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Clients of the Month February 2017- Karla and Anthony Duran

February 7, 2017

During these difficult times for our country, when the Trump Administration has suspended the refugee resettlement program and attempted to paint all refugees as terrorists and security threats, Benach Collopy has continued the fight for...

Client of the Month: January 2017 Danieca Bugarin

January 4, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2843" align="aligncenter" width="444"] Danieca Bugarin[/caption] Our January 2017 Client of the Month is part of our ongoing series of: "Dreamers that Trump can't touch!" Danieca Bugarin landed in San Francisco, CA on December 30, 2016,...

Client of the Month November 2016- Mariana Laredo

November 15, 2016

We are happy to announce Mariana Laredo as our Client of the Month for November 2016. In a week full of dread over the results of the Presidential election, Mariana provided a ray of sunshine. ...

BR’s Dree Collopy and Liana Montecinos Shine at AILA Conference

October 31, 2016

Throughout the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s two-day conference designed to help paralegals provide more effective assistance to their supervising attorneys, faculty reviewed and discussed the paralegal’s role with regard to key legal and factual issues,...

Clients of the Month- October 2016: 5 Child Refugees!

October 20, 2016

[caption id="attachment_1735" align="alignright" width="324"] Liana Montecinos[/caption] This post was written by Liana Montecinos. Thirsty, hungry, at the brink of exhaustion, and with fear of violent deaths looming large back home is how many Central American...

Client of the Month- September 2016 Flor Estrada

October 18, 2016

Our client of the month for September 2016 is Flora Estrada Amador, a hard-working, kind-hearted woman from Honduras who waited over 20 years to become a permanent resident ("green card" holder) of the United States. Flora first came to...

August 2016 Client of the Month- Maria Crespo

August 10, 2016

Maria Crespo is our Client of the Month for August 2016. Like many of the bright and talented young people who are contributing to our country, Maria, a citizen and national of Peru, was brought...

Becoming a U.S. Citizen

August 8, 2016

[caption id="attachment_2781" align="aligncenter" width="332"] Naya becoming a U.S. citizen[/caption] When can I apply? How much does it cost? Can I skip the test if …? Do I have to give up my birth country nationality?...

Guest Blog Post: CUA Law Students Win Asylum for a Salvadoran Mother Who Fell Victim to Gang Violence

August 1, 2016

This post is by Tagreed "Tina" Nafisi and Junou Odige, law students at Catholic University. In October, when we met Martha* we could not even begin to fathom the endless hurdles we might have to...

My Summer Working on Transgender Asylum Cases at Benach Collopy and Whitman Walker Health

July 25, 2016

[caption id="attachment_2697" align="aligncenter" width="458"] Benach Collopy and Whitman Walker partners.[/caption] This summer, I have had the great privilege of working for Benach Collopy on transgender asylum cases as the Fellow for Trans Asylum. Through a...

Client of the Month June 2016- Julia Marquez

June 7, 2016

Our client of the month for June 2016 is Julia Marquez. Ms. Marquez fled her native Venezuela with her son after suffering systematic and targeted attacks by the Venezuelan government and the government-backed paramilitary groups. ...

GUEST BLOG: “More Than a Grade: How our Salvadoran Asylum Client Taught us What it Takes to be an Attorney” by Abdulmajeed Alhogbani, with contributions by Barrett Bles, Recent Graduates of the CUA Columbus School of Law

June 6, 2016

"Ok, I'd be willing to stipulate to humanitarian asylum." We were approximately 30 minutes into the recess the Immigration Judge took, during which we were supposed to negotiate a favorable solution for our client, when...

ICE’s New Facility for Trans Detainees Promises More of the Same Abuse

May 31, 2016

Even as the Obama administration takes steps to protect transgender children in schools and provide access to health care for trans people, the President's illiberal approach to immigration continues to affect trans women in predictable...

Introducing our Fellow for Trans Asylum Issues and Celebrating Thirty Years of Whitman Walker Health Legal Services

May 22, 2016

[caption id="attachment_2697" align="aligncenter" width="458"] Naya, Celina, Liana, Ava and Cori and Amy from Whitman Walker[/caption] This is a big week at Benach Collopy as a number of important projects are coming together and we are...

Client of the Month April 2016- Dr. Aparna Pande

April 6, 2016

We are thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Aparna Pande, our April 2016 Client of the Month and a new permanent resident. Several months ago, we obtained an EB-1 approval for Dr. Pande as an...