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Mass Deportation Under Trump: How to Prepare for the Coming Storm

November 25, 2024

by Ava Benach Understanding Trump's Mass Deportation Plan One of Trump’s signature immigration policy ideas is “mass deportation”. The term “mass deportation” has been used a lot but there is little consensus about what it...

A Cup of Coffee at Benach Collopy

January 17, 2024

We thought we were just being polite. Turns out, we were on to something. We offer all visitors to the office a drink when they arrive. In the hot, humid DC summer, a tall glass...

Welcome to the New Benach Collopy Website

January 16, 2024

Welcome to the new Benach Collopy website. We have redesigned and updated our website to give viewers the most accurate picture of who we are as an immigration law firm and as individuals. We hope...

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- 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...

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...

Job Opening- Associate Attorney!

January 21, 2021

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...

Una carta abierta a mi comunidad Latinx. De Diana Mateo

June 5, 2020

¡Hola, amigos! Soy una de las paralegales de BC, Diana. Como una Latina profesional de inmigración, quería compartir algunas ideas con nuestros amigos y clientes de BC sobre algunos problemas preocupantes que he visto en...

An Open Letter to my Non-Black Latinx Community

June 5, 2020

This is a special blog post by our Paralegal Diana Mateo, who has been inspired to write by the Black Lives Matter movement to speak out about anti-blackness in the Latino community. A version in...

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...

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,...

Client of the Month- March 2018- Yovanny Soto

March 2, 2018

For March 2018, we want to highlight our clients, Yovanny Soto and Heidi Andrade, and their really cute kids. On February 7, 2018, Yovanny was admitted to the U.S. as a permanent resident after...