Press

 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.