de Osorio Archives - Benach Collopy

EXECUTIVE REFORMS TO IMMIGRATION: Top Six Changes

December 1, 2014

The President's executive reforms to the U.S. immigration system make a number of very positive changes that have the potential to help millions of people. Although we have written about various components of the reforms...

Lifted Lamp’s Top Ten Blog Posts for 2013 & Poll for Topics for 2014

December 27, 2013

Looking back on what turned out to be a disappointing 2013 for the lack of progress on meaningful immigration reform and on the continuing pace of removals, we have tried to figure out what articles...

Mayorkas v. Cuellar de Osorio: CSPA at the Supreme Court

December 9, 2013

Tomorrow, December 10, 2013, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Mayorkas v. Cuellar de Osorio, reviewing the 9th circuit decision that reversed the Board of Immigration Appeals' decision in Matter of Wang that...

Prerna Lal on CSPA and de Osorio Update

June 5, 2013

Despite being on leave from Benach Collopy to study for the California bar, Prerna Lal continues to provide valuable insight on the status of the de Osorio case. De Osorio is the 9th Circuit case...

Opportunity Lost- Administration Seeks Supreme Court Review of De Osorio

January 26, 2013

On the same day that the immigration world was abuzz with news that the President would unveil his immigration reform plan next week, the administration filed a brief to preserve the unnecessary family separation caused...

Time to Decide in de Osorio

January 24, 2013

The Obama administration has until tomorrow January 25, 2013 to file a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court to seek review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th...

DACA, Provisional Waivers, and de Osorio?

January 4, 2013

The publication of the rule allowing for processing of provisional waivers for unlawful presence in the United States was another act of administrative rule-making that the President has undertaken to make the immigration laws more...

Mr. President, Let de Osorio Stand!

December 19, 2012

As ideas for immigration reform take shape, there is one thing that the administration could do without lifting a finger that would help thousands of immigrants. This benefit would actually require the government to refrain...