As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we at Benach Collopy want to extend special thanks to the many people that have supported us this year as we got our law firm up
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
We have heard lots of talk about the need for bipartisan immigration reform in the new Congress. We have heard that Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will work with Senator Charles
Before the tectonic plates shifted last week, there was a recent time that the Republican Party stood a chance to exploit the serious disaffection of the Latino and immigrant
At his first press conference since the election, the President called on a Telemundo reporter to ask the third question in the press conference. The President must have known that
The Republican stampede to support of common sense immigration reform has been head spinning. As one tries to absorb the bombshell of one Republican leader supporting immigration reform, another one
After years of statelessness, asylee and friend of Benach Collopy LLP, Sonya Kay (alias), kindly shares her thoughts and memories from her first time voting as a United States citizen:
As the prospects of serious immigration reform have exploded over the past week, we propose a change to how advocates of immigration reform call it. For years, we have called
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaXDrTGmCgU&w=560&h=315] One of the most pivotal moments in the 2012 campaign was when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney attacked Texas governor Rick Perry for being soft on immigration. More
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)
So I went up to the Supreme Court yesterday to hear argument in Chaidez v. United States, No. 11-820. Chaidez concerns the straightforward question whether the Court’s decision in Padilla
As Hurricane Sandy crawls through the Washington, DC area, and the kids clamor for yet another game of Who Shook Hook?, now seems as good a time as any to
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
We prevailed in a long-fought case this week in the Arlington Immigration Court. The Immigration Judge granted our motion to terminate proceedings, agreeing that our client’s conviction in Virginia for
The CIS has announced that a major change to the way that it processes waivers for unlawful presence will be finalized by the end of the year. This change has