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Iranian-US man faces possible deportation to Australia under Trump immigration crackdown

Radio National Breakfast, produced by Eddy Diamond and Teodora Agarici

Aug. 6, 2025 – On this Australian morning program, Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach explains how her Iranian-born client Reva Zavvar, who has lived in the United States since the age of 12, is facing threatened deportation to Australia or Romania, countries to which he has no connection.ntries to which he has no connection.

He left Iran 40 years ago. He may be deported to Romania. Or Australia

by Erin Cox, The Washington Post

Aug. 3, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to the Post about her client Reza Zavvar, who was detained by ICE while walking his dog after living in the United States since the age of 12. He is being threatened with deportation to Romania or Australia.

The Care Work of the Courtroom: How Women Lawyers are Fighting to Keep Immigrants Safe

by Candice Norwood

The 19th, July 10, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach describes the fear and confusion that the second Trump Administration has sowed in immigrant communities, particularly among LGBTQ+ immigrants and their families.

Virginia Has Become a Hotbed for Immigration Arrests

by Campbell Robertson, The New York Times

July 5, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to The Times about why the Trump Administration immigration enforcement efforts are being aimed at Northern Virginia.

How LGBTQ+ asylum seekers navigate Trump’s immigration crackdown

by Maria Renee Barillas, Telemundo 44 anchor, Katie Leslie, News4 I-Team producer, Jeff Piper, Ronald Vilca and Steve Jones, NBC4 Washington

June 26, 2025 – BPR Partner Sarah Pitney talks about the impact of the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown has had on her queer clients seeking asylum in the United States.

After ICE visits, D.C. restaurants fear labor shortage

by Tim Carman, Warren Rojas and Jenny Gathright, The Washington Post

 May 14, 2025 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach discusses the deleterious effect recent ICE raids are having on the DC restaurant industry.

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