Immigration Lawyer Kathleen Martinez on Green Cards, Deportation Myths & Fighting ICE in Pink
Barely Famous
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🗓️ 2 May 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful episode of Barely Famous, Kail sits down with viral immigration attorney and content creator Kathleen Martinez, known for her unapologetically pink brand and bold advocacy for immigrant rights. Together, they dive into the harsh realities and common myths surrounding the U.S. immigration system; from the true cost of green cards to the emotional and financial toll of mass deportation.
Kathleen opens up about her journey from being pushed out of a conservative law firm to founding a successful, women-led virtual immigration practice with over 45 employees. She shares eye-opening truths about why legal immigration isn’t as “simple” as people think, the dangers of misinformation, and how her viral content is changing minds; even among her most unexpected followers.
Whether you’re curious about how U.S. immigration law really works, want to better understand asylum cases, or simply love hearing stories of empowered women breaking barriers in male-dominated industries, this episode is packed with education, inspiration, and raw honesty.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the shit show. Things are going to get weird. It's your fave villain, |
| 0:05.6 | Kail Lowley. And you're listening to Barely Famous. |
| 0:08.3 | It's Friday. Welcome to another episode of Barely Famous Podcast. Today I have a guest you may |
| 0:25.1 | recognize from Instagram, TikTok, and all of the work in the immigration community. I have |
| 0:31.1 | Kathleen Martinez sitting with me and welcome to Barely Famous Podcast. Thank you so much for having me. |
| 0:36.1 | Yeah. No, I followed you a long time ago, |
| 0:39.5 | but with all of the immigration things that are happening, I got on TikTok and I was saying how |
| 0:49.7 | I felt about what's going on. And people really felt like I was speaking out of turn. And I don't think |
| 0:55.4 | that they recognize how much immigration impacts people who are not immigrants. But I would just |
| 1:03.1 | love to go from start to finish with you about how you started and where you are now. |
| 1:09.7 | Sure. Yeah. |
| 1:11.6 | So I mean, when I was in law school, or when I was in college, actually, I went to school |
| 1:16.1 | with a lot of undocumented immigrants in LA. |
| 1:19.2 | And I really got to know them. |
| 1:20.7 | I didn't really know anything about immigration until I met someone that I was involved |
| 1:25.0 | with, you know, like whether it was my friends or my classmates |
| 1:28.3 | or my coworkers, I really learned about their stories. |
| 1:31.3 | And I kind of became more empathetic and understanding to how they got here and why they were undocumented. |
| 1:36.3 | So I was definitely interested. |
| 1:38.3 | And then I worked randomly at a family law firm and a lot of my clients, I did a lot of CPS cases, |
| 1:43.3 | because it was just a job |
| 1:44.9 | that I got, right? And then they would ask me like, hey, can you help me out on my green card |
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