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Episode #2143: Attorney Dree Collopy (US Immigration and Asylum)

Episode #2143: Attorney Dree Collopy (US Immigration and Asylum)

This is America & The World: Attorney Dree Collopy speaks on US Immigration and Asylum

PBS

July 20, 2018 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy was interviewed about the legal complexities of immigrating to and seeking asylum in the United States and about the family separations taking place at the border.

The Sessions Asylum Decision: What are its Implications

By Stuart Anderson, Forbes

June 13, 2018 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy talked to Forbes about how a recent asylum decision Attorney General Sessions turned back the clock when the United States wrongfully denied protection to women fleeing gender-based persecution.

Want Asylum in America? Get Ready for Hell.

by Betsy Swan, The Daily Beast

April 5, 2018 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorney spoke with The Daily Beast about the arduous process of seeking asylum in the United States.

She was almost deported as a teen. Now she helps frightened versions of herself.

by Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post

Feb. 15, 2018 – This piece tells the story of former Benach Pitney Reilly paralegal Liana Montecinos who was was granted asylum and U.S. citizenship thanks to the zealous advocacy of Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach and then joined the firm herself, working as a paralegal while attending law school at the University of the District of Columbia.

Salvadorans face the loss of their American Dream.

by Petula Dvorak, The Washington Post

Jan. 8, 2018 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to Post columnist Petula Dvorak about the expensive and years-long process of applying for asylum in the United States.

Ava Benach Immigration Attorney with trans refugee client

She helps trans refugees. Her family helped her transition

by Angélica M Casasby, BBC

Oct. 10, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to the BBC about her experience representing transgender clients and eventually coming to accept herself as a transgender woman.

An ICE agent visited a restaurant. About 30 employees quit the next day, its owner says.

by Tim Carman and Avi Selk, The Washington Post

June 27, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach explains how both the Obama and Trump Administrations have used immigration audits to disrupt and humiliate restaurants.

Immigration arrests soar under Trump; sharpest spike seen for noncriminals

by Maria Sacchetti, , The Washington Post

June 27, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to the Post about how immigration officers are now empowered and eager to aggressively enforce immigration law.

Trump’s Quiet Reversal on Deporting Young Undocumented Immigrants

by Priscilla Alvarez, The Atlantic

April 27, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy discusses the risks that DACA recipients face under the Trump Administration, because deportation relief is not equivalent to legal status.

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Overwhelming a Strained System

by Priscilla Alvarez, The Atlantic

April 21, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy talks to The Atlantic about the immigration backlog and its impact on asylum seekers, as memories fade as they wait for their cases to be heard.

Key Moves When Immigration Clients Are Caught In Raids

by Allissa Wickham, Law360

March 3, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorneys speak to Law360 about issues that can impact detained immigrants.

Transgender Attorneys Blaze Trail To Equality

by Ed Beeson, Law360

February 17, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to Law360 about her experience as a transgender attorney.

Google calls staffers back to US after Trump order on immigration, report says

Fox News

January 28, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach explains to Fox News that she is advising clients from the seven countries affected by the Trump travel ban who have green cards or any type of H-1B visa not to travel outside the U.S

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