Rosché Immigration Law PLLC

10/21/2026

This week's WEDNESDAY WIN reaches back more than a century, to my great-great-grandfather. Long before there was a Rosché Immigration Law, there was a boy named Louis Niemen, an orphan from Alsace-Lorraine who crossed the Atlantic to live in safety with his maternal aunt and uncle.
Louis was born around 1852 in a borderland. Alsace-Lorraine was French when he was born, became German after the Franco-Prussian War, and returned to France after the First World War. For a child with no parents, a homeland that kept changing hands was no home to count on. Family across the ocean was.
In America, Louis found his footing on the water. As Captain Louis Rosché, he spent his working life on the steamboats of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, and his recollections were later published as Old Man River: The Memories of Captain Louis Rosché, Pioneer Steamboatman, by Robert Hereford.
His journey reached a milestone on October 4, 1912. At sixty-one, Louis stood before the federal district court in St. Louis and was admitted as a citizen of the United States. His certificate of naturalization records the details of the man: gray eyes, gray hair, five feet five inches tall, his wife Eliza at home in St. Louis. Under his former allegiance, it reads "Germany," a country that did not even exist at the time of his birth and which he had never set foot in; a quiet reminder of the tumult he'd escaped.
More than a hundred years later, our clients include many families walking a familiar road: Children, orphans, sent alone from dangerous countries to find safety with relatives, building lives here over many years, and waiting for the day a document will finally affirm they belong. Louis' certificate is a family treasure. It is also a promise this office works to keep for every client.
Here's to hope, one win at a time.

10/21/2026

You're invited! Join an attorney-led workshop training that will prepare you to show up for yourself and your neighbors when interacting with immigration and law enforcement officials!

Advocates and allies will learn ways to build safer, more welcoming spaces and how to show up and support immigrant community members in schools, workplaces and community settings at this in-person Know Your Rights immigration workshop and training

🗓️ Wednesday, October 28 from 12-1:30 p.m.

📍 Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club is located at 4520 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S, 98108 (Google Maps).

🌐 Presented in English and Spanish. Translation/interpretation is available – please note the language needed in your registration.

🎥 This session will not be recorded

🍕 Lunch will be provided

🎟️ Registering ahead of time is strongly encouraged for us to best follow a physical safety protocol keeping attendees safe.

🔗 RSVP at alliance4ed.org/kyr

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En este taller presencial sobre inmigración, titulado «Conoce tus derechos», los defensores y aliados aprenderán a crear espacios más seguros y acogedores, así como a brindar apoyo a los miembros de la comunidad inmigrante en escuelas, lugares de trabajo y otros entornos comunitarios.

🌐 Se ofrecerá en inglés y español. Habrá servicio de traducción/interpretación; por favor, indique el idioma que necesita al realizar su inscripción.

🎥 Esta sesión no será grabada.

🍕 Se ofrecerá almuerzo.

🎟️ Se recomienda encarecidamente realizar la inscripción con antelación para poder seguir adecuadamente el protocolo de seguridad física y garantizar el bienestar de los asistentes.

10/14/2026

This WEDNESDAY WIN comes from a name you probably know. On Tuesday, Joni Mitchell announced that she is officially a United States citizen, more than six decades after she first moved here from Canada.
Ms. Mitchell, now 82, shared a photo from her naturalization ceremony with a simple caption: “A journey that began 62 years ago.” At a 2024 concert, she urged the crowd to vote and lamented that she couldn’t. Now she can!
Her story is a reminder that it’s never too late. If you are a permanent resident wondering whether it’s your time to naturalize, our team is here to help.
Here’s to hope, one win at a time.
Read more from CBC News:

More than six decades after leaving Canada, legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has officially become a U.S. citizen. The announcement has drawn mixed reactions given her outspoken political views.

10/08/2026

Big immigration news, close to home.

On Thursday, October 8, Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft will be suspended from the Labor Department's permanent labor certification program, known as PERM, accusing the company of abusing the system. PERM is the first step in most employer-sponsored green cards. The Labor Department said Adobe and several large IT outsourcing firms will also be suspended.

The Vice President said the H-1B system lets companies hire "indentured servants." This suspension does nothing to fix that. H-1B workers depend on their employer to stay in the country, and the most common way out of that dependence is a green card through PERM. Blocking these companies from PERM does not free their workers. It closes their usual way out.

H-1B status generally ends after six years, and staying longer usually requires a green card case that is already underway. Workers at these companies without one could be forced to leave the United States when their time runs out. Another option is to self-petition, either through EB-1A for people with extraordinary ability or through an EB-2 National Interest Waiver for advanced-degree professionals and people of exceptional ability whose work serves the national interest. Both set a very high bar.

The accusations are aimed at the companies, not at individual workers but it will no doubt be the workers who suffer. If you or someone in your family works for one of these companies and is in the green card process, please don't make big decisions based on headlines. Talk first with the attorney handling your green card case.

This post is general information, not legal advice.

Read more (The New York Times):

Vice President JD Vance singled out the tech firm as he and other officials accused several companies and universities of committing visa fraud.

10/07/2026

This WEDNESDAY WIN moved fast! Last Thursday, a long-time green card holder sat down with Attorney Rosché for a consultation. He was facing deportation over a conviction from more than three decades ago, one the government claimed was an "aggravated felony," a label in immigration law that can make removal nearly automatic.
Danielle knew it wasn’t a legitimate claim. Other courts had already ruled that this type of conviction is not one that can get someone deported. She showed the judge, and the government dropped the case.
In less than TWO business days, his deportation proceedings were closed.
Removal cases are usually measured in years. This one is a reminder of what careful legal work can do, and how quickly a family's future can change when the right argument reaches the right courtroom.
Here's to hope, one win at a time.

10/02/2026

Trump's repeated attempts to install a former immigration judge (who spearheaded the legal interpretation requiring mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants which has been overturned by higher courts, keep up the fight NWIRP) continue to fail no matter what fake titles they give him. I'm pleased to see the Article 3 co-equal branch of government holding its own.

President Trump fired Roger Rogoff, a former judge and veteran prosecutor, less than an hour after he was appointed top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle. Rogoff sued, and in a ruling Thursday, U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian found the termination unlawful and reinstated him.

09/30/2026

This week’s WEDNESDAY WIN goes out to our fearless leader, Danielle Rosché.
Danielle is known to be a fierce attorney in the Seattle area who can handle the most complex immigration cases. She is a trusted professional, protective mother, and thoughtful boss.
And the community notices her efforts! Alliance for Education is coordinating a series of Know Your Rights presentations to bring Danielle’s knowledge across the city. She will be speaking with Community-Based Organizations, King County Family Groups, Seattle Teachers, and the City Council. She’s going on tour!
This win goes to the person whose work doesn't stop after her clients’ cases close. Thank you, Danielle, for all you do day in and day out to advocate, advise, and accompany immigrants in our community.
Here’s to hope, one brilliant attorney at a time!

09/29/2026

The program that paid for lawyers for these kids was gutted at the beginning of this administration. Tomorrow we'll bring you a win but today I'm just a little sad. Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)

Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.

09/23/2026

After winning protection in immigration court, some people were given a day's notice, or none at all, before being put on a plane to a country they had never set foot in. This WEDNESDAY WIN is for everyone who has lived with that fear.
Last Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld the heart of a lower court ruling in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, striking down DHS's policy of deporting people to "third countries" (countries never named in their immigration cases) without warning or a chance to speak up. Under that policy, people were sent to places like South Sudan and Eswatini with little or no notice. Some were then passed along to the very countries U.S. judges had already found too dangerous for them to return to.
The court's message was clear: the government cannot sidestep protections against persecution and torture simply by changing the destination. Everyone in the nationwide class is entitled to real notice of where they are being sent and a meaningful opportunity to raise their fear before they go.
This win belongs to our friends at NWIRP, alongside the National Immigration Litigation Alliance and Human Rights First, who have fought this case since March 2025. We are proud to stand beside them.
Here's to hope, one win at a time.

09/16/2026

This week’s WEDNESDAY WIN goes out to the people behind the process.
A client called USCIS this week hoping to find someone on the other end who could help them. And, luckily, they got James!
James took the call in English and Spanish, and he did not just recite a script. He listened, moved quickly, and pushed to get the situation handled right there on the spot. He even transferred the call to a supervisor so it could be resolved immediately.
The same spirit showed up in person this week. Several adjustment of status and asylum interviews went in front of officers who were fair, attentive, and treated the people in front of them with respect.
None of this makes the news! The stories that travel are the delays, the denials, the system at its worst. But the system is made of individuals, and this week, a lot of those individuals showed up and did right by the people in front of them.
It is worth sitting with the distance between policy and practice. The people who write policy are rarely the people who carry it out, and that gap matters. A rule can come from a place of cruelty, indifference, or fear, but the people staffing the desks, answering the phones, and sitting across the table do not have to carry that same spirit. Most days, they do not. Decency does not wait for permission from the top. It shows up anyway.
Here’s to hope, one win at a time.