Kate Chaltain

Immigration atty focusing on asylum, removal defense and family immigration. Mother and aspiring Zamboni Operator. Not legal advice.

[Steven Brown @AttyStevenBrown]

The opening paragraphs of this case highlight the attack on legal immigration by the current administration. People who continue to "do things the right way" and "follow the law" are hampered in their journey by individuals like @USCISJoe and others in the administration.

[Press Unpause @PressUnpause]

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS!🚨🚨🚨
THE 39 COUNTRIES PAUSE HAVE BEEN VACATED BY THE DORCAS V USCIS LAWSUIT FEDERAL JUDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR EVERYONE!!!
Each of the Challenged Policies have been declared unlawful and are hereby VACATED and SET ASIDE.
We'll provide furter details later

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

More proof that the immigration court system is an anti-democratic farce.

Immigration Judge Amy Lee orders dead non-citizen deported, finding "insufficient proof of death."

You can't make this up!

[𝕋ℍℝ𝕀𝕍𝔼 𝕆ℕ ℙ𝕌ℝℙ𝕆𝕊𝔼 🆘 🇺🇸 @freepeeper]

Mamdani repealed bedtime for NYC kids and then these hooligans roamed the streets late last night. Cause and effect. 🤣🤣

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

You live in NYC you fucking traitor

[Homeland Dems @HomelandDems]

.@RepLouCorrea: Am I gonna have to tell my children at home to carry an American passport with them when they're out in the street?

Mullin: I'm Cherokee. We're not doing that (racial profiling)

Unbelievable.

[Mara Webster 🇬🇧🇺🇸 @Mara_Webster]

If anybody asks how I’m doing right now I’m going to send them this video as a representation of my current state of mind

[Ryan Schwach @RyanSchwach]

6 years ago today. George Floyd protestors in Far Rockaway applaud healthcare workers as they march by St. John’s Hospital. Two pivotal historical events clashing in a single moment.

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

Can you invite me to see with my own eyes what the truth is? Undocumented or not people deserve our respect….and their dignity….enforcing the laws of the land is great, but always treating people with humanity…@MarkwayneMullin let’s go see it together?

[Nicholas Nehamas @NickNehamas]

NEWS: Trump is methodically stripping immigrants — including many with legal status — of their ability to function in daily life, cutting them off from everything from jobs to day-care subsidies. The goal is to transform how welcoming the U.S. is to immigrants + their families.

[Nicolette Glazer @NicoletteGlazer]

Asylum grants in immigration courts are only 8% since Jan 2025. This is astonishing

[Turnbull @cturnbull1968]

I know everyone hates them but this is why HOAs exist.

[Steven Brown @AttyStevenBrown]

Thought more about the gaslighting of @USCISJoe's memo talking about how this is returning to the original intent of the law. So I did some quick research.

The 1924 Immigration Act distinguished between permanent and temporary entrants.

The 1940 Alien Registration Act eventually led to separate registration documents for permanent residents. What we know today as green cards.

Then in 1952, Congress enacted the INA and created the modern immigration framework, including adjustment of status as a permanent feature of the statutory scheme, allowing eligible individuals already in the United States to obtain permanent residence without departing.

And Congress did not stop there.

Congress later enacted multiple statutes furthering the purpose and practicality of adjustment of status. Some examples include:

• AC21 § 204(j), creating job flexibility for long-delayed adjustment applicants

• The 2022 EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act, allowing concurrent filing of I-526 and I-485

So while perhaps in 1924 the framework was largely centered around entry as a permanent resident, Congress has spent the last 70+ years repeatedly legislating in the opposite direction and reinforcing adjustment of status.

Joe Edlow may wish to pretend the "original intent of Congress" froze sometime around the Coolidge administration, but Congress itself apparently never got the memo.

[Steven Brown @AttyStevenBrown]

Something specifically created by Congress and further allowed through DHS regulations is not a "loophole"

That said, @USCISJoe enacting legislative rules through memo without notice and comment, while also violating the INA, IS a loophole and will be closed through litigation

[Charles Kuck @ckuck]

It seems @USCISJoe did not even read his own agency’s publications on why adjustment status was adopted and why it exists today. No one should be shocked when this “policy” is enjoined next week.

https://t.co/teiFirbM4y

[Cyrus Mehta @cyrusmehta]

While adjustment of status is discretionary under INA 245 it has never been interpreted as an extraordinary form of relief and USCIS is inventing a new standard to deprive noncitizens from getting green cards in the US.

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

If we're ever in a situation where we're both doing math in our heads, I'm just pretending. It's all on you.

[Kate Chaltain @KChaltain]

@Nithya_Shrii If it’s you and me we are screwed

[Kate Chaltain @KChaltain]

@Ximena_Bustillo Do you know which IJs in NYC?