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REPLAY: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status: An Update on Regulations and Deferred Action (2022) Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2023 Time: Noon - 1 p.m. Credits: 1.0 G |
This
hour-long CLE will explore the pathway to citizenship by reviewing the Special
Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) requirements, and updates on the SIJS
regulations. In addition, the webinar will cover Deferred Action for Special
Immigrant Juveniles which was announced March 2022.
Originally recorded July 7, 2022.
Speakers:
Dalia Castillo-Granados is the Director of the ABA’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy. She is a2008 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center. Prior to working at CILA, Dalia was a SeniorAttorney atKids in Need of Defense, a Staff Attorney at Tahirih Justice Center, a Clinical SupervisingAttorney at the University of Houston’s Immigration Clinic, and began her public interest career as a Greenberg Traurig, LLP Equal Justice Works Fellow with Catholic Charities’ Cabrini Center in Houston. During law school, Dalia was active in the Immigration Clinic and interned at US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Catholic Charities, and was a Public Interest Law Fellow at Boat People SOS. She was previously the chair of the State Bar of Texas’ Immigration Law Task Force. She is currently an Executive Committee member of the Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative, on the Board of Directors for the Houston Association of Women Attorneys, and she is the president of Latino Giving Houston, a giving circle devoted to promoting philanthropy in Houston’s Latino community.
Monica Newcomer Miller has represented clients in all types of immigration cases for over a decade. She began as an Accredited Representative assisting clients with adjustment of status, family petitions, Naturalizations and U Visa and VAWA petitions. Today she continues representing immigrant populations as an attorney and has expanded her practice to also include removal defense and other areas of immigration law.
Monica's commitment to working for immigrant families and immigrant rights started in 2002 when she spent two years on the U.S./Mexico border in South Texas as an AmeriCorps volunteer providing "Know Your Rights" presentations to detained immigrants and offering legal support to pro bono attorneys. Later, as an Accredited Representative in Indiana, she helped to develop a program to assist immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence as they navigated the immigration process. She continues her dedication to the immigrant community where she now resides in Albuquerque, NM.
Monica received her J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. During law school she served as the President and Vice President for the Association of Public Interest Law, raising funds and providing resources for students interested in serving in the public interest legal sector. She also received Clinical Honors and the Dean's Award for significant contribution to the law school community. She spent a summer of her law school career in Guatemala volunteering with community-based organizations focused on indigenous rights.
Moderated by Andres Santiago
Originally recorded July 7, 2022.
Speakers:
Dalia Castillo-Granados is the Director of the ABA’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy. She is a2008 graduate of the University of Houston Law Center. Prior to working at CILA, Dalia was a SeniorAttorney atKids in Need of Defense, a Staff Attorney at Tahirih Justice Center, a Clinical SupervisingAttorney at the University of Houston’s Immigration Clinic, and began her public interest career as a Greenberg Traurig, LLP Equal Justice Works Fellow with Catholic Charities’ Cabrini Center in Houston. During law school, Dalia was active in the Immigration Clinic and interned at US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Catholic Charities, and was a Public Interest Law Fellow at Boat People SOS. She was previously the chair of the State Bar of Texas’ Immigration Law Task Force. She is currently an Executive Committee member of the Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative, on the Board of Directors for the Houston Association of Women Attorneys, and she is the president of Latino Giving Houston, a giving circle devoted to promoting philanthropy in Houston’s Latino community.
Monica Newcomer Miller has represented clients in all types of immigration cases for over a decade. She began as an Accredited Representative assisting clients with adjustment of status, family petitions, Naturalizations and U Visa and VAWA petitions. Today she continues representing immigrant populations as an attorney and has expanded her practice to also include removal defense and other areas of immigration law.
Monica's commitment to working for immigrant families and immigrant rights started in 2002 when she spent two years on the U.S./Mexico border in South Texas as an AmeriCorps volunteer providing "Know Your Rights" presentations to detained immigrants and offering legal support to pro bono attorneys. Later, as an Accredited Representative in Indiana, she helped to develop a program to assist immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence as they navigated the immigration process. She continues her dedication to the immigrant community where she now resides in Albuquerque, NM.
Monica received her J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. During law school she served as the President and Vice President for the Association of Public Interest Law, raising funds and providing resources for students interested in serving in the public interest legal sector. She also received Clinical Honors and the Dean's Award for significant contribution to the law school community. She spent a summer of her law school career in Guatemala volunteering with community-based organizations focused on indigenous rights.
Moderated by Andres Santiago
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