As part of YMF's ongoing commitment to giving back to the community, this week our senior Associate, Christina Xenides, and paralegal, Vanessa Cabrera, are volunteering in Dilley, Texas, with the CARA Family Detention Pro Bono Project. CARA is a collaboration between...
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NY State Bar Ethics Committee Defends Dual Immigration/Family Court Representation in a Victory for Immigrant Children
In securing an important, favorable opinion from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, YMF recently made a significant stride in the battle for immigrants' rights which will offer added protection to many immigrant children facing...
What are the chances? Running into successfully represented Provisional Waiver client while on a field investigation study in Ecuador
My Partner Rodney Youman and I take a yearly trip to Ecuador to engage in a field investigation. We represent a large number of Ecuadorian nationals. In our non-LPR cancellation of removal cases, to be consistent with well established BIA precedent, we compare country...
Rodney Youman and H. Raymond Fasano meet with artist who will be commissioned to dedicate a painting to the plight of the American immigrant.
The Statue of Liberty is universally known as representing the hopes and dreams of every immigrant coming to America. While the Statue of Liberty is iconic as an American treasure it may not accurately capture the plight of today's immigrant who faces draconian visa...
DAPA is not dead. It just going to take longer to implement.
There is much speculation that Deferred Action for Parental Accountability, DAPA, is dead. However, this is not the case. As noted by the 5th Circuit, DAPA "would provide legal presence for illegal immigrants who were parents of citizens or lawful permanent residents....
H. Raymond Fasano presents panel on crimes of violence with national criminal immigration law expert Dan Kesselbrenner from the Immigrant Defense Project and National Immigration Project on May 15, 2015 for Federal Bar Association in Memphis, TN.
Dan Kesselbrenner is a nationally recognized expert on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and on contesting deportability in immigration proceedings. Dan is co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes, which was cited in the 2010 Supreme Court...
Recent Fifth Circuit Immigration Decision in Crane v. Johnson Foreshadows Executive Action Victory
By Zan Khan, Esq., of ., on April 14, 2015 President Obama's executive action on immigration has been the focus of political and legal controversy since its initial announcement on November 20, 2014. The president's executive action is...
H. Raymond Fasano article on analyzing criminal statues from an immigration law perspective featured in the current issue of The Federal Lawyer
Every lawyer on Staff at Youman, Madeo & Fasano is a member of the Federal Bar Association, FBA. Federal Bar Association Mission Statement The mission of the Association is to strengthen the federal legal system and administration of justice by serving the...
H. Raymond Fasano awards 1st Annual Global Citizenship Award to Cecile Kyenge Kashetu, the first Italian of African descent appointed to the Italian Cabinet
H. Raymond Fasano had the privilege in his final responsibility as Chair of the Federal Bar Association's Immigration Law Section to present the 1st Annual Global Citizenship Award to Cecile Kyenge Kashetu. Ms. Kashetu was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
H. Raymond Fasano presents a successful panel at the Citizenship in a Global Era conference
For a second consecutive year H. Raymond Fasano had the honor of presenting a panel at this prestigious event. Mr. Fasano was the moderator for the panel discussion on "Bartering for Citizenship: Malta and MAVNI." The panelist were Margaret D. Stock and Dr....
