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Why didn’t he just become a citizen? An immigration lawyer deconstructs a recent deportation

January 18, 2018

This week, the internet was riveted by the story of the deportation of Jorge Garcia of Detroit, Michigan to Mexico. Garcia had entered the U.S. illegally as a child, lived in the U.S. for thirty...

Argument Recap from the Supreme Court- Jennings v. Rodriguez: The Mandatory Detention Case

October 13, 2017

This article originally appeared on Law360: https://www.law360.com/immigration/articles/972810/assessing-constitutional-constraints-on-immigrant-detention Starting in July 1999, Hoang Minh Ly, a refugee and permanent resident of the United States, spent 564 days in detention by U.S. immigration authorities who sought his...

DACA: Some Venting and Some Solutions

September 11, 2017

Of all the stupid, dirty, slimy, no-good, treasonous, villainous, putrid, double-crossing treachery, low life, vengeful, mean-spirited, spiteful, nasty, pin-headed, pathetic, weak, ugly, traitorous, short-sighted, weak-kneed, unbecoming, dumb, awful, smelly, vile, cruel, vicious, unjustifiable, illogical, unfriendly,...

End of DACA- What are the new rules?

September 7, 2017

This is the first of several articles detailing the changes to the DACA program announced on Tuesday September 5, 2017. This is meant to give quick and dirty information, whereas the next one we...

August 2017 Client of the Month- Milan Stankovic

September 1, 2017

This month we are thrilled to recognize Milan Stankovic as our client of the month. After filing his I-589 asylum application and three evidentiary filings, several hours of grueling interviews, numerous status inquiries, and six...

We’re Moving! But we are Making Two Stops!

August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2995" align="aligncenter" width="463"] Our new home at 4530 Wisconsin Avenue, NW.[/caption] Boxes are full and stacked. Art is off the walls. Copies of the Immigration & Nationality Act from 2012 have been donated (although...

Intern Week! Christine Rains: How Christine Got Her Agency Back

July 20, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2940" align="alignleft" width="419"] Christine Rains[/caption] Just a few short months ago I was studying abroad and living in Madrid, having never lived in the United States under the new Trump administration. Every night I...

Benach Collopy Intern Week!

July 18, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2929" align="alignleft" width="332"] Lily Hamilton, Sophie Macklem-Johnson and Christine Rains outside the York County Jail in York, PA.[/caption] It's intern week at Benach Collopy! During this week, we spotlight the work that our interns...

Benach Collopy Attorneys at AILA Annual Conference: Beignets, awards, asylum and humidity

July 3, 2017

Last week, Benach Collopy attorneys Ava Benach, Dree Collopy and Adi Nuñez traveled to New Orleans to attend the 2017 Annual Conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). As we approached New Orleans, we...

Remembering Elias Eljuri: A Client and a Friend

May 31, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2910" align="alignleft" width="258"] Elias E. Eljuri[/caption] There are moments in life when the true nature of something is revealed in the fog. Sometimes, an object will only reveal itself slowly as the fog lifts. ...

Client of the Month March 2017: Torng Eang

March 13, 2017

Our Client of the Month for March 2017 is Torng Eang, a 17-year-old boy from Cambodia who has been separated from his mother for almost his entire life. When Torng was two years old, his...

Client of the Month: January 2017 Danieca Bugarin

January 4, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2843" align="aligncenter" width="444"] Danieca Bugarin[/caption] Our January 2017 Client of the Month is part of our ongoing series of: "Dreamers that Trump can't touch!" Danieca Bugarin landed in San Francisco, CA on December 30, 2016,...

How Immigrants Can Prepare for the Trump Administration

November 15, 2016

Last week, we discussed what might happen early on in a Trump presidency. It was not our goal to sound alarmist, but early indications are that Trump is not backing down on his awful immigration...

Client of the Month- September 2016 Flor Estrada

October 18, 2016

Our client of the month for September 2016 is Flora Estrada Amador, a hard-working, kind-hearted woman from Honduras who waited over 20 years to become a permanent resident ("green card" holder) of the United States. Flora first came to...

I-601A Provisional Waiver Expansion Announced

August 9, 2016

The proposed expansion of the I-601A provisional waiver of inadmissibility due to unlawful presence has finally become a reality. The President announced the expansion of the waiver as part of his November 2014 suite of...