During these difficult times, we wanted to share a few bright spots from our immigration team.
Citizenship
A client originally from Afghanistan had previously been denied citizenship due to difficulty with the civics portion of her citizenship exam. Our legal team was able to get an accommodation for this sister and she is now a U.S. citizen!
Mandamuses
Our team has been filing mandamus actions in cases where the immigration process has been unduly delayed. A mandamus suit aims to procure an order from a federal court requiring the government to perform duties which have been unreasonably delayed, which is unfortunately common for immigration clients. Our legal team has filed six mandamuses, which have led to a dozen cases advancing to the next step in the immigration process.
Legal Observation and Knowing Your Rights
Attorneys from our team have been visiting Seattle Immigration Court during immigration hearings to help defend immigrants from unfair ICE arrests and provide critical know your rights information.
Legal Intern
This summer, our legal intern is an aspiring future immigration lawyer who is going into her final year of law school in the fall. She is gaining crucial hands-on training in asylum law as part of our team this summer.