by Diane Tsai | Jul 24, 2013 | Uncategorized, What's New
Norfolk resident Benjamin Tendilla dreamed of living in the United States ever since he was a little boy. After he joined the U.S. Navy in 1972 and became a citizen, he hoped to bring his mother and eight siblings to the U.S. to join him. He started applying for visas...
by Katherine Nagasawa | Jun 17, 2013 | Family, Fearing the Law, Problems with Papers, Stories, What's New, Work, Jobs and Money
UPDATE: Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on June 26, 2013. Same-sex married couples are now eligible for federal marriage benefits, including the ability to sponsor foreign spouses for citizenship. A...
by Kerri Pang | Jun 17, 2013 | Back Home, Family, Fearing the Law, Problems with Papers, Uncategorized, What's New
Jennifer Zamora-Cisneros could not wait any longer to get her son’s hair trimmed. She had hoped that her husband would be there for their 2-year-old’s first haircut, but he was still locked up in a detention center waiting for a judge to decide in June whether he...
by Ellen Garrison | Jun 17, 2013 | Fearing the Law, Good Question, Uncategorized, What's New
Immigration lawyer A. Olusanjo Omoniyi knows that the courts might save money by using video conferencing, but it’s also been a inefficient hassle for him and his clients.  He’s had an incorrect client brought to videoconference into a hearing and...
by Katie Nodjimbadem | Jun 17, 2013 | Fearing the Law, Good Question, Problems with Papers, The Migration, Uncategorized, What's New
Privacy lawyer Sachi Jepson looked forward to working at an international law firm in Washington D.C. because of the firm’s commitment to pro bono work. So when the non-government organization Kids in Need of Defense held an informational meeting at her office and...
by Yu Sun Chin | Jun 12, 2013 | Family, Fearing the Law, Problems with Papers, Uncategorized, What's New, Work, Jobs and Money
The mental illnesses of immigrants like Carlos often take a heavy emotional and financial toll on their families. Click here to listen to Elizabeth Basora, Carlos’s daughter-in-law, talk about the difficulties of finding an attorney to take on Carlos’s...
