Removal defense

A court date is not the end. It is a case people win.

Removal defense means representing you in immigration court against the government’s attempt to deport you, with one goal: winning the legal right to stay. Bring us your Notice to Appear and we will tell you honestly what your case looks like.

Immigration court cases

Master hearing this week?

How we help

We read the file first. Then we build the case.

Most people arrive convinced there is nothing to be done. Often it is the first time anyone has actually read their file — and often there is a path nobody mentioned, sitting right there in how they entered the country twelve years ago.

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We attack the NTA

Every case is built on the Notice to Appear. A defective NTA is not a technicality — it can end the proceeding. We check it first.

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We find every defense you have

Termination, relief, administrative closure, motion to reopen. Strong cases pursue more than one route at once, and we tell you which ones your facts support.

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We build the record early

The merits hearing is won on the file assembled long before that day. Documentation, declarations, expert evidence — gathered while there is still time.

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We handle the court

Master calendar, continuances, filings, deadlines. You will know your dates and what happens next, without chasing us for an update.

Time-sensitive

Some situations cannot wait until next week.

If any of these describe your situation, call today. Deadlines in immigration court are short and some of them are measured in days.

A hearing in the next few days

An attorney can enter an appearance and ask for time to prepare. Judges routinely grant it when counsel has just come in. What you must not do is skip the hearing.

An order entered without you there

A motion to reopen can undo an in-absentia order — if you were not properly notified, exceptional circumstances kept you away, or new evidence justifies another look.

A detained family member

Detention changes the timeline for everything. These cases move on our fastest track.

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Bring us the documents. We will tell you what your case looks like.

A strategy session with our team. We read your paperwork, map out which defenses your facts actually support, and give you a straight answer on where you stand.

What to bring

Your A-number, the NTA, and any hearing notices you have received.
Your entry history — how and when you entered, and whether you were inspected.
Family details: U.S. citizen or permanent resident spouse, parents, children.
Every arrest, including charges dismissed or expunged.

Tell us the bad facts first. Finding them out at a hearing is how cases are lost.

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From Josh

What a removal case actually looks like.

Joshua Goldstein on what happens in immigration court, and why a hearing notice is the moment to act rather than the moment to give up.

Read our blog

Removal Defense: What Happens in Immigration Court and How Cases Are Won

The complete walkthrough — written for people holding an NTA and trying to understand what comes next.

  • → The NTA, and why a defective one can end the case
  • → Master calendar vs. individual hearing — what actually happens at each
  • → The four ways a removal case gets stopped
  • → Cancellation, adjustment of status and asylum, in plain language

Why us

You are not alone in this.

Honest assessment

We read your documents and tell you what your case looks like — including when the answer is difficult. You will not hear a sales pitch from us.

Preparation that starts early

People win these cases. Not by luck — by a record built long before the hearing date.

Clear communication

You will know your dates, what we filed, and what happens next. In English or Spanish.

 

If you have an NTA, a hearing date, or an order entered without you there — talk to us now.

We will read your documents and tell you honestly what your case looks like.