Women Archives - Benach Collopy

June 2022 Client of the Month- YMM

June 1, 2022

Our client of the month for June 2022 is YMM, who has been a client of Benach Collopy since 2013 and sought and was granted citizenship this winter. In addition to being one of the...

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- March 2022- Azeb!

March 1, 2022

Azeb and Dree Collopy We are happy to once again begin our client of the month series with a Dree Collopy victory! This month, we celebrate our client Azeb, who was granted asylum from Ethiopia...

December 2018 Client of the Month- Selamawit Chale

December 7, 2018

One morning in April of 2015, we had the honor of meeting Selamawit Chale for the first time. She came to our office, broken, hurting, and terrified, but at the same time, her inner...

Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez and Roxsana Hernandez were killed by U.S. immigration authorities last month

June 6, 2018

On May 4, 1970, U.S. National Guardsmen shot and killed four people protesting the Vietnam War. The massacre, known as the Kent State shootings, topped a tumultuous decade that spurred a lot of violence against...

What is the Caravan and what should U.S. immigration authorities do with it?

April 30, 2018

We have heard a lot about the "Caravan" of immigrants making its way north through Mexico from the Northern Triangle- El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala- of Central America. Once numbering over 1200 people, the remaining...

Moving Uptown

December 20, 2017

What a year! 2017 will go down as one of the weirdest years we can remember. And for all the terrible news, we will remember this year as one of tremendous change and growth. On...

Client of the Month December 2017- Angie Salguero

December 15, 2017

This month, we are pleased to honor Angie Salguero as our Client of the Month. Angie, a transgender woman from El Salvador, won her case for asylum last month in front of the immigration judge...

Same trusted immigration law firm. New look that’s more us.

November 30, 2017

Our website looks subtly different. When you visit our new offices (soon!) or open our emails, you’re greeted with a fresh, clean vibe. Today, we’re excited to unveil the new look of Benach Collopy! ...

Client of the Month October 2017- Reina Mercado

October 10, 2017

This one makes us so happy. Reina Mercado is a catracha (native of Honduras) who arrived to the U.S. undocumented in the early 90s. Following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Mitch in October 1998, the...

Intern Week: Sophie Macklem-Johnson “From Minnesota to Argentina.”

July 24, 2017

I'm Sophie Macklem-Johnson, and I am about to be a senior at Grinnell College (Dree's alma mater). I am majoring in History and Spanish, and have a concentration in Latin American Studies. I have been...

Intern Week! Jane Vukmer and Seventeen Trans Asylum Cases!

July 20, 2017

My name is Jane Vukmer, and I am a third-year student at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. This summer, I worked as the Trans Asylum Fellow for Benach Collopy and Whitman-Walker. The...

Whitman Walker Health Presents Ava Benach with Fenner Award for Public Service

May 24, 2017

Earlier this month, Ava Benach received the Fenner Award for Public Service from Whitman Walker Health Legal Services. She got it for doing what she does best-- winning cases! The award recognizes the unique relationship...

Client of the Month May 2017- Meher D’Mello

May 18, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2893" align="aligncenter" width="589"] Ava & Meher, NYC 4/13/17[/caption] I have been waiting to write this one for decades. Meher is one of my favorite people and on May 18, 2017, she will take the...

Benach Collopy Asylum Summer Fellowship 2017

March 27, 2017

The Benach Collopy Asylum Summer Fellowship 2017 I have been so lucky to get to know so many brave, hard-working, family-oriented, and generous people from all over the globe. They all shared one thing in...