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Welcome to Benach Collopy as Thomas Ragland Moves on

January 26, 2016

We are extremely excited to announce that Benach Ragland LLP is now Benach Collopy LLP as Thomas Ragland departs the firm at the end of January 2016. Partners Ava Benach, Dree Collopy and Jennifer Cook...

A Cup of Coffee at Benach Collopy

March 3, 2015

We thought we were just being polite. Turns out, we were on to something. We offer all visitors to the office a drink when they arrive. In the hot, humid DC summer, a tall glass...

BR “Stars” at American Immigration Lawyers Association Conference

June 26, 2014

The Benach Collopy crew just returned from the annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Boston, Massachusetts. The annual meeting is the largest gathering of immigration lawyers and provides an opportunity for lawyers...

Cancellation Victory (well, sort of)

April 23, 2014

A couple of months ago, I got to enjoy my fifteen minutes of fame when my client became the poster child for problems caused for immigrants in immigration court by the government shutdown. I wrote...

Welcome Rachael Petterson

September 16, 2013

Benach Collopy is very pleased to announce that Rachael Petterson has joined the firm as an associate attorney. We are very excited that Rachael has chosen to join our team and look forward to her...

Thomas Ragland to be Honored at National Immigration Lawyers Conference

June 25, 2013

On Thursday, June 27, 2013, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) will bestow its highest annual honor, the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in advancing the practice of immigration law, to our very own...

The Provisional Waiver and Removal Proceedings

January 18, 2013

Over the last few weeks we have answered dozens of questions about the provisional waiver. One group of questions keeps appearing- questions about how people in removal proceedings or with a removal order can...

The Immigration Industrial Complex

January 9, 2013

The Migration Policy Institute recently released a study documenting that the U.S. government spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement, dwarfing the $14 million spent on other federal law enforcement agencies. The FBI, the DEA and...

Indifference

December 13, 2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_ENZLbXtQ&w=420&h=315] It is very true that the immigration laws need a wholesale revision. Congress needs to make substantial changes, regulations need to be re-written, precedent decisions scrapped and new guidance forthcoming. But another...

My Trip to the White House to Discuss Immigration Reform

November 21, 2012

In Washington, we have very hot summers without a real beach to beat the heat. Our winters can be wet, sloppy messes or we can get pounded with multiple snow storms in a city completely...

Mitt Romney would honor DACA grants, not issue new ones

October 3, 2012

Thirty four days before the Presidential election, Republican nominee Mitt Romney has expressed a position on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has been in place since August 15. In an interview...

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