M (Vocational Students and Dependents), N (Parents and Children of Certain People Who Have Been Granted
Special Immigrant Status),
Not exact matches
Ms. James appeared before Family Court Judge Adam Silvera and successfully argued that Keybi, who came to the United States about a year ago without his parents or a guardian, ought to be granted «
special immigrant juvenile
status» and that the teen's uncle should be his legal guardian.
The children, who come from countries including Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador, typically are eligible for either
special immigrant juvenile
status or asylum due to the dangerous and often violent situations they are fleeing from in their home countries.
During that process, 72 children have been granted asylum and 47 have received permanent residences or green cards through the
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Status program.
The students decided that, as part of the divorce proceeding, they could ask the court to enter some sort of
special protection or custody order for the girls that would state the elements necessary to satisfy the requirements for Special Immigrant Juvenile
special protection or custody order for the girls that would state the elements necessary to satisfy the requirements for
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Status.
Kristen has expertise in children's immigration issues, including
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Status and the intersection of immigration and juvenile justice.
She routinely represents children in
special juvenile
immigrant visa petitions, enabling them to obtain U.S. permanent resident
status.
With our help, Tomas won
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Status and the right to stay in the U.S, to finish his education and become a productive member of his community.
My students in the Civil Practice Clinic have received training in asylum law and
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Status (SIJS) cases.
Successfully advocated for pro bono clients, including
immigrants in asylum proceedings and unaccompanied children seeking
special immigrant juvenile
status.
Represented homeless / runaway youth, pregnant and parenting teens, youth in mental health institutions, parties in
Special Immigrant Juvenile
Status and respondents in civil child welfare cases.