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Oh No, he didn’t! Romney endorses anti-immigrant wingnut Steve King.

September 10, 2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of67SW_r2VU] On Friday, Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney endorsed Steve King (R-IA) for another term in Congress. King, who once compared selecting immigrants to dog breeding, represents the worst of nativist sentiment and ...

Citizenship

September 7, 2012

Last night, the President spoke to the Democratic National Convention about those characteristics that define what it means to be a citizen. It is a word that gets used quite a bit. But, like freedom,...

State by State: Driver’s Licenses for DACA Applicants

September 6, 2012

The following chart, released by the American Immigration Lawyers' Association (AILA), looks at whether each state’s document requirements for a driver’s license can be satisfied with a grant of deferred action under the DACA program....

Video: Benach Collopy Hosts Live Chat for DACA

September 6, 2012

Mr. Benach answered several questions from Dreamers today on the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program, including questions regarding the use of fake social security numbers, continuous presence, criminal convictions and so on. You...

A Month without U Visas

September 4, 2012

Lost in the DACA week busy-ness and euphoria was the depressing news that the supply of U visas was dwarfed by the demand for this essential visa. For third straight year, US Citizenship & Immigration...

Meet Sandra Arboleda

September 4, 2012

Benach Collopy is starting a new series to introduce our friends to our staff. While lawyers claim all the glory and publicity, the reality is everything attorneys do is made possible by an amazing staff...

Oh Greta!

August 28, 2012

Today, FOBR (Friend of Benach Collopy) Erich Straub wrote a strong response to the nonsense spouted by Fox News talking head Greta Van Susteren, who waded into water over her head when she penned an...

The Problem with Non-citizen Voting

August 27, 2012

There is a lot in the news about unlawful voting these days. Many states have enacted laws that require specific forms of voter identification before one can step into a voting booth. Voting experts state...

The Bureaucrats’ Revolt, Part III

August 24, 2012

We have paid a lot of attention to the complaint of some of the bureaucrats within ICE against their political leadership. We have reported on the ICE Agents Union's vote of "no confidence" in Director...

Does Melky Cabrera have an immigration problem?

August 23, 2012

Last week, Major League Baseball suspended San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera for fifty games after he tested positive for having elevated levels of testosterone in his blood. Such abnormal levels are strong indicators of...

Judge Grants Bond for Mandatorily Detained Client Under 236(c) – A Sweet Victory for Benach Collopy!

August 21, 2012

This morning, we won bond for our client, who is mandatorily detained under 236(c) and hence, subject to mandatory detention. The Government lawyer, flanked by his supervisor, strenuously contended that mandatory is mandatory, but the Immigration Judge ("IJ") found...

Dree Collopy Leads Immigration Training at ABA Annual Meeting

August 21, 2012

As Co-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Litigation’s Immigration Litigation Committee, Dree Collopy recently collaborated with immigration attorneys from across the country to develop and conduct an immigration training at the ABA...

Day of Dreams

August 15, 2012

For many, it was a day that they thought would never come. Immigrant communities, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were all aflame today, August 15, 2012, as foreign-born young people celebrated the opening of the "Deferred...

DACA Website by Benach Collopy

August 15, 2012

Benach Collopy has created a website to provide detailed information about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ('DACA") program opening today with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (CIS). The website, www.dreamactdeferredaction.com, was created to...

USCIS Issues New Guidance on DACA – Applications Open Tomorrow

August 14, 2012

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and other senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials held a stakeholder conference call on Tuesday, August 14 at 1:00 pm (Eastern) to discuss Secretary Janet...