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Bad Decision on Transgender Asylum Seeker Reversed by 9th Circuit

September 4, 2015

In Avendano-Hernandez v. Lynch, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled today that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) made an error of law in denying protection under the Convention Against Torture...

Guest Blog: Catholic University Law Students Win Asylum for Dual-Faith Egyptian by Malissa Tucker and Alexandra Early

June 5, 2015

Benach Collopy often turns this space over to law students and other friends to discuss their cases. Malissa Tucker and Alexandra Early are law students at the Catholic University Law School, where they are part...

May 2015 Client of the Month- VM

May 28, 2015

VM is our Client of the Month for May 2015. VM became a client of Benach Collopy attorneys starting in 2008, when she was detained upon her arrival at the airport from Brazil. Today, after...

BR Has Another New Lawyer!

February 9, 2015

We are thrilled to welcome and announce the newest addition to our BR family, Elanie Cintron. Elanie has joined us in DC as an associate attorney from North Carolina by way of Brooklyn, New York...

GUEST BLOG: GWU Law Clinic Victory in Domestic Violence Case! By Paulina Vera

November 10, 2014

This blog post was written by Paulina Vera, a student at George Washington University Law School, who is part of the Law School's outstanding immigration clinic. On October 10, 2014, my client, S-G-L-, was granted...

Confidentiality of Asylum Applications at Risk

May 21, 2014

If the internet is good for anything, it is exposing a person to articles and information one ordinarily would not encounter. So it was when I stumbled across this article on Fox News Latino. The...

Another 4th Circuit Social Group Victory! When is mental illness not like hating broccoli?

February 2, 2014

Last week, we wrote about the Fourth Circuit's decision in Martinez v. Holder, in which the 4th Circuit held that "former gang members" can qualify as a particular social group for the purpose of establishing...

GUEST BLOG: Asylum Victory by GW Law Student in Immigration Court

January 2, 2014

By: Jessica Leal, Student Attorney in the George Washington Law School Immigration Clinic and 3L at GW Law On November 26, 2013, my client, M-L-R-, won the opportunity to sleep at night. M-L-R- was granted...

Guest Blog: NOTHING IS PERFECT: TWO CLIENTS, TWO STUDENT ATTORNEYS AND THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT BINDS THEM

December 9, 2013

This article was prepared by the George Washington Law School Immigration Clinic and was written by GW Law Professor Alberto Benitez (second from left) and Immigration Clinic Alumni Cleveland Fairchild (fifth from left), Binta Mamadou...

Witnessing Justice: Transgender Woman Granted Asylum in Baltimore by FOBR Liz Keyes

November 22, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p500h-1ihCc This is a guest post by FOBR Liz Keyes, who direct the Immigrant Rights Clinic at the University of Baltimore. Today was a beautiful day in Baltimore immigration court. A young woman from Honduras,...

More on Asylum Litigation and the Meaning of Particular Social Group

November 7, 2013

Last week, we told you about two cases that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard oral arguments on. As we discussed, these cases will go a long way towards setting the...

Does President Obama want to drop the one year asylum rule?

February 1, 2013

There is a single line in the President's immigration proposal that has escaped a lot of attention. As the idiotic "back of the line" concept and the path to citizenship dominate the headlines, the...