[reverius42]

If "immigration" and "work authorization" are two completely different things, are you claiming that everyone in the US on a work visa is an "illegal immigrant"? Surely "having work authorization" counts as some kind of legal status or we wouldn't have people on work visas at all.

[0xy]

I made no such claim. I explicitly said that an EAD implies no legal status in itself. A pending Adjustment of Status does not provide legal status, either. If you already had a massive overstay, and your Adjustment of Status was likely to be denied due to ineligibility, and you have an order of removal, you're going home, of course.

And as we now know, the Irish man in question:

- Entered under VWP, which EXPLICITLY bars any form of status adjustment

- Filed a Habeas Corpus petition, which was denied by a judge

- Has a final order of removal, signed by a judge, not an administrator

In fact, you need to just take a look at the back of an EAD card. It explicitly states it is not evidence of status.

This guy is a weird hill for you to die on. He overstayed TWENTY YEARS and immigration courts, which are known to be far more lenient, have denied his ridiculous arguments to stay.

[reverius42]

I'm not dying on any hill! Sorry, I just misunderstood your point the first time. Thank you for clarifying.