by Lindsay M. Harris and Dree K. Collopy, The Washington Post
Nov. 13, 2018 – Benach Pitney Reilly founder Dree Collopy co-wrote this piece that explains that, contrary to the President’s claims, asylum-seeking families are only trying to survive and protect their children from horrific violence in their home countries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
by Allissa Wickham, Law360
March 3, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly attorneys speak to Law360 about issues that can impact detained immigrants.
by Ed Beeson, Law360
February 17, 2017 – Benach Pitney Reilly founding partner Ava Benach talks to Law360 about her experience as a transgender attorney.
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
“No one is really sure whether a green card holder from these seven countries can return to the US now. It’s fairly clear that an H-1B visa holder can’t,” Benach said. The H-1B lets US companies employ graduate-level workers from other countries in technical occupations such as technology, engineering and science. “If anyone in these situations has the misfortune to have gone abroad recently, it’s a treacherous moment, possibly for green card holders too,” Benach said.
“We are advising our clients from those seven countries who have green cards or any type of H-1B visa not to travel outside the U.S.” said Ava Benach, a partner at immigration law firm Benach Collopy LLP, while noting that the order takes effect immediately. “No one is really sure whether a green card holder from these seven countries can return to the U.S. now. It’s fairly clear that an H-1B visa holder can’t,” Benach said.
“We are advising our clients from those seven countries who have green cards or any type of H-1B visa not to travel outside the U.S.” said Ava Benach, a partner at immigration law firm Benach Collopy LLP, while noting that the order takes effect immediately.