and white.
We can say open the bordersand don't open the borders.
Absolutely.
So yes, nothing is black and white.
That is just open theborder or close the border.
We saw the border open and it was itshit show, and with saw it closed, then
it's is so much fear that is going onand still NN not a great state to be in.
(02:18):
As with everything, there needsto be a creative solution.
It needs to be a new mindset, anew heart set that can look at it
and say, okay, how can we do it?
How we can maybe not openit, but crack open it.
How can we allow people who aretruly incredible that want an
opportunity, they're going todo really good for this country?
(02:40):
How can we allow them to come?
Can there be a process for it?
Can there be a group ofpeople that interviews them?
I definitely lean more into yes,versus just shut it down and let it
be just for I, I feel like it's goingto be so unnatural to America because
it is a country of immigration,like that's going to be a very new
(03:02):
America that we don't even know yet.
And again, I don't know, maybe it isgoing to be a great America, maybe not,
but it's going to be very differentin my belief system, is that the
door needs to be cracked open and theopportunity for people who are truly
wanted to be here needs to exist.
Olga Kay (03:23):
And we definitely have to have a new path to immigration under
financial sector where there has to bea way where if I come to this country
and I'm working minimum wage, therehas to be some kind of immigration
loan that is taken out of my paycheck,then maybe I don't even see that money.
(03:44):
It just goes to that loan.
So I have this fund to pay for legal fees,but I feel like none of that is set up.
So everyone is just trying to skip by.
when they're faced with a hard problem,then they have nothing to offer for that.
And then people are just stuck andhiding and just creates this very hard
(04:06):
process for anyone who is involved,who even wants to do it the proper way.
Sure.
There's some people who are just.
Maybe they're here and they're justnot trying to do it the right way.
I'm sure there's a small percentageof people who are like that, but a lot
of people want to do it right way, butthey're not able to and creating some
kind of a system where they could payinto it, even if it's a small amount.
(04:29):
So there is paper trail that they'retrying to do it the right way.
Jerremy & Svetlana (04:35):
Yeah.
One of the words that both of you haveused a few times now is legal, right?
Legal system.
And it also sounds like for ourlisteners and for, the thousands
of people that tune into this everyshow and every week, from a private
opportunity, a legal application.
Literally a software, AIto help speed this up.
(04:58):
Seems like a really great opportunityultimately the threshold and the
bottleneck sounds like it's very tied upinto the legal system and to someone or
numerous individuals looking at paperwork,seeing paperwork, seeing the application,
making the decision, making the process.
(05:19):
Right now there are thousands andthousands of judges, lawyers, courts,
all tied up into just immigrationwhere every single story is different.
it also sounds like there is somesolution there where if that process
got sped up rather than 10 years,that number, that word, that phrase
(05:41):
has been thrown around a few times,10 years is a long fucking time.
That's a decade.
Let's figure out a way to get that processdown to, are you a citizen in three years?
Yes or no?
if you pass something, if you intosomething, if you get a credit system
built up we should figure out a wayto be able to shorten that process.
(06:02):
Because think a lot of it wouldbe minimizing that paper trail,
minimizing the time that a humanhas to look at certain applications.
Do you think I'm on the right path there?
I love your thinking and Ilove this path very much.
And also the observation thatanything that needs to be implemented
in the government or in thelegal or in the insurance world,
(06:27):
like everything takes forever.
And the pushback is so huge and for theallowing of AI to come in is going to be.
big.
So I'm not sure if just entrepreneurialindividual with this idea can
bring it into the government.
I feel like it'll need to be agovernment's desire, and at least right
(06:51):
now for where we at in America, thereis no government desire for any of it.
Olga Kay (06:56):
I think I have a solution.
You guys, we take
Jerremy & Svetlana (07:00):
it to us.
Olga Kay (07:01):
50% of the new ice agents and we give them a job processing claims instead.
And I think we solve theproblem in the waiting list.
Jerremy & Svetlana (07:11):
We'll need to heal them a little bit first.
Olga Kay (07:14):
Yeah.
But we'd spend so much moremoney deporting people.
It would be better spent gettingpeople in the office processing these
claims because there's so much Goldis also there that could elevate
this country on the whole next level.
And unfortunately, these peoplearen't hiding because they're terrifi.
Jerremy & Svetlana (07:33):
Yeah, that's a great way to put it.
I think many people, especially UScitizens or people that have this
extremely strict view on immigration,fail to realize that the top, I'd
probably wager to say the top 15richest individuals in the world that
live in the United States of Americaimmigrated here including Elon Musk.
(07:53):
So ultimately a lot of incredible humans,a lot of incredible ideas, beliefs.
When people get too stuck on theimmigration policy and they try to make it
extremely strict, they very often forgetto both of your points, which you've made
earlier, the history of America, thiscountry was built on immigrants, right?
Give us your sick, give us your tired.
(08:15):
Give us your hungry.
We will feed them.
We will clothe them.
That's what made this country great andto be the greatest country in the world.
We still have the greatest problems,and this is one of them, right?
Very few countries face the problem atscale that we do regarding immigration.
They all face it, especially countriesthat have borders, France, Germany,
England, Spain, Portugal, right?
(08:36):
There's a many other countriesthat have immigration problems.
It's just not to the scale that we do.
And so what Olga, what you'rementioning is, Hey, you have
this humongous budget, right?
ICE is now the 17th military organizationin the world with the stroke of a pin,
seemingly to me is a little bit excessive,the money that's spent on just simply
(08:56):
deporting people who were here illegally.
And you figure out a way to blend itwith what fella said earlier, which
was, Hey, you're all approved, butyou have to buy into this system.
And you have half of the individualsthat were brought in for ICE to process
a claim, to give people, to talkto people, to communicate, to have
conversations, put 'em into a system.
(09:17):
And I think you used the wordcredit check earlier or building
your credit report essentially.
Building your immigration credit Ithink does have a lot of validation
to it and a lot of validity.
Olga Kay (09:28):
I think we should propose this.
I think we should run for office.
Jerremy & Svetlana (09:31):
Fantastic.
I love this.
Dave, you're ready to say something?
Dave (09:35):
When we're talking about solutions, we've talked a lot about
sort of the legal aspects, and I knowa lot of this is wrapped up in legal.
Your process was wrapped up in legal.
Everyone that we've talked to secondand third generation, critics,
supporters, advocates, lawyers, everyonehas said that by far America is the
(09:58):
best in the world at integratingpeople from all over the planet.
Tell me about the cultural integration.
I'll give you an example.
I live in Miami.
English is very much the second language.
If you don't speak Spanish here,you're at a huge disadvantage.
And I've never been anywhere inthe United States quite like that.
(10:21):
And all of the people we've talked tosaid one of the things that their parents
emphasized, and, heard you say it as well.
English was so critical, and justthat small cultural shift of saying,
Hey, English is going to be important.
We're going to teach it,we're gonna make sure it's
immersive, is a real big step up.
So tell me a little bitabout your cultural journey.
(10:44):
Oh, the other thing thateverybody said particularly second
generation, is they love theirculture mainly through the food.
Tell me about the cultural aspects.
Things that aren't about politicsor about the administration
or about the laws around this.
What would you say maybe toimmigrants before they're arriving?
(11:05):
Something about improving their odds aboutbuilding a life here in the United States.
Jerremy & Svetlana (11:10):
I say that English, absolutely.
If you speak the language,you have opportunity.
If you don't speak thelanguage, you have very limited
opportunities, almost nothing.
if you actually wanted to succeed inAmerica, you have to speak the language.
And the better language youspeak, the more opportunities
you will have to get better jobsright away to create more income.
(11:32):
Therefore, that income willhelp you to pay for the legal
fees and everything else.
If you don't speak English, you will beworking under the table somewhere and
it'll be very difficult journey for you.
Olga Kay (11:45):
I agreed and when I was 17, I was barely speaking
English and I got lost in Miami.
And you're right, no one spoke Englishand I don't know how I got home.
I got lost in the gas station.
And I think that's why I havesuch a strong, like everyone
have to speak the language.
If I'm in this country, I haveto understand you and I'm doing
my best to communicate with you.
(12:05):
So I want everyone else to communicatewith the same language back.
Dave (12:10):
Let's flip this around a little bit.
A lot of this is like federalbecause that's where it's at.
What could communities orneighborhoods or groups do to
make this easier for immigrants?
Olga Kay (12:21):
I have to go back to the immigrant themselves.
You have to have the disciplineand the will to put in the work.
It doesn't matter what communities can setup for you, but if you don't wanna put in
that work, there is all of these availablethings around you would not be helpful.
Jerremy & Svetlana (12:41):
And I believe there is quite a bit, at least in
Las Vegas, going on in the community.
I know there are all kind ofEnglish classes in the libraries.
That can be taken.
Yes.
sometimes it's inconvenient.
And again, immigrants, a lot of timesthey don't have a car, they cannot drive.
The bus system is not very good, butthings are available and if you want
(13:01):
to, you can find a way to get there.
my mother went throughsome of those classes.
A friend of mine also did and itreally helped her and she is doing
really right now and she didn't speakany English when she came to states.
So I believe that if you thinking aboutcoming to this country, you have to speak
(13:22):
English, start the process right away.
And what about the role of mentorship,How could that play a part in this?
From more established immigrantshelping newcomers to integrate faster?
Is that something that we should create?
That's mandatory, that's optional.
(13:43):
That's more open, more aware,more available, easier to access.
Would that help?
I feel like it would help, absolutely.
I think it's a really great ideato create something like that.
at least in my experience, there is almostthis unspoken code of immigrants that
when you meet another one that been in acountry a little bit less, you help out
(14:06):
and you educate and you show the way,and you show the path and you engage.
it was a part of my past.
And I know that it's been a pa now.
It's been a part of my past back.
And so there is almost like this unspokencode that I see you and I understand
your struggle and if I can make yourstruggle just a little bit less.
(14:28):
Just by even sharing that andunderstanding that or helping
in some kind of way or theconnection, I'm here for you.
And I see that culture,quite a bit with immigrants.
We definitely we see each otherand we know the difficulty
that we are going through.
Olga Kay (14:48):
And I think with us Eastern Europeans, I feel like we always find our
tribe and everybody has different stories.
So then you're like, oh, this isavailable and this is available.
Okay, I can do it this way and that way.
So we definitely have that.
But creating something specifically tohelp immigrants is just, immigrated to
Los Angeles, it would be so hard to findthat pocket and like, where's that pocket?
(15:08):
Oh, is it 10 miles away, three miles away?
But it's still gonna take me an hourto get there to talk to somebody.
It just becomes a lot of barriers.
So those pockets have to beavailable all over the place.
So people like, oh, I'm in CulverCity and around the corner there's a
group that meets about immigration,and I can learn more things and
see how I can advance myself here.
Jerremy & Svetlana (15:30):
But I believe right now with the world that we
are in, even right now, that we arehaving the conversation in such a
way we can actually have somethingmore central that is online.
We can build systems online, we canhave the communities, we can have maybe
people that facilitate and they'rewilling to give their time online.
And guess what?
You can go to library andaccess a computer for an hour.
(15:54):
So with the internet being where it is at,I feel like it is definitely very possible
to create support for the immigrantsthat is led by other immigrants.
And I love this idea, Jerremy.
In 2025 and beyond, I would say thatprobably 98% of every human that's in the
(16:16):
US is gonna have access to a cell phone.
And with every flip, phones are gone.
So pretty much every phone'sgonna have access to cell towers.
And if you have access to cell towers,you have access to internet, which again,
makes it faster and easier and obtainable.
'cause again, really what I'm doingand the point of this entire show, as
we all know is solving the problems,coming up with solutions where dilate and
(16:39):
discern and dictate and both myself andDave sit down and then just collaborate
on what we've actually learned andwhat we think would work because I do
plan on running for office all again.
I want to implement a lot ofchanges and shifts and opportunities
that I think could be faster orjust, more available or easier.
I do believe that there does.
Need to be a sprinkle ofhardship, meaning prove yourself.
(17:02):
If you're gonna come to this country,we wanna make sure that you're an
incredible human being, but at thesame exact instance, that can be
something that should be simplerthan it is now which is fun.
Alex (17:13):
"We've mapped out ways to streamline the process and support integration,
from English tools to mentorship apps.
But beyond the paperwork, whatreally throws immigrants for
a loop in daily American life?
In our final segment, we lightenthings up with cultural surprises—like
weird food combos and workplaceshocks—while busting the biggest
myths about who immigrants really are.
(17:35):
It's the human sideyou didn't see coming."
"America's immigration system isn't just slow—it's a choke point
with plummeting birth rates on one sideand millions in limbo on the other.
But Olga and Svetlana have thoughtson fixing it: redeploy ICE agents
for processing, bring in AI tocut the waits, and build digital
networks for newcomers to thrive.
This segment gets into the nuts andbolts of making reform real, straight
(00:24):
from those who've lived the chaos."
Jerremy & Svetlana (00:26):
so far, everyone we've interviewed or everyone we've
talked to has had a similar viewpointon this question, so I'm very excited
to see what you two both think.
Should we open the borders,then make it very easy.
If you're an immigrant, come.
Olga Kay (00:41):
I have a twofold answer on this.
Jerremy & Svetlana (00:43):
Okay.
Olga Kay (00:44):
and for me, being in my forties.
Getting so lucky and havingmy first child, and maybe
that's the only one I'll have.
I constantly think about populationdecline or birth rates declining birth
rate rates decline all over the world.
And I feel like America has alwaysbeen so strong because we have so much
(01:07):
immigration and because we have somany more people that are being born.
But now that rate is also decliningand to thrive in the economy, we have
to have new people that are constantlybeing born and working into the system.
Let's say because of that, I feellike immigration is very needed
(01:28):
for the countries to survive movingforward, opening up the borders,
but at the same time opening upthe borders and anyone comes.
I feel like that's just gonna create aflood that is gonna be harder to manage
or given everyone enough opportunity,but at the same time, I feel like
immigration is very important partof the longevity for any country.
Jerremy & Svetlana (01:52):
I love this Olga, and I believe also it's not black and white.
Nothing is black and white.
We can say open the bordersand don't open the borders.
Absolutely.
So yes, nothing is black and white.
That is just open theborder or close the border.
We saw the border open and it was itshit show, and with saw it closed, then
it's is so much fear that is going onand still NN not a great state to be in.
(02:18):
As with everything, there needsto be a creative solution.
It needs to be a new mindset, anew heart set that can look at it
and say, okay, how can we do it?
How we can maybe not openit, but crack open it.
How can we allow people who aretruly incredible that want an
opportunity, they're going todo really good for this country?
(02:40):
How can we allow them to come?
Can there be a process for it?
Can there be a group ofpeople that interviews them?
I definitely lean more into yes,versus just shut it down and let it
be just for I, I feel like it's goingto be so unnatural to America because
it is a country of immigration,like that's going to be a very new
(03:02):
America that we don't even know yet.
And again, I don't know, maybe it isgoing to be a great America, maybe not,
but it's going to be very differentin my belief system, is that the
door needs to be cracked open and theopportunity for people who are truly
wanted to be here needs to exist.
Olga Kay (03:23):
And we definitely have to have a new path to immigration under
financial sector where there has to bea way where if I come to this country
and I'm working minimum wage, therehas to be some kind of immigration
loan that is taken out of my paycheck,then maybe I don't even see that money.
(03:44):
It just goes to that loan.
So I have this fund to pay for legal fees,but I feel like none of that is set up.
So everyone is just trying to skip by.
when they're faced with a hard problem,then they have nothing to offer for that.
And then people are just stuck andhiding and just creates this very hard
(04:06):
process for anyone who is involved,who even wants to do it the proper way.
Sure.
There's some people who are just.
Maybe they're here and they're justnot trying to do it the right way.
I'm sure there's a small percentageof people who are like that, but a lot
of people want to do it right way, butthey're not able to and creating some
kind of a system where they could payinto it, even if it's a small amount.
(04:29):
So there is paper trail that they'retrying to do it the right way.
Jerremy & Svetlana (04:35):
Yeah.
One of the words that both of you haveused a few times now is legal, right?
Legal system.
And it also sounds like for ourlisteners and for, the thousands
of people that tune into this everyshow and every week, from a private
opportunity, a legal application.
Literally a software, AIto help speed this up.
(04:58):
Seems like a really great opportunityultimately the threshold and the
bottleneck sounds like it's very tied upinto the legal system and to someone or
numerous individuals looking at paperwork,seeing paperwork, seeing the application,
making the decision, making the process.
(05:19):
Right now there are thousands andthousands of judges, lawyers, courts,
all tied up into just immigrationwhere every single story is different.
it also sounds like there is somesolution there where if that process
got sped up rather than 10 years,that number, that word, that phrase
(05:41):
has been thrown around a few times,10 years is a long fucking time.
That's a decade.
Let's figure out a way to get that processdown to, are you a citizen in three years?
Yes or no?
if you pass something, if you intosomething, if you get a credit system
built up we should figure out a wayto be able to shorten that process.
(06:02):
Because think a lot of it wouldbe minimizing that paper trail,
minimizing the time that a humanhas to look at certain applications.
Do you think I'm on the right path there?
I love your thinking and Ilove this path very much.
And also the observation thatanything that needs to be implemented
in the government or in thelegal or in the insurance world,
(06:27):
like everything takes forever.
And the pushback is so huge and for theallowing of AI to come in is going to be.
big.
So I'm not sure if just entrepreneurialindividual with this idea can
bring it into the government.
I feel like it'll need to be agovernment's desire, and at least right
(06:51):
now for where we at in America, thereis no government desire for any of it.
Olga Kay (06:56):
I think I have a solution.
You guys, we take
Jerremy & Svetlana (07:00):
it to us.
Olga Kay (07:01):
50% of the new ice agents and we give them a job processing claims instead.
And I think we solve theproblem in the waiting list.
Jerremy & Svetlana (07:11):
We'll need to heal them a little bit first.
Olga Kay (07:14):
Yeah.
But we'd spend so much moremoney deporting people.
It would be better spent gettingpeople in the office processing these
claims because there's so much Goldis also there that could elevate
this country on the whole next level.
And unfortunately, these peoplearen't hiding because they're terrifi.
Jerremy & Svetlana (07:33):
Yeah, that's a great way to put it.
I think many people, especially UScitizens or people that have this
extremely strict view on immigration,fail to realize that the top, I'd
probably wager to say the top 15richest individuals in the world that
live in the United States of Americaimmigrated here including Elon Musk.
(07:53):
So ultimately a lot of incredible humans,a lot of incredible ideas, beliefs.
When people get too stuck on theimmigration policy and they try to make it
extremely strict, they very often forgetto both of your points, which you've made
earlier, the history of America, thiscountry was built on immigrants, right?
Give us your sick, give us your tired.
(08:15):
Give us your hungry.
We will feed them.
We will clothe them.
That's what made this country great andto be the greatest country in the world.
We still have the greatest problems,and this is one of them, right?
Very few countries face the problem atscale that we do regarding immigration.
They all face it, especially countriesthat have borders, France, Germany,
England, Spain, Portugal, right?
(08:36):
There's a many other countriesthat have immigration problems.
It's just not to the scale that we do.
And so what Olga, what you'rementioning is, Hey, you have
this humongous budget, right?
ICE is now the 17th military organizationin the world with the stroke of a pin,
seemingly to me is a little bit excessive,the money that's spent on just simply
(08:56):
deporting people who were here illegally.
And you figure out a way to blend itwith what fella said earlier, which
was, Hey, you're all approved, butyou have to buy into this system.
And you have half of the individualsthat were brought in for ICE to process
a claim, to give people, to talkto people, to communicate, to have
conversations, put 'em into a system.
(09:17):
And I think you used the wordcredit check earlier or building
your credit report essentially.
Building your immigration credit Ithink does have a lot of validation
to it and a lot of validity.
Olga Kay (09:28):
I think we should propose this.
I think we should run for office.
Jerremy & Svetlana (09:31):
Fantastic.
I love this.
Dave, you're ready to say something?
Dave (09:35):
When we're talking about solutions, we've talked a lot about
sort of the legal aspects, and I knowa lot of this is wrapped up in legal.
Your process was wrapped up in legal.
Everyone that we've talked to secondand third generation, critics,
supporters, advocates, lawyers, everyonehas said that by far America is the
(09:58):
best in the world at integratingpeople from all over the planet.
Tell me about the cultural integration.
I'll give you an example.
I live in Miami.
English is very much the second language.
If you don't speak Spanish here,you're at a huge disadvantage.
And I've never been anywhere inthe United States quite like that.
(10:21):
And all of the people we've talked tosaid one of the things that their parents
emphasized, and, heard you say it as well.
English was so critical, and justthat small cultural shift of saying,
Hey, English is going to be important.
We're going to teach it,we're gonna make sure it's
immersive, is a real big step up.
So tell me a little bitabout your cultural journey.
(10:44):
Oh, the other thing thateverybody said particularly second
generation, is they love theirculture mainly through the food.
Tell me about the cultural aspects.
Things that aren't about politicsor about the administration
or about the laws around this.
What would you say maybe toimmigrants before they're arriving?
(11:05):
Something about improving their odds aboutbuilding a life here in the United States.
Jerremy & Svetlana (11:10):
I say that English, absolutely.
If you speak the language,you have opportunity.
If you don't speak thelanguage, you have very limited
opportunities, almost nothing.
if you actually wanted to succeed inAmerica, you have to speak the language.
And the better language youspeak, the more opportunities
you will have to get better jobsright away to create more income.
(11:32):
Therefore, that income willhelp you to pay for the legal
fees and everything else.
If you don't speak English, you will beworking under the table somewhere and
it'll be very difficult journey for you.
Olga Kay (11:45):
I agreed and when I was 17, I was barely speaking
English and I got lost in Miami.
And you're right, no one spoke Englishand I don't know how I got home.
I got lost in the gas station.
And I think that's why I havesuch a strong, like everyone
have to speak the language.
If I'm in this country, I haveto understand you and I'm doing
my best to communicate with you.
(12:05):
So I want everyone else to communicatewith the same language back.
Dave (12:10):
Let's flip this around a little bit.
A lot of this is like federalbecause that's where it's at.
What could communities orneighborhoods or groups do to
make this easier for immigrants?
Olga Kay (12:21):
I have to go back to the immigrant themselves.
You have to have the disciplineand the will to put in the work.
It doesn't matter what communities can setup for you, but if you don't wanna put in
that work, there is all of these availablethings around you would not be helpful.
Jerremy & Svetlana (12:41):
And I believe there is quite a bit, at least in
Las Vegas, going on in the community.
I know there are all kind ofEnglish classes in the libraries.
That can be taken.
Yes.
sometimes it's inconvenient.
And again, immigrants, a lot of timesthey don't have a car, they cannot drive.
The bus system is not very good, butthings are available and if you want
(13:01):
to, you can find a way to get there.
my mother went throughsome of those classes.
A friend of mine also did and itreally helped her and she is doing
really right now and she didn't speakany English when she came to states.
So I believe that if you thinking aboutcoming to this country, you have to speak
(13:22):
English, start the process right away.
And what about the role of mentorship,How could that play a part in this?
From more established immigrantshelping newcomers to integrate faster?
Is that something that we should create?
That's mandatory, that's optional.
(13:43):
That's more open, more aware,more available, easier to access.
Would that help?
I feel like it would help, absolutely.
I think it's a really great ideato create something like that.
at least in my experience, there is almostthis unspoken code of immigrants that
when you meet another one that been in acountry a little bit less, you help out
(14:06):
and you educate and you show the way,and you show the path and you engage.
it was a part of my past.
And I know that it's been a pa now.
It's been a part of my past back.
And so there is almost like this unspokencode that I see you and I understand
your struggle and if I can make yourstruggle just a little bit less.
(14:28):
Just by even sharing that andunderstanding that or helping
in some kind of way or theconnection, I'm here for you.
And I see that culture,quite a bit with immigrants.
We definitely we see each otherand we know the difficulty
that we are going through.
Olga Kay (14:48):
And I think with us Eastern Europeans, I feel like we always find our
tribe and everybody has different stories.
So then you're like, oh, this isavailable and this is available.
Okay, I can do it this way and that way.
So we definitely have that.
But creating something specifically tohelp immigrants is just, immigrated to
Los Angeles, it would be so hard to findthat pocket and like, where's that pocket?
(15:08):
Oh, is it 10 miles away, three miles away?
But it's still gonna take me an hourto get there to talk to somebody.
It just becomes a lot of barriers.
So those pockets have to beavailable all over the place.
So people like, oh, I'm in CulverCity and around the corner there's a
group that meets about immigration,and I can learn more things and
see how I can advance myself here.
Jerremy & Svetlana (15:30):
But I believe right now with the world that we
are in, even right now, that we arehaving the conversation in such a
way we can actually have somethingmore central that is online.
We can build systems online, we canhave the communities, we can have maybe
people that facilitate and they'rewilling to give their time online.
And guess what?
You can go to library andaccess a computer for an hour.
(15:54):
So with the internet being where it is at,I feel like it is definitely very possible
to create support for the immigrantsthat is led by other immigrants.
And I love this idea, Jerremy.
In 2025 and beyond, I would say thatprobably 98% of every human that's in the
(16:16):
US is gonna have access to a cell phone.
And with every flip, phones are gone.
So pretty much every phone'sgonna have access to cell towers.
And if you have access to cell towers,you have access to internet, which again,
makes it faster and easier and obtainable.
'cause again, really what I'm doingand the point of this entire show, as
we all know is solving the problems,coming up with solutions where dilate and
(16:39):
discern and dictate and both myself andDave sit down and then just collaborate
on what we've actually learned andwhat we think would work because I do
plan on running for office all again.
I want to implement a lot ofchanges and shifts and opportunities
that I think could be faster orjust, more available or easier.
I do believe that there does.
Need to be a sprinkle ofhardship, meaning prove yourself.
(17:02):
If you're gonna come to this country,we wanna make sure that you're an
incredible human being, but at thesame exact instance, that can be
something that should be simplerthan it is now which is fun.
Alex (17:13):
"We've mapped out ways to streamline the process and support integration,
from English tools to mentorship apps.
But beyond the paperwork, whatreally throws immigrants for
a loop in daily American life?
In our final segment, we lightenthings up with cultural surprises—like
weird food combos and workplaceshocks—while busting the biggest
myths about who immigrants really are.
(17:35):
It's the human sideyou didn't see coming."
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