Something about this win made me tear up today. Our client could barely breathe when he tried to relate the campaign of terror MS-13 unleashed on him and his family. Today, he also lost breath.
He just kept repeating "no tengo palabras, no tengo palabras..." (I don't have words)
He just kept repeating "no tengo palabras, no tengo palabras..." (I don't have words)
We got this case right before the interview. A loss here would mean years stuck in immigration court and likely a deportation order.
What made this case unusual was he filed his case after being here for almost 20 years. The law says you have 1 year to file.
What made this case unusual was he filed his case after being here for almost 20 years. The law says you have 1 year to file.
Exceptional circumstances can excuse this, but they have to be exceptional. We had <10 days to rescue this case.
When he started testifying, there trauma was undeniable.
So we live-researched trauma as an exceptional circumstance.
When he started testifying, there trauma was undeniable.
So we live-researched trauma as an exceptional circumstance.
And it worked!
In a year, he will file for a green card, and become a citizen by ~2026.
He was undocumented for nearly 20 years. Working, waiting in the shadows, unable to get the help he needed, to survive trauma and facing an increasingly unforgiving system.
In a year, he will file for a green card, and become a citizen by ~2026.
He was undocumented for nearly 20 years. Working, waiting in the shadows, unable to get the help he needed, to survive trauma and facing an increasingly unforgiving system.
He just needed a little help telling his story. That's all. A human story.
He was a human being yesterday, is one today, will be one with a green card, and when he's a citizen.
That's what we need to remember. Immigration is *human.*
He was a human being yesterday, is one today, will be one with a green card, and when he's a citizen.
That's what we need to remember. Immigration is *human.*
One starfish made it back into the ocean. But the enormity of damage wrought by the anti-immigrant bigots in this country is still winning the war.
Imagine if our laws worked with, instead of against these human beings.
Imagine if there was no fear of them.
Imagine if our laws worked with, instead of against these human beings.
Imagine if there was no fear of them.
Immigration lawyers live for wins like this. The feeling of providing safety, a path forward, a family together, and a generation altered?
No tengo palabras.
No tengo palabras.
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