This webinar will review the role of parole in immigration law and its potential benefits. We will cover three main types of parole: advance parole, particularly in the context of TPS and DACA; humanitarian parole, especially with regards to its use for children of U and VAWA derivatives, U visa applicants outside of the country, and the in-country refugee/parole program for certain minors; and parole in place. We will also share practice tips for applying for each type of parole.

Presenters:

Alison Kamhi

Alison is a dedicated immigrant advocate who brings significant experience in immigration law to the ILRC. At the ILRC, Alison provides technical assistance through the ILRC's attorney-of-the day program on a wide range of immigration issues, including consequences of criminal convictions for immigration purposes, immigration options for youth, removal defense strategy, and eligibility for immigration relief, including family-based immigration, U visas, VAWA, DACA, DAPA, cancellation of removal, asylum, and naturalization. She is the lead attorney on the ILRC's project on driver's licenses, and also conducts trainings on the requirements and process of naturalization. She also helps write and edit the ILRC's manuals on immigration law, including A Guide for Immigrant Advocates, Hardship in Immigration Law, Naturalization and U.S. Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and Other Immigration Options for Children and Youth, and The U Visa: Obtaining Status for Immigrant Victims of Crimes. Prior to the ILRC, Alison worked as a Clinical Teaching Fellow at the Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic, where she supervised removal defense cases and immigrants' rights advocacy projects. Before Stanford, she represented abandoned and abused immigrant youth as a Skadden Fellow at Bay Area Legal Aid and at Catholic Charities Community Services in New York. While in law school, Alison worked at the UNHCR, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, and Greater Boston Legal Services Immigration Unit. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Julia Gibbons in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Alison received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. from Stanford University. Alison enjoys playing the piano and traveling.

Jose Magaña-Salgado

As a community organizer, Jose founded one of the largest DREAM Act groups in the nation, the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition. Mr. Magana-Salgado is also one of the founders and former president of the DREAM Bar Association, the only bar organization in existence geared toward advocating the interests of undocumented immigrant law students and lawyers. Formerly, Mr. Magana-Salgado was legislative staff attorney with MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) in Washington, DC leading its national immigration portfolio. Currently, he is an Immigration Policy Attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center focusing on regulatory advocacy, legislative strategy, and community education. Mr. Magana-Salgado has a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ and law degree from Baylor University in Waco, TX.

Erin Quinn

Erin Quinn has been an immigration defense attorney for over 10 years and holds a joint degree in law and public policy (JD/MPP) from the University of Michigan. At the ILRC, Erin's work focuses on building capacity of organizations and practitioners to assist immigrants. She conducts trainings and provides legal expertise on immigration law through ILRC's Attorney of the Day program. In addition, Erin has contributed to numerous ILRC publications as author or editor, including Removal Defense: Defending Immigrants in Immigration Court; Essentials of Asylum and many others. Prior to coming to the ILRC, Erin represented immigrants in all aspects of their immigration matters, with an emphasis on removal defense and complex cases. She was owner and attorney at her own firm for 5 years after defending immigrants as an associate at the Law Office of Robert B. Jobe. Her experience in immigration law and policy includes working as a fellow for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, EU headquarters in Belgium; clerking for the Immigration Court of San Francisco; and teaching courses as a lecturer at CSU Eastbay. Originally from Fresno, California, Erin loves teaching, language and travel. She lived in Romania for over two years as a Peace Corps volunteer and worked in Hungary as a teacher trainer. In addition she has traveled, studied and taught in Central America, South Africa and Europe. Erin is on the Advisory Council for the Northern California Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), in which she serves as Pro Bono Coordinator and Liaison for Consumer Protection. She is a member of the California Bar.