Kathleen Martinez on Immigration Law & Deportation Realities

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Today, V and Tik Tok's favorite immigration lawyer, Kathleen Martinez, discuss the current climate of immigration law and the realities deportation. Kathleen shares her journey to becoming an immigration lawyer, the importance of understanding rights, and the implications of recent legislation like the Laken Reily Act. Plus, she explains why she thinks building a wall is 'so dumb.' The discussion rounds outs with an emphasis on the need for awareness and advocacy, while addressing the value of US citizenship and the hope that remains within the immigration system. https://www.martinezimmigration.net https://www.nilc.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	Rise and shine, my friends. I'm B. Spear, and this is American Fever Dream, presented by Betches News.
0:40.6	Today, we are joined by Friend of the Pod, Attorney Martinez.
0:44.2	You may know her from her TikToks or from her iconically blonde, legally blonde, looking lawyer self that we love to watch on YouTube.
0:52.1	She has been an immigration lawyer for a number of years right now,
0:55.1	and she is helping us sort fact from fiction,
0:57.6	the bullshit from the actual stuff we need to be concerned about
1:00.6	as it relates to Trump's chaos and immigration concepts of a plan, I guess I would call it.
1:07.0	Really glad that she's here today to help us out.
1:08.9	Welcome to the show, Attorney Martinez.
1:11.1	How are you doing, girl? What's happening? Busy. Yeah. It's been a month or two months, but it feels
1:17.3	like January lasted maybe a decade. Forever and ever. Yeah, I mean, just so busy,
1:23.0	mainly because people are scared, right? Immigrants are scared. They want their applications
1:27.2	to be filed now and process quicker.
1:30.2	They want to be protected.
1:31.3	They want to know their rights.
1:32.5	It's just been a...
1:33.6	I think it's busy and crazy for every immigration lawyer, probably.
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