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Waiver Victory in Baltimore Immigration Court

May 22, 2012

Today, Immigration Judge Elizabeth Kessler granted our client Mr. LCM adjustment of status and a waiver of inadmissibility due to misrepresentations he made in the 1990s. After 26 years in the U.S., Mr. LCM was...

Benach Collopy and DreamActivist Take up the Child Status Protection Act

May 14, 2012

On Friday, May 11, 2012, Benach Collopy filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief on behalf of DreamActivist with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Cuellar de Osorio v....

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,...

Why I am supporting the President’s re-election

May 7, 2012

I do not intend to give a comprehensive discussion of the Presidency of Barack Obama. I am only writing on the one issue that I have true expertise on: immigration. From all of the articles...

Human Dignity

January 23, 2012

I’ve been thinking a lot about human dignity lately. I am increasingly struck by how many of this country’s so-called leaders treat immigrants – particularly the undocumented ones (a.k.a. “illegal aliens”) – and it occurs...

Why isn’t this big government?

January 20, 2012

Last night, the candidates for the Republican nomination for President all endorsed mandatory background checks and strong punitive measures for employers regarding their workforce. After listening to an hour of these men stating how federal...

Still a Beacon of Hope

January 15, 2012

Lest anyone get the impression that this blog is simply an opportunity for us to point out the inequities and harshness of U.S. immigration law and policy, we share with you the story of Warina...

Battle Lines are Drawn

January 11, 2012

Mitt Romney, almost certainly the Republican nominee, just announced that he received the endorsement of Kris Kobach, the architect of the vast majority of state immigration laws, such as Arizona's SB 1070, as well as...

There’s Something Happening Here

January 10, 2012

As Buffalo Springfield sang in the 60s, "there's something happening here." However, as murky as the 60s were, what is happening here is becoming increasingly clear- the administration is beginning to fight on immigration. As...

More ICE insubordination

January 8, 2012

The Times' Julia Preston has another update from the bureaucrats' revolt at Immigration & Customs Enforcement. ICE bureaucrats have been in open revolt against the Obama administration since the Obama team took office. Working in...

Finally some good news!

January 8, 2012

On Friday, January 6, 2012, the Citizenship & Immigration Service announced that it intended to make a minor procedural change to the way certain waivers of inadmissibility are decided. Although this change is best described...

Hello world!

January 6, 2012

Welcome to Lifted Lamp, a blog authored by Benach and Thomas Ragland, immigration partners at Duane Morris. The goal of this blog is to provide commentary, analysis and opinion regarding legal, political, economic and cultural issues...