Gibson Dunn Wins Victory for Domestic Violence Survivor

Ryan Levan and Daniel Harris filed a U-nonimmigrant status petition on their client, Ms. T behalf in January 2016.  The difficulty in Ms. T's case was that she and her young child had a previous order of removal and are therefore subject to yearly check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations Department  (ICE ERO) under an Order of Supervision.  When Ms. T moved to Indiana mid-last year Daniel and Ryan were also instrumental in getting her case transferred to the ICE office in Indianapolis.  When the new administration announced their enforcement priorities - including individuals with prior removal orders such as Ms. T and her son -  earlier this year, Daniel and Ryan went into action to ensure that Ms. T and her child would not be removed by filing a Stay of Removal with the ICE ERO office in Indiana.  Ryan and Daniel's efforts paid off when Ms. T and her son's Stay of Removals were approved and both received their employment authorizations in September 2017.