𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎: “𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒? 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐗𝐄𝐒? 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐀 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐀 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘?”

To most Americans, that list reads as the bare minimum we should have been enforcing for half a century. - M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman
She listed those criteria as a warning. 

• The new USCIS policy memo (𝐏𝐌-𝟔𝟎𝟐-𝟎𝟏𝟗𝟗, issued May 21) reframes the entire green card pipeline. 
• Adjustment of status — the in-country shortcut where someone arrives on a student or tourist visa and then files for permanent residency without ever leaving — is now classified as “𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧”, granted only in unusual circumstances.