Jordan Vonderhaar, Texas Observer, Nov. 21, 2023 "Forty miles south of Ciudad Juárez, protected from the glaring desert sun by a blanket tied to a ladder, a mother nurses her nine-month-old...
Miriam Jordan, New York Times, Nov. 28, 2023 "The story of the Miskito who have left their ancestral home to come 2,500 miles to the U.S.-Mexico border is in many ways familiar. Like others coming...
ABA "Four national immigration experts will discuss the changing landscape of border law and policies at a free Dec. 6 webinar sponsored by the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration...
Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, Nov. 25, 2023 "The Northern Virginia doctor was born in D.C. and given a U.S. birth certificate. At 61, he learned his citizenship was granted by mistake."
Cyrus Mehta and Jessica Paszko, Nov. 24, 2023 " This is the story of our client Nadia Habib who was in immigration proceedings from 18 months till 31 years until an Immigration Judge granted her...
Where to begin. Maybe with her legal briefs. If you value clarity, power and concision, read her briefs. Many immigration lawyers (especially those of my advanced age) knew Lisa and basically revered her. She literally saved the lives of countless immigrants, and inspired a "Due Process Army" of immigration lawyers to keep fighting in the face of seemingly insuperable odds. Please read Robert Kahn's detailed remembrance of Lisa here. (More about Robert here and here.) Here is a link to Carranza-De Salinas v. Holder, 700 F.3d 768 (5th Cir. 2012) and here is a link to the oral argument. And here is a link to Lisa's Refugio. Rest in power, my friend, my mentor. Q.E.P.D.