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No Changes to TN Visas Under New NAFTA Agreement

The United States and Canada have agreed to a new NAFTA deal and left untouched TN (NAFTA) visas for Canadian and Mexican professionals working or aspiring to work in the United States. The TN nonimmigrant classification, authorized by NAFTA, permits qualified Canadian and Mexican citizens to seek temporary entry into the United States for three years at a time to engage in business activities at a professional level. You...

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 clients of the ABA Immigration Justice Project of San Diego who were detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. The ABA Immigration Justice Project of San Diego had fought hard to win bonds in these cases but these individuals were detained due to their inability to pay bond. “I...

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 is free to continue his schooling at the University of California, Berkeley. His fight is long from over, but this was an important victory won for him. Mora was arrested by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over winter break as he visited his girlfriend in Chula Vista, California. His...

Prerna Lal Presents At 3rd CINETS Conference On Crimmigration

This talk was titled “We are Criminals” and presented at the 3rd CINETS Conference – Crimmigration in the Shadow of Sovereignty Sponsored by MLAW Programs, University of Maryland School of Law, Maryland.

Detained for 19 Days: Immigration Checkpoint Refusal Gone Wrong

Greg Rosenberg refused to answer questions at a border checkpoint. LalLegal represented Greg Rosenberg, a U.S. citizen, in seeking damages after he was unlawfully arrested, detained and charged for a crime by Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Rosenberg immigrated to America 10 years ago from Armenia. Memories and family stories of Soviet rule in his country of origin infused him with strong political beliefs and a reverence for individual...

Prerna Lal Debates Jon Feere on The Heat

After winning Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) in 2012, Prerna Lal, Esq. worked with policy-makers in Washington D.C. to push President Obama’s Administration to expand prosecutorial discretion policies. This work was rewarded when the President announced the DAPA and expanded DACA programs in November 2014. Due to their critical work on expanding prosecutorial discretion, Lal was called on “The Heat” to debate Jon Feere, now Senior Advisor at...