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December 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3054" align="aligncenter" width="960"] TPS for Honduras is extended for six months.[/caption] The Department of Homeland Security announced today that it has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for citizens of Honduras for a period...

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...

Legal Assistant Position Available

December 11, 2017

Benach Collopy LLP is a nationally renowned, full-service immigration and nationality law firm in Washington, DC. The firm is one of the nation’s leading voices for immigrants’ rights and its attorneys are among the most...

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! ...

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...

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...

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: 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...

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...

Intern Week! Lily Talks Iowa Politics

July 18, 2017

Immigration in Iowa: Countering Dominant Narratives by Lily Hamilton* *Lily Hamilton is an intern at Benach Collopy where she works on asylum issues, LGBT immigration issues, and the fine art of satisfying the Immigration Court...

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...