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.
by Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press
Oct. 29, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach explains how, after spending 43 years in prison, her client Subramanyam Vedam has finally been cleared of a 1980 murder only to face deportation, despite having lived in the United States since infancy.
by E. Tammy Kim,The New Yorker
Oct. 23, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorney and former immigration judge Emmett Soper is quoted in this piece, helping to paint the picture of how the Trump Administration is seeking to turn the immigration courts into a tool of enforcement rather than a place where immigrants receive due process and have their cases fairly considered.