Recorded on: Feb. 15, 2019

CYRUS D. MEHTA: Hello, I'm glad everybody has stayed on, and we have reached the very last session. It's going to be one-and-a-half hours. And it's interesting, because we try to combine many topics. And if we had more time, we would have had separate panels, but we tried to combine it all together in this last panel. And I think that's what makes it, kind of, a little interesting for both the speakers and the audience. So we're going to have an ...

From the program: Basic Immigration Law 2019: Business, Family, Naturalization and Related Areas

Released on: Feb. 15, 2019

Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are widely available to attorneys working in nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bono attorneys; government attorneys; judges and judicial law clerks; law professors and law students; senior attorneys (age 65 and over); law librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit/legal services organizations; unemployed attorneys; and others with financial hardships. We encourage all eligible ...

Recorded on: Feb. 15, 2019

CYRUS D. MEHTA: I think with that, we'll get started with our morning program. And I wanted to introduce my co-panelist Lindsay. Lindsay I've known for many years is a solo practitioner and her practice includes employment and family-based non-immigrant and immigrant visas as well as waivers, removal defense, and US citizenship and naturalization issues. She's also been an adjunct professor at New York Law School and others. She's the co-author of ...

Recorded on: Feb. 15, 2019

CYRUS D. MEHTA: OK. So while the next panel is coming up and settling down, I just thought I would introduce the panel and the speakers. The panel is entitled Inadmissibility and Removability-- Grounds, Consequences, Custody, and Immigration Court Proceedings. And so all this while, we've been talking about benefits. We spoke about ethics, and now we're speaking about what kind of enforcement actions can immigration take to put people in removal, ...

Recorded on: Feb. 15, 2019

CYRUS D. MEHTA: OK, hello. Welcome back. So now we're going to talk about immigrant visa categories. And again, we have two very notable practitioners who are also very experienced in speaking to PLI audiences. So to my far left is Deborah Notkin, who is a partner at Barst Mukamal and Kleiner. And she maintains a large international immigration law practice. She's been the past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She is on ...

From the program: Asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Crime Victim, and Other Immigration Relief 2019

Released on: Feb. 15, 2019

Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are widely available to attorneys working in nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bono attorneys; government attorneys; judges and judicial law clerks; law professors and law students; senior attorneys (age 65 and over); law librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit/legal services organizations; unemployed attorneys; and others with financial hardships. We encourage all eligible ...

Recorded on: Feb. 15, 2019

CYRUS MEHTA: OK. Welcome back. We continue our program, and we start with Ethical Issues in Immigration Practice. We have a terrific panel of-- I can't think of anyone on this panel who would be more qualified than the three to my left. So to my extreme left is Victoria Neilson, who will be moderating the panel. Victoria is a senior attorney at Catholic Legal Immigration Network where she works in the Defending Vulnerable Populations project. She ...

From the program: 51st Annual Immigration and Naturalization Institute

Released on: Dec. 13, 2018

PLI’s 51st Annual Immigration & Naturalization Institute will offer an outstanding faculty of leading practitioners who will discuss recent developments, key immigration trends, and practical strategies. Lecture Topics [Total time 12:29:] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Opening Remarks* [00:10:12] Cynthia Juarez Lange Washington Update [01:00:41] Rebecca ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA JUAREZ LANGE: With that, we want to get quickly to our last panel, Preparing Employers for Greater Government Scrutiny. This is probably just one of the more critical things in. Our panelists have some very interesting things to report over the next year and what to expect in the year to come. With us is Marketa Lindt. She's a partner with Sidley and Austin. She leads immigration and I-9 there. And also, Allen Orr, who has an illustrious ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA JUAREZ LANGE: So thank you. As you're taking your seats, I want to introduce our next two panelists. This is a topic that's very topical and has really been the focus of the administration-- challenges in the H-1B practice. I think the administration has really focused on H-1Bs. And we're going to talk about outsourcing, H-cap, increase labor condition application enforcement. With us today is Cyrus Mehta who almost needs no introduction. ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA JUAREZ LANGE: We're going to bring the next panel up on and get started. And this panel is trends and processing and policy at USCIS, some practical tips. And as they're coming on, I'm going to introduce Robert Divine, first of all chairs the immigration group of Baker, Donelson, Spearman, Caldwell, and Berkowitz. And he's a former chief counsel and for a time acting director of USCIS. He has years of experience, and we're really delighted ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA LANGE: Welcome back to this afternoon's panel. And thank you so much for the questions. There were a lot of questions over the lunch break as well. We know that there's a lot of important changes. And so please feel free to send your questions in electronically. The panel will be watching for them. And, of course, we'll take questions at the end. We're going to start the afternoon with a panel on permanent labor certification and updates. ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA JUAREZ LANGE: Morning. We welcome you back to the second day of the PLI 51st Annual Immigration Symposium. I've reflected on yesterday. And there was so much good information, I know. I'm dissecting it and making changes to the practice as a result. Appreciate everybody's time yesterday. So today we're starting on some really hard-hitting issues. And we start with Chuck Kuck on keeping families together, which is becoming an increasingly ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA JUAREZ LANGE: So with that I want to turn to our first panel which, I think, will give us a lot of insight into what's happening in Washington as we talk about immigration in the Trump era. Both speakers probably require no introduction. But first Austin Fragomen, who's the chair of the executive committee of Fragomen Worldwide, has been practicing immigration law for a number of years and began his career on the Hill as counsel for the judiciary ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA JUAREZ LANGE: Welcome back. Thanks so much for coming back after the break. So now, we're going to turn to an issue near and dear to many people's hearts, as we're going to talk about vulnerable populations and relief under the current administration. We know that it's been challenging. With us today is Lori Adams, director of the Immigration Intervention Project at Sanctuary for Families. She represents asylum seekers before the immigration ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA JUAREZ LANGE: Welcome back after lunch. Thanks for joining us. I hope you had a good lunch. We're going to start now with the afternoon program. And it's our last two sessions. We have two great sessions-- one on ethical issues for the immigration practitioner and really interesting and super topical will be preparing for government scrutiny and investigations at the end. So speaking today on our panel is Claire Thomas. She directs the asylum ...

Recorded on: Dec. 10, 2018

CYNTHIA: Welcome back. We're here to talk about what's going on with the State Department. After the USCIS panel, we have a lot of questions about how adjudication is happening at the State Department. With us today is Kathleen Campbell Walker, who practices in El Paso. She's the former national president of AILA and general counsel of AILA and is a member of Dickinson Wright law firm. Also with us is Anastasia Tonello, practices here in New York ...

From the program: Representing Unaccompanied Children in California: Legal Updates, Practice Considerations & Strategies for Pursuing Relief (Free)

Released on: Nov. 6, 2018

Unaccompanied immigrant children (UCs) from Central America, Mexico and many other countries continue to seek protection in the United States, and many live in California as they go through immigration removal (deportation) proceedings and defend against deportation. Once apprehended by immigration authorities, UCs are placed in removal proceedings without government appointed counsel. Many children are eligible for relief, but attacks from the Administration ...

Recorded on: Oct. 31, 2018

RACHEL: All right, everyone. We are going to get started again. Our next panel is strategies for pursuing SIJS predicate orders in California. So we're taking a step back to talk through the state court process in Special Immigrant Juvenile Status cases. And we're going to look at some challenges and barriers and get some strategies for success. So I am pleased to introduce our panel this afternoon. Katie Annand is the managing attorney of the San ...

Recorded on: Oct. 31, 2018

LUCERO CHAVEZ: So we are ready to start our last panel of the day. Again, my name is Lucero Chavez, and I'm a senior staff attorney at Public Counsel. And I have the honor of moderating this last panel. So we will have three speakers today for our T visa trafficking panel updates and emerging trends affecting youth. We have Cindy Lou. She is currently the deputy director of legal services at Kids in Need of Defense, or KIND, a national nonprofit ...

Recorded on: Oct. 31, 2018

SPEAKER: So we'll get started with our first panel, motions to terminate and suppress in unaccompanied children cases. We're very lucky to be joined today by two very experienced and amazing attorneys. Lucero Chávez is a senior attorney at Public Counsel, where she is part of the Immigrant Rights Project. Lucero represents unaccompanied children in immigration, asylum, family, delinquency, dependency, and [? public ?] proceedings. Helen Lawrence ...

Recorded on: Oct. 31, 2018

SPEAKER 1: So to stay on schedule, we are moving on to our next panel-- overview of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. So we have three panelists joining us here today. I have now taken on the role of moderator. We have Rachel Prandini, one of the co-chairs of this PLI convening. Rachel Prandini is the ILRC Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Immigrant Youth Project attorney, based here in San Francisco. She focuses on immigrant youth issues, including ...

Recorded on: Oct. 31, 2018

KATIE ANNAND: Hi, everyone. We're starting our next panel, right now. So after learning more about Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, we're going to move into responding to Requests For Evidence and Notices Of Intent to Deny regarding issues around Special Immigrant Juvenile status. So we have three really great panelists with us today. Lucero Chavez, again, is a Senior Staff Attorney at Public Counsel, where she is part of the Immigrants' Rights ...

Recorded on: Oct. 31, 2018

SPEAKER 1: All right. Well, we are switching topics here to An Introduction to Unaccompanied Children's Fear of Return claims. And our next panel will be a bit longer than the others, because this is a huge subject that they're going to tackle. On today's panel, we have Cecilia Candia in the middle. Cecilia is a senior staff attorney at Legal Services for Children, where she represents children and transitional aged youth applying for asylum, T visas, ...

From the program: Representing Children in Immigration Matters 2018: Effective Advocacy and Best Practices

Released on: Oct. 3, 2018

Attorneys and other advocates who represent children in immigration matters will learn about recent developments in law and policy with regard to important protections available to immigrant children, including Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) and asylum. Experienced faculty will examine problem-solving strategies for addressing common issues that arise in children’s cases. Lecture Topics [Total time 03:36:05] Segments with an asterisk ...