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Could Bar Rafaeli seek asylum for refusal to join the Israeli Defense Forces?

March 19, 2013

Yesterday, we had some fun noting that Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli had drawn the rhetorical fire of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) due to her failure to serve the two years of service in the...

Congress Reauthorizes VAWA But Falls Short On Immigration Provisions

March 6, 2013

After a long wait, Congress has reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), with several new protections that are of relevance to immigrant clients and practitioners. President Obama is expected to sign the bill this...

Meet a DREAMer- Roxana and Silvana Bedia

November 6, 2012

We are starting a new series here at Benach Collopy to introduce our readers to some of our clients who have sought and obtained Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) benefits. We profile these extraordinary...

Meet Jennifer Cook

October 26, 2012

Jennifer Cook is one of the founding partners of Benach Collopy. In fact, the firm was nearly Benach, Ragland & Cook, but we decided that law firms these days were going for shorter names,...

Meet Liana Montecinos

September 14, 2012

This is the second in our series where we introduce you to the human beings who staff our office and work on cases. Today, we profile paralegal Liana Montecinos. Liana Montecinos never stops. When she...

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...

Ending years of bureaucratic limbo

July 5, 2012

Last week Benach Collopy brought two long-term cases to happy conclusions. On Thursday, the Immigration Judge removed the conditional nature of our client's residence. Our client began the process of seeking the removal of conditions...

Her name is Mother of Exiles

May 14, 2012

"...Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand/A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame/Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name/Mother of Exiles." (from The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus) For Mother's Day this year,...