This past weekend, I received a flood of emails from clients. Everyone was relieved. Everyone thought the fight was over. The New York Times published an article and the headlines made it sound like DHS was backing down on the adjustment of status memo. That is not what the article says. And this is exactly why you cannot just read headlines. The memo is still in effect. A press clarification is not a rescission. Until PM-602-0199 is withdrawn or struck down by a court, USCIS
I want to be direct, because I think too many people are still not seeing this clearly. The current administration's immigration policies are not targeted at illegal immigration. The evidence for that is in the policies themselves: the adjustment of status memo applies to people already here legally, with approved petitions, who followed every rule. The travel ban under Presidential Proclamation 10998 and the State Department's 75-country immigrant visa freeze target legal ap
