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Como Protegerse si ICE Llega a la Casa
Como Protegerse si ICE Llega a la Casa
Hay muchas noticias que ICE empezara unos en enero.  Todavia, el gobierno no ha anunciado eso, pero, en el espíritu de empoderamiento y lucha, queremos ofrecer algunos consejos sobre cómo responder sí ICE (la migra)...
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How to Protect Yourself in Case of an ICE Raid in Your Home
How to Protect Yourself in Case of an ICE Raid in Your Home
Este aviso tambien disponible en español. Happy New Year!  Have an ICE raid! By now, everyone has heard that the Obama administration plans to celebrate the new year by rounding up families and removing them...
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Muslim Immigrants to US Were Abused before Trump Started Name-Calling
Muslim Immigrants to US Were Abused before Trump Started Name-Calling
Let's start here: Donald Trump is an abomination.  From his slander of Mexicans as rapists to the violence he incites and tolerates at his rallies to his latest outrages of suggesting a database and a...
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On Being an Immigration Lawyer in Washington DC
On Being an Immigration Lawyer in Washington DC
We get a lot of questions about what it is like to be an immigration lawyer in Washington DC.  After all, immigration is a federal matter and Congress and the executive branch are just blocks...
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Client of the Month for September 2015- Aura Carrera
Client of the Month for September 2015- Aura Carrera
For September 2015, we are proud to present Aura Carrera of Heber City, Utah as our client of the month.  Her green card arrived last month and she is heading home to Guatemala for the...
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Under Pressure over Family Detention, the Administration Finally Agrees to Exercise a Little Humanity
Under Pressure over Family Detention, the Administration Finally Agrees to Exercise a Little Humanity
Since last summer, when the Obama Administration hastily resurrected the concept of family detention to jail refugee women and children seeking asylum, thousands of women and children have languished in inhumane conditions, have been refused...
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A Good Week at Benach Collopy
A Good Week at Benach Collopy
Last week was one of those weeks that makes us happy to be immigration lawyers.  It ended with several families relieved that their personal journeys to legal status in the U.S. are ended and their...
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Guest Blog: Catholic University Law Students Win Asylum for Dual-Faith Egyptian by Malissa Tucker and Alexandra Early
Guest Blog: Catholic University Law Students Win Asylum for Dual-Faith Egyptian by Malissa Tucker and Alexandra Early
Benach Collopy often turns this space over to law students and other friends to discuss their cases.  Malissa Tucker and Alexandra Early are law students at the Catholic University Law School, where they are part...
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Supreme Court Socks it to the Board of Immigration Appeals in Mellouli
Supreme Court Socks it to the Board of Immigration Appeals in Mellouli
Yesterday, in a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an immigrant who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor paraphernalia charge for concealing pills in his sock cannot be deported for the offense. Simply stated,...
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House Democrats (and Dree!) Call on Obama to End Family Detention
House Democrats (and Dree!) Call on Obama to End Family Detention
Yesterday, several prominent House Democrats called on the administration to end family detention.  Organized by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California, the Democrats decried the Obama administration's detention of women and children fleeing violence in Central...
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BR Attorneys Lobby the Administration and Congress to End Family Detention
BR Attorneys Lobby the Administration and Congress to End Family Detention
Once a year immigration attorneys from all over the country march to Washington, D.C. to meet with their elected officials and to encourage them to take action toward fixing this country’s broken immigration system. The...
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Hopeful News from 5th Circuit in Deferred Action Challenge: Crane v. Johnson
Hopeful News from 5th Circuit in Deferred Action Challenge: Crane v. Johnson
[caption id="attachment_2294" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The head of the ICE Bureaucrats' Union, Chris Crane.[/caption] A victory for the Obama administration in a case related to DACA in the 5th Circuit should give hope to millions waiting...
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The Return (it never really left) of Enforcement on Steroids at ICE
The Return (it never really left) of Enforcement on Steroids at ICE
  [caption id="attachment_2282" align="aligncenter" width="528"] ICE Director Sarah Saldaña[/caption] In December, the U.S. Senate confirmed Sarah Saldaña to be the first Hispanic woman to lead Immigration & Customs Enforcement.   It was an exciting moment in...
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What is happening in Texas?  Will there be a stay of the stay?
What is happening in Texas? Will there be a stay of the stay?
While the junior senator from Texas dominates the news, we remain more concerned about what is happening in a court house in Texas and another in New Orleans-- the U.S. District Court in Harlingen where...
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What is going on with Executive Action?
What is going on with Executive Action?
It has been a whirlwind month for immigration as this country continues on its indecisive course on immigration law and policy.  We try to make sense of the goings-on: What is the status of Judge...
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