The following chart, released by the American Immigration Lawyers’ Association (AILA), looks at whether each state’s document requirements for a driver’s license can be satisfied with a grant of deferred
Mr. Benach answered several questions from Dreamers today on the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program, including questions regarding the use of fake social security numbers, continuous presence, criminal
Lost in the DACA week busy-ness and euphoria was the depressing news that the supply of U visas was dwarfed by the demand for this essential visa. For third straight
Benach Collopy is starting a new series to introduce our friends to our staff. While lawyers claim all the glory and publicity, the reality is everything attorneys do is made
There is a lot in the news about unlawful voting these days. Many states have enacted laws that require specific forms of voter identification before one can step into a
We have paid a lot of attention to the complaint of some of the bureaucrats within ICE against their political leadership. We have reported on the ICE Agents Union’s vote
Last week, Major League Baseball suspended San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera for fifty games after he tested positive for having elevated levels of testosterone in his blood. Such abnormal
As Co-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Litigation’s Immigration Litigation Committee, Dree Collopy recently collaborated with immigration attorneys from across the country to develop and conduct an
For many, it was a day that they thought would never come. Immigrant communities, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were all aflame today, August 15, 2012, as foreign-born young people celebrated
Benach Collopy has created a website to provide detailed information about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (‘DACA”) program opening today with the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (CIS). The
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and other senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials held a stakeholder conference call on Tuesday, August 14 at 1:00 pm
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/43903604 w=500&h=281] SHENANDOAH- TRAILER- A FILM BY DAVID TURNLEY from David Turnley on Vimeo. This fall, filmmaker David Turnley will release the film Shenandoah about the murder of undocumented
The Special Agent in Charge of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Mr. James T. Hayes, Jr. has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet
In the early 20th century, the assembly line became a widely used manufacturing process, renowned for reducing costs and creating greater affordability of products through mass production. The production