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New Data Shows the Landscape of Community Support Services to Replace Immigration Detention
March 3, 2021
The U.S. government has long relied on a punitive and outdated detention system to keep immigrants […]
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ICE’s Changes to Family Detention Are an Improvement but Don’t Go Far Enough
March 2, 2021
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced last week that it would make changes to […]
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A Federal Defender System for Immigrants Is Long Overdue
February 26, 2021
The stakes in immigration court could not be higher—many people face the possibility of being […]
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President Biden Ends Part of Trump’s Ban on Legal Immigration
February 25, 2021
President Biden has ended a 10-month ban on immigrant visas—the COVID-19 immigrant visa ban. The […]
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Helen S. Bennett has been practicing immigration law since 2006. She graduated at the top 10% of her law class at St. Thomas University School of Law and immediately began working for Catholic Legal Services where she represented a plethora of clients before the Immigration Court (EOIR) and Center for Immigration Services (USCIS). Services included Cuban Adjustments; I-485 Adjustments to Permanent Residence; Cancellation of Removal; I-821 Temporary Protected Status; Asylum; NACARA; I-130 Interviews; I-360 VAWA; HRIFA; FOIA. She currently heads Helen S. Bennett, P.A. and appears before the Miami Immigration Court, USCIS, and the Broward Transitional Center.