They are not bad, added the woman, who said that she arrived from Korea on a student visa almost 30 years ago and that her green card application was pending while she worked at John Jay. I think they were just poorly trained.
So if I am not mistaken she was not authorized to work because her green card application was pending.
You can have work authorization while your greencard case is pending. It’s a speicific document with an expiration date.
“she arrived from Korea on a student visa almost 30 years ago “
I’d say she’s overstayed her visa;) IMO she should have gotten the whole citizenship thing wrapped up a long time ago!