services
DEPORTATION DEFENSE
Our office represents individuals facing deportation in both detained and non-detained settings. The deportation defense practice includes:
Bond
Asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture (CAT) applications
Family-based applications, including adjustment of status and waivers
Cancellation of removal applications
U nonimmigrant status applications (“U-Visa”), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions and applications
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Motions to suppress
Requests for prosecutorial discretion
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) petitions
Citizenship defense
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA)
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications
Appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, immigration agency appeals, and other forms of relief
Affirmative action immigration application and petitions
We represent individuals in the following types of cases before immigration agencies:
Asylum
Family-based applications, including adjustment of status, consular processing, and waivers
U nonimmigrant status applications (the “U-visa”) and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)
Naturalization and certificate of citizenship applications
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA)
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applications
Advance Parole Travel Documents
Humanitarian Parole
Employment Authorization Documents
Agency appeals and other immigration benefits
Intersection of immigration and criminal law
In addition to direct representation in immigration courts and agencies of individuals with criminal histories that impact their immigration cases, we consult and collaborate with criminal defense attorneys on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions, post conviction relief, and federal immigration crimes, including illegal reentry cases.