A Dallas Immigration Judge granted our client Withholding of Removal, which means she can live safely in the United States. The client, a registered and reproductive health nurse, is originally […]
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Know Your Rights!
This Saturday our Asylum Attorney Martha Gonzalez will be at the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association’s “Know Your Rights” event. At the event, which honors Latino Heritage Month, there will be […]
Read MoreHRI Success Story: Client Granted Protection
A Dallas Immigration Court Judge granted one of our clients Withholding of Removal under the Torture Convention, thus allowing her to remain in the U.S., and receive work authorization. The […]
Read MoreHRI Success Story: Haynes & Boones Helps Client Achieve Victory in Asylum Case
An HRI client from Cameroon can now apply for a Green Card. The client, whose father was granted political asylum in 2000 in the U.S., sought to come to the […]
Read MoreHappy World Refugee Day from HRI!
Each year on June 20th HRI, the United Nations and many other civic groups around the world celebrate World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day was established by the United Nations […]
Read MorePersecuted Immigrants Become U.S. Citizens in Dallas Ceremony
By DIANNE SOLIS Staff Writer dsolis@dallasnews.com Published: 17 May 2012 10:59 PM A citizenship ceremony in the federal courthouse in Dallas on Thursday paid special homage to the “most vulnerable” newcomers […]
Read MoreAsylum in the United States
Picture yourself on your average day. You wake up, you have breakfast and as you get ready to go to work you see something on the news you find disturbing. […]
Read MoreUnderstanding the Asylum Clock
When can I apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD)? You can apply for an EAD once your clock shows that 150 days have passed since the submission of your […]
Read MoreCustody Determinations for Arriving Alien Asylum Seekers
Several immigrants’ rights organizations have challenged the disparate treatment that asylum seekers face, depending on where they are apprehended. Although the general policy is that people who are fleeing persecution […]
Read MoreA Quick Word on TPS and DED
A Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is an immigration status granted to select, eligible nationals from designated countries. In the 1990’s, Congress established a way for the Attorney General to grant […]
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