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NY1Noticias: Nueva ley en ayuda de padres que serán deportados: podrán elegir tutor para hijos
Luis Mancheno, our immigration attorney, speaks with NY1Noticias on ICE replacing in-person court appearances with video conferences, abolishing ICE, and the new standby guardianship law.…
Socialist Worker: Families Separated Away from the Border
Dinah Ortiz-Adames is the Senior Parent Advocate at The Bronx Defenders, an activist and advocate, and a mother who has been through the separation from…
BxD’s Luis Mancheno speaks with CBS News
“Immigration detention, or caging parents and families is not the solution. The question for Americans is, is it fair to make people fleeing terrible violence…
The New York Times: New Yorkers Facing Deportation Lose Their (Physical) Day in Court
“The fact that someone is not physically in the courtroom really hinders a lot of the less tangible aspects of our successful representation. A judge…
HuffPost: Addiction Should Not Be Punishable By Deportation
“Samuel is the father of four US-born children whose favorite place for family outings was Applebee’s. He was also a green card-holder who was facing…
The Appeal: Locked Up for Three Decades Without a Trial
Jenny Semmel, Supervising Mental Health Attorney in our Criminal Defense Practice speaks with The Appeal about how people with mental illness can spend years trapped in…
Gothamist: NYPD Will Stop Arresting SOME People For Smoking Pot
“It’s not really clear what they’re trying to accomplish with this policy—either marijuana should be something that brings people through the criminal process, or it…
Documented: The ICE Ruse: How Agents Impersonate Local Law Enforcement and Lie to Make Arrests
ICE employs an arsenal of ruses to trap immigrants every day, which often includes pretending to be local law enforcement. Our clients have shared stories…
Boston University Law Review: Curbing Collateral Punishment in the Big Data Age
In this era of big data, law enforcement agencies have tools to conduct mass surveillance and collect an enormous amount of information about the public…
CBS News: Sessions announces stricter asylum rules for victims of domestic battery, gang violence
In response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement of a policy to tighten restrictions on people seeking asylum from domestic battery and gang violence, our immigration…