by Kate Ryan, WTOP News
Jan. 15, 2026 – In an interview with WTOP News, Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach advises anyone stopped by ICE to “be respectful, be polite,” while clarifying that “a U.S. citizen has no obligation to produce evidence of his or her citizenship if requested on the street.”
Benach also explained that, for those that have them, the best form of I.D. to prove citizenship is a U.S. passport.
by Ximena Bustillo and Steve Inskeep, Morning Edition, National Public Radio
Dec. 4, 2025 – Emmett Soper talked to NPR’s Morning Edition about the damaging impact of the Trump Administration’s firing of experienced immigration judges.
by Geoff Bennett and Ali Schmitz, PBS News Hour
Nov. 12, 2025 – BPR attorney and former immigration judge Emmett Soper talked to the PBS New Hour about how the Trump Administration’s mass firings of immigration judges is exacerbating the backlog at immigration courts.
by Ximena Bustillo and Anusha Mathur, National Public Radio
Nov. 6, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorney and former immigration judge Emmett Soper spoke to NPR about the real-life consequences of the Trump Administration’s firing of 70 immigration judges, including him. Soper had served at the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review in various capacities since graduating from law school two decades ago.
by Marco Poggio, Law360 Pulse
Oct. 31, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorney and former immigration judge Emmett Soper speaks to Law360 Pulse about the care required in adjudicating complex asylum cases, which the Trump Administration is undermining by pressuring judges to deny immigration claims and facilitate mass deportation.
by Ted Oberg, News4 Investigative Reporter, Rick Yarborough, News4 I-Team producer and Jeff Piper, NBC4 Washington
Oct. 29, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly partner Sarah Pitney talks with NBC4 about the devastating real-world impact that government delays can have on immigration claims.