[josephcsible]

> on paper, the moment you were terminated you lost your legal status

That's not true. There's a 60 day grace period after your employment ends during which you still have your legal status: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-8/chapter-I/subchapter-B/...

[sgentle]

My bad. Looks like that changed in 2017 and I had out of date information. I will say that "may eliminate or shorten this 60-day period as a matter of discretion" means the scenario is still just as plausible:

https://natlawreview.com/article/notices-appear-ntas-being-i...