by Lee Cowan, CBS News
May 14, 2023 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talked with CBS News about her client Henry Rivas Sibrian, who is seeking asylum in the United States because of the violence he faces in his native El Salvador due to his sexual orientation, and the unsettling feeling of not knowing when your life in U.S. might be ripped away. Sibrian’s asylum case has been pending since 2017.
by Stuart Anderson, Forbes
May 14, 2023 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy explains why the Biden administration’s immigration rule restricting how individuals can apply for asylum is likely to be struck down in court.
by Ted Hesson, Politico
Feb. 14, 2020 – BPR Partner Sarah Pitney talked with Politico about the uncertainty facing employers about whether their employees’ H-1B visas will be renewed, given the reduction in visa approvals since President Trump took office.
by Dree K. Collopy, The Hill
February 14, 2020 – In this opinion piece, Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy argues that U.S. immigration policies—including family separations, detainment, and adversarial immigration proceedings—violate the human rights of immigrant children.
Speaking of Justice podcast
October 18, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy talks about her book A Practical Guide to US Asylum Law and Procedure.
by Suzanne Moynak, Law 360
Sept. 12, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorneys speak to Law 360 about new training guidelines for asylum officers.
by Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke, Reuters
May 5, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy talks about the effect changing asylum rules has on those seeking protection.
by Nadine El-Bawab, CNBC
Feb. 25, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorney Sarah Pitney spoke to CNBC about fielding queries from student visa seekers wondering if they would be better off applying to study in Canada.
by Elliot Spagat, Associated Press
Jan. 29, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy talked with the AP about the unsafe conditions in which the Trump Administration is keeping Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States.
by Stuart Anderson, Forbes
Jan. 23, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy spoke about the effect the proposed End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act would have on children applying for asylum in the United States.
by Dree Collopy, The Washington Post
Jan. 10, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy wrote this opinion piece in the Post about the crisis President Trump has created at the border.
by Sasha-Ann Simons, WAMU
Jan. 9, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to WAMU about the fears immigrant parents have about who would care for their children if they are deported.
The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Jan. 9, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach spoke about new guardianship measures put in place in Maryland that would allow immigrant parents to designate a guardian for their children that could look after the children if the parents were deported.
by Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Jan. 7, 2019 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach explained how the government shutdown is adding to the existing backlog of hundreds of thousands of immigration cases.
by Alan Gomez, USA Today
Nov. 28, 2018 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach advocates in USA Today for asylum to be extended to Central Americans fleeing gang violence or domestic abuse, because their governments refuse to protect them.