Diaspora Lawyers, The Transatlantic Law Firm, PLLC

03/09/2023

Just one of those that we can hardly keep quiet: to deliver such wonderful news to yet another family warms my heart and makes our job worth the while. Hearing the Immigration Judge state that "removal proceedings are dismissed and terminated" is music to my client and his family. And they are not alone.
Some background: many an immigrant to the U.S. can relate to what we now call the "DV Dilemma". A successful entrant to the DV program does not, for various reasons, list all their relatives -spouses, children etc. on the official documents. Down the road, the U.S. government cries fraud and seeks to deport the immigrant from the country. To be fair, the law clearly requires that ALL IMMEDIATE RELATIVES be disclosed.
Oft times though, there may be a valid, unintentional and otherwise non-fraudulent reasons for such a failure to disclose. When we can successfully argue thus and have the matter dismissed, another family is happy tonight. And we're glad to have helped.

09/20/2021

Applauding the Hennepin County Sheriff's office for the bold (and legal step). The jail to ICE pipeline has all advocates for humane treatment of foreign-born persons concerned. Thanks Sheriff Hutchinson for upholding the dignity of suspects and for allowing federal agencies to stick to their lane. Bravo!!

David Hutchinson wants to build trust, safer communities by treating immigrants fairly.

06/16/2021

Applauding AG Garland for the bold step in beginning to restore humanity in the U.S. asylum system.

AG Garland vacated decisions in Matter of A-B- and Matter of L-E-A-, both of which had arbitrarily overturned years of established case law. By vacating these two decisions, the AG has restored access to asylum for many people fleeing persecution abroad.

06/09/2021

06/04/2021

Honorable mention.

Henry Ongeri, a Kenyan-American lawyer in the state of Minnesota has declared his bid to be governor of the County of Nyamira in his native Kenya. Elections are in 2022.

04/13/2021

Dear Esteemed Clients, as you probably know, our city is engulfed in protests for yet another black life snuffed out by a police gun. Since yesterday, access to our Brooklyn Center offices has been severely limited. We apologize for the inevitable inconvenience, but also note that ours is nothing compared to the anguish and pain experienced by the Wright family. When do black lives begin to matter?

02/04/2021

Quote of the day: "Hide your chaos, cats, toilet flushes."
- Attorney Aaron P. Knoll, Greene Espell

Ethics During COVID-19 CLE.