Prerna Lal

Last-Minute Tax Filing Tips

Taxes are due on April 17, 2018 this year, and you still have time to implement these measures and save…

8 years ago

ICE Ends Presumption of Release for All Pregnant Detainees

On March 30, 2018, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a directive entitled “Identification and Monitoring of Pregnant Detainees,” as…

8 years ago

District Court Orders DHS to Provide Asylum Seekers Notice of One-Year Bar

In Mendez Rojas v. Johnson, District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez has ruled that the United States government's failure to provide…

8 years ago

Supreme Court to Decide Whether “When Released” Means Immediately Released from Criminal Custody

In Nielsen v. Preap, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the government’s petition for a writ of certiorari, Kelly v. Preap,…

8 years ago

Attorney General Sessions Vacates BIA Decision That Provided Asylum Seekers With A Hearing

In Matter of E-F-H-L-, 27 I. & N. Dec. 226 (A.G. Mar. 5, 2018), Attorney General Jeff Sessions vacated Matter of…

8 years ago

Fact Sheet: BIA Emergency Stay Requests

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) issued a fact sheet entitled “BIA Emergency Stay Requests” (Mar. 2018). The BIA…

8 years ago

Supreme Court Holds No Statutory Mandate for Bond Hearings

Today, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that the right to periodic…

8 years ago

We Released Four More Immigrant Detainees from Otay Mesa!

In a powerful showing of solidarity and community, Attorney Lal, Luis Mora, and RISE at Berkeley, worked together to post bond for…

8 years ago

UC Berkeley Student Released from ICE Detention

  Attorney Prerna Lal secured the release of Luis Mora from detention today on a minimum bond of $1500. Luis…

8 years ago

Attorney General Rescinds More Memos

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on December 21, 2017 that, pursuant to Executive Order 13777 “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”…

8 years ago