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Client of the Month- José GG
Client of the Month- José GG
Our July 2024 Client of the Month is José GG.  José is a minister and sought to get his residence through adjustment of status but due to multiple USCIS delays and errors was wrongly denied. ...
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The New Biden Plan “Keeping American Families Together” through Parole-in-Place for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
The New Biden Plan “Keeping American Families Together” through Parole-in-Place for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
On June 18, 2024, President Biden announced the new “Parole-in-Place” (PIP) program aimed at protecting noncitizen spouses of American citizens and supporting American families. The immigration lawyers at Benach Collopy have been advocating for parole...
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Introducing Anna! Our Summer Intern for 2024!
Introducing Anna! Our Summer Intern for 2024!
Hi! My name is Anna Arnsberger and I am interning at Benach Collopy for Summer 2024. I’m a rising senior at the College of William and Mary, but I grew up in the area and...
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Client of the (Pride) Month- June 2024
Client of the (Pride) Month- June 2024
This Pride Month, Benach Collopy is happy to celebrate Sandy, one of our latest clients to bring home a win. Sandy came to the US in 2015 to study for his masters, and when his...
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Why do we include pronouns in our email signatures? By Alex Benach
Why do we include pronouns in our email signatures? By Alex Benach
When communicating with the Benach Collopy team, you may notice that we include our pronouns next to our names in any correspondence, e.g., Ava Benach (she/her). As a way of celebrating Pride this year, and...
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Client of the Month- May 2022- Lady!
Client of the Month- May 2022- Lady!
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...
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Client of the Month- April 2022- Edimilson!
Client of the Month- April 2022- Edimilson!
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...
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Clients of the Month, May 2018: Marcelle de Lima and Luciano da Silva
Clients of the Month, May 2018: Marcelle de Lima and Luciano da Silva
[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...
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Aldemar
April 2018 Clients of Month Aldemar Segundo and Susan Matos
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,...
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Celebrating asylum in a country where it’s hard to come by
Celebrating asylum in a country where it’s hard to come by
[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,...
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Why didn’t he just become a citizen?  An immigration lawyer deconstructs a recent deportation
Why didn’t he just become a citizen? An immigration lawyer deconstructs a recent deportation
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...
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Argument Recap from the Supreme Court- Jennings v. Rodriguez: The Mandatory Detention Case
Argument Recap from the Supreme Court- Jennings v. Rodriguez: The Mandatory Detention Case
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...
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DACA: Some Venting and Some Solutions
DACA: Some Venting and Some Solutions
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,...
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End of DACA- What are the new rules?
End of DACA- What are the new rules?
  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...
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