Gary Chodorow 乔德睿

Managing attorney at Chodorow Law Offices. U.S. immigration & nationality law. I write the Law and Border Blog. Beijing / Burqueño

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USCIS Gaslights Public with New Policy That Adjustment of Status Is “Extraordinary Relief”

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@daniel_s_larson More thoughts: https://t.co/5FtWoYpfRd

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@daniel_s_larson On the other hand, the Memorandum is gaslighting the public by claiming it is not altering the status quo but merely “remind[ing] officers” of the agency’s “longstanding approach” to adjudicating cases.

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@immigrationgirl https://t.co/5FtWoYpfRd

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@immigrationgirl On the other hand, the Memorandum is gaslighting the public by claiming it is not altering the status quo but merely “remind[ing] officers” of the agency’s “longstanding approach” to adjudicating cases.

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Under a new policy, USICS officers adjudicating benefit applications will consider as a "significant negative factor" that the applicant's country shares insufficient vetting and screening information with the United States. https://t.co/E3lqc4TcfA

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WOW. @SecNoem said yesterday that the Venezuelans the Trump admin is paying El Salvador to hold should be detained there "for the rest of their lives."

I can't think of anything more unamerican than life in prison with no trial. 75% of them have no criminal record at all!

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Preliminary data from February suggests that fewer people are choosing to visit the United States in 2025 (interactive maps in thread).

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What do you need to do to preserve your status as a lawful permanent resident (LPR)? If you are abroad for 6 months or more per year, you risk “abandoning” your green card, especially after multiple prolonged absences or after a warning by CBP. https://t.co/EssnrTuc9q

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@prem_thakker Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on social media: “We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported.” He may be new to his job, but somebody should have told him DOS can’t revoke green cards.

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US Consular Posts Tighten Restrictions on Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Visa Interview Waivers - this will impact Indian H-1B visa applicants in the green card backlogs who will have to go through a consular interview and risk refusals or administrative processing https://t.co/cL0iM9l1cq

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@cyrusmehta I'm left with the feeling that it's not just a gargantuan oversight that the order fails to explain what immigration status the children deprived of birthright citizenship will have. Instead, the uncertainty, chaos, and accompanying fear seem to be the point of the order.

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@cyrusmehta To mitigate the violation, the children would need to leave the country to apply for a U.S. visa abroad. Further, such visa could be denied on the basis of their immigration violation.