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September 4, 2012

Lost in the DACA week busy-ness and euphoria was the depressing news that the supply of U visas was dwarfed by the demand for this essential visa. For third straight year, US Citizenship & Immigration...

10 Things We Know From the New Guidance Released By DHS on Deferred Action Today

August 3, 2012

The long-awaited conference call and release of materials regarding DREAM Act deferred action finally occurred today. While there are many questions left about the process of deferred action for certain undocumented youth, we learned a...

Deferred action silence on August 1

August 2, 2012

Despite lot of buzz that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would provide new information today regarding deferred action for certain undocumented youth ("Dream Act deferred action"), August 1 came and went with no new...

Ending years of bureaucratic limbo

July 5, 2012

Last week Benach Collopy brought two long-term cases to happy conclusions. On Thursday, the Immigration Judge removed the conditional nature of our client's residence. Our client began the process of seeking the removal of conditions...

Frequently Asked Questions about DREAM Act Deferred Action

July 3, 2012

Why do you call it “DREAM Act Deferred Action?” It is true that the new program is not the DREAM Act. However, it does have its origin in the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is...

Dream Act Deferred Action Chart

June 20, 2012

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Relief for DREAMers

June 15, 2012

The adminisitration electrified the immigration world today by announcing a new policy offering discretionary relief to young undocumented immigrants as a group. This announcement changes administration policy by moving from a de facto cases by...

High Stakes for Seasonal Stablehands

June 9, 2012

Horse racing fans held their breath this week over potential triumph and disaster – I’ll Have Another was poised to take the Belmont Stakes on Saturday to become the first Triple Crown champion since 1978,...

Benach Collopy and DreamActivist Take up the Child Status Protection Act

May 14, 2012

On Friday, May 11, 2012, Benach Collopy filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief on behalf of DreamActivist with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Cuellar de Osorio v....

Finally some good news!

January 8, 2012

On Friday, January 6, 2012, the Citizenship & Immigration Service announced that it intended to make a minor procedural change to the way certain waivers of inadmissibility are decided. Although this change is best described...