Falls Church, VA
Immigration Lawyer at Falls Church, VA
Practice Areas: Immigration
OUTCOME: 42B Granted
Mexican single mother of a one-year-old U.S. citizen child was granted 42B under VAWA after she walked in on her partner's suicide with her child. The Immigration Judge found that this conduct met the ... standards of "extreme cruelty" for the purposes of 42B under VAWA.
OUTCOME: 42B Granted
Peruvian mother of a 14-year-old U.S. citizen child with high spectrum autism and asthma was granted EOIR-42B, Cancellation of Removal for Certain Nonpermanent Residents. Respondent demonstrated 10 yea ... rs of physical presence, good moral character, and their her removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to her U.S. citizen qualifying relative.
OUTCOME: Asylum Granted
Respondent is a Guatemalan mother of two of who faced repeated harassment, threats of death, and physical assault from her brother-in-law who is involved withe the Mara 18 gangs. Respondent was unable ... to safely relocate with her child and the Guatemalan police and government were unable and unwilling to control her brother-in-law and/or his associates. Accordingly, the Immigration Judge found that she had suffered past persecution on account of a protected ground allowing her to benefit from a presumption of future persecution. The Department of Homeland Security could not meet its burden to rebut this presumption and the Respondent and her minor son were granted asylum under INA 208 in the United States.
OUTCOME: Asylum Granted
A pair of Honduran sisters fled their country after receiving numerous death threats from the notorious "Mara 18" (18th Street) gang for being the daughters of a relatively prosperous business owner. A ... fter various failed attempts at seeking police protection, the girls fled Honduras with their mother to seek refuge in the United States where they were apprehended at the border, filed for asylum, and were ultimately granted asylum on May 24, 2018.
OUTCOME: Asylum Granted
Respondent is a Salvadoran female member of the ARENA political party who faced repeated threats of death from the rival FMLN party. Her brother was severely beaten prompting him to flee El Salvador. S ... hortly after his departure from El Salvador, she fled as well to seek refuge in the United States with her minor child. On March 19, 2018, the Arlington Immigration Court granted her and her child's asylum application.
OUTCOME: Asylum Granted
Former Salvadoran female police officer who was viciously targeted, threatened and attacked by violent "Maras" gangs in El Salvador. She was hand-picked and selected for persecution by virtue of being ... one of three female members of the police force in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador, and the only member of the three who survived.
OUTCOME: Asylum Granted
Peruvian indigenous woman was systematically abused by her alcoholic father and had no way of escaping his torment. Was unable to seek police protection given how far her remote village was and by virt ... ue of her status as an indigenous person. Her father continued to abuse her well into her adulthood forcing her and her son to flee Peru for refuge in the United States.
OUTCOME: Asylum Granted
Peruvian woman, victim of ongoing domestic violence at the hands of her former partner - unable to leave relationship. Successfully argued for asylum based on membership to a particular social group.
OUTCOME: Withholding Granted
Two Guatemalan brothers, former military, and members of the "Achi" (Mayan) indigenous group. Successfully argued for a favorable grant of Withholding of Removal based membership to a particular social ... group and race.
OUTCOME: Grant of 42B
Honduran mother of three, two of whom are U.S. citizens. Oldest son suffers from sever form of epilepsy. Successfully argued for a grant of EOIR 42B, Cancellation of Removal for Certain Nonpermanent Re ... sidents.