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The Biden Keeping Families Together Parole in Place (PIP) Program

August 28, 2024

Background on the Keeping Families Together Parole in Place Program On August 19, 2024, the US Citizenship & Immigration Service launched the Keeping Families Together Parole in Place program. The purpose of this program was...

USCIS to Start Accepting PIP Applications August 19

July 17, 2024

On Wednesday, July 17, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would begin accepting applications for the new parole-in-place (PIP) for undocumented spouses program on August 19, 2024. As of today, there...

What is Parole-in-Place?

July 9, 2024

In our last two blog posts, we have focused heavily on the new Parole-in-Place (PIP) program announced by President Biden previous month. This program is an expansion of existing PIP regulations. In this blog post,...

Client of the Month- José GG

July 2, 2024

Our July 2024 Client of the Month is José GG. José is a minister and sought to get his residence through adjustment of status but due to multiple USCIS delays and errors was wrongly denied. ...

Conditions for Parole-in-Place Program

June 24, 2024

In our previous blog post, we communicated the news regarding President Biden’s announcement of a new Parole-in-Place program that would make it significantly easier for noncitizen spouses and children of American citizens who entered the...

The New Biden Plan “Keeping American Families Together” through Parole-in-Place for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

June 20, 2024

On June 18, 2024, President Biden announced the new “Parole-in-Place” (PIP) program aimed at protecting noncitizen spouses of American citizens and supporting American families. The immigration lawyers at Benach Collopy have been advocating for parole...

Introducing Anna! Our Summer Intern for 2024!

June 11, 2024

Hi! My name is Anna Arnsberger and I am interning at Benach Collopy for Summer 2024. I’m a rising senior at the College of William and Mary, but I grew up in the area and...

Client of the (Pride) Month- June 2024

June 6, 2024

This Pride Month, Benach Collopy is happy to celebrate Sandy, one of our latest clients to bring home a win. Sandy came to the US in 2015 to study for his masters, and when his...

Why do we include pronouns in our email signatures? By Alex Benach

June 4, 2024

When communicating with the Benach Collopy team, you may notice that we include our pronouns next to our names in any correspondence, e.g., Ava Benach (she/her). As a way of celebrating Pride this year, and...

Client of the Month- May 2022- Lady!

May 2, 2022

Lady and her two boys! For our client of the month for May we have a perfect Client for Mother's Day! Here we celebrate a woman who did what mothers do best- protect her children...

Client of the Month- April 2022- Edimilson!

April 1, 2022

This month, we are so pleased to celebrate our client Edimilson Mendes Ferreira, who just won his case to remain in the United States with his family after years of waiting in Immigration Court. Edimilson...

Exclusive: New training document for asylum screenings reflects tougher U.S. stance

May 4, 2019

Clients of the Month, May 2018: Marcelle de Lima and Luciano da Silva

May 3, 2018

[caption id="attachment_3148" align="aligncenter" width="495"] The de Lima/ da Silva family[/caption] Our May 2018 clients of the month are Marcelle de Lima and Luciano da Silva. Marcelle and Luciano are from Brazil and they came to...

April 2018 Clients of Month Aldemar Segundo and Susan Matos

April 2, 2018

We are thrilled with our April 2018 Clients of the Month, Aldemar Segundo and Susan Matos Segundo. Aldemar became a permanent resident in March 2018 and can live securely with his U.S. citizen wife, Susan,...

Celebrating asylum in a country where it’s hard to come by

March 12, 2018

[caption id="attachment_3105" align="alignright" width="200"] Attorney Sarah Pitney[/caption] It can be so hard to stay positive as an immigration attorney in times like these. Every day, we face new assaults from the president, the attorney general,...