The Immigration Clinic had another busy and productive semester. Professor Vera and I share that our eight student-attorneys (Alexandra Chen, Spoorthi Datla, Daniel Fishelman, José Hernández, Trisha Kondabala, Mir Sadra Nabavi, Mark Rook, and Ryan Sarlo) accomplished the following on behalf of their clients:
Filings:
- Four work permit applications
- Two affirmative asylum applications
- Two motions to terminate proceedings
- Two motions to schedule a final merits hearing (one was granted!)
- Two appeals of USCIS erroneous denials of green card applications
- One application for removal of conditions of a green card, with a waiver for a domestic violence survivor
- One U visa application (for victims of crimes in the U.S.)
- One motion to change venue (granted!)
- One request for expedited processing of an asylee derivative application (granted!)
- One family-based petition and green card application packet for the spouse of a current client
Representation:
- Two hearings for procedural matters
- One affirmative asylum interview
Public engagement:
- One legal orientation presentation with parents of a local MD high school
- One public comment on the newly proposed public charge rule
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Alberto Manuel Benitez
Professor of Clinical Law
Director, Immigration Clinic
The George Washington University Law School
650 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
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Congrats to Alberto, Paulina, and the eight above-named student-attorneys for saving lives, promoting justice, elevating the level of immigration practice, and being in the vanguard of the New Due Process Army!
🇺🇸Due Process Forever!
PWS
05-01-22