Your immigration attorney will advise that you overstay. If you do not, your application will be abandoned.

The "overstay" was scare quotes – you're allowed to stay.

But TFA says that it was people exactly in this situation who were apprehended by ICE and then set for deportation proceedings. According to the current administration you are NOT allowed to stay, and that's where the Catch-22 is.

The whole thing just further exemplifies the "cruelty is the point" ideal.

Do you know what the “overstay” status is called ?