Immigration Court Archives - Page 3 of 6

On Being an Immigration Lawyer in Washington DC

November 29, 2015

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...

Bad Decision on Transgender Asylum Seeker Reversed by 9th Circuit

September 4, 2015

In Avendano-Hernandez v. Lynch, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled today that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) made an error of law in denying protection under the Convention Against Torture...

Client of the Month for September 2015- Aura Carrera

September 3, 2015

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...

A Good Week at Benach Collopy

July 13, 2015

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...

Guest Blog: Catholic University Law Students Win Asylum for Dual-Faith Egyptian by Malissa Tucker and Alexandra Early

June 5, 2015

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...

May 2015 Client of the Month- VM

May 28, 2015

VM is our Client of the Month for May 2015. VM became a client of Benach Collopy attorneys starting in 2008, when she was detained upon her arrival at the airport from Brazil. Today, after...

House Democrats (and Dree!) Call on Obama to End Family Detention

May 22, 2015

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...

Board of Immigration Appeals Expands 212(h) Waiver Eligibility

May 12, 2015

The Board of Immigration Appeals has finally given in to the overwhelming weight of the opinions of nine circuit courts of appeals (there are only 12 of them) and accepted the proposition that a permanent...

AG Holder Reverses Silva-Trevino

April 20, 2015

[caption id="attachment_2302" align="aligncenter" width="407"] Attorney General Eric Holder[/caption] Who says that the Department of Justice can not take a hint? Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder formally undid one of the worst legacies of the...

March 2015 Client of the Month- D-R-

March 16, 2015

Our March 2015 client of the month is no stranger to readers of BR's blog. The Immigration Judge's grant of D-R-'s residency in February 2015 ended a saga that began in 2009, when the U.S....

Injunction Against the Dysfunction of Family Detention

February 23, 2015

Artesia. Karnes. Dilley. Before the administration decided it would be a great idea to lock up Central American women and children fleeing from persecution, these towns were unknown. Artesia was the hometown of our government’s...

4th Circuit Restricts Deportability for VA Theft Statute in Omargharib

February 6, 2015

The decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Omargharib v. Holder cements the court's position as a leading venue for halting the removal machine perfected with such cynical efficiency by...

GUEST BLOG: GWU Law Clinic Victory in Domestic Violence Case! By Paulina Vera

November 10, 2014

This blog post was written by Paulina Vera, a student at George Washington University Law School, who is part of the Law School's outstanding immigration clinic. On October 10, 2014, my client, S-G-L-, was granted...

Court of Appeals Limits Mandatory Detention

October 9, 2014

On October 6, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision in Castañeda v. Souza that greatly limits the ability of Immigration & Customs Enforcement to subject individuals to mandatory...

ICE Called Him a Terrorist. We Said He’s Not. We Won.

September 9, 2014

Our Client of the Month for September 2014 is Abdul Hamid. On July 31, 2014, Mr. Hamid walked out of the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia and tasted freedom for the first time in...