Mana Yegani in the News
Recognized Immigration Lawyer in Houston
KHOU-11 - 6/3/2024
NPR - 7/1/2021
Click Here: Biden's Pick To Lead ICE Would Take Over An Agency In Turmoil
KHOU-11 -2/2/2021
Click Here: 'Eliminating bad policy': Biden reverses more of Trump's immigration policies
KHOU-11 -1/18/2021
Watch Mana Yegani's recent interview about how the Biden Administration has the power reform immigration policy as we know it.
The Isiah Factor Uncensored FOX 26 - 7/8/2020
Click Here: New ICE rule for international students
Mana Yegani joins local university leaders to discuss the new ICE rule for international students.
ABC 13 Houston 3/23/2020
COVID posses threat to community if immigration courts open.
Mana Yegani discusses how dangerous it is to the health and public safety of residents in Houston to keep the immigration courts open.
BuzzFeed - 4/24/2020
Immigration attorney, Mana Yegani, reported to Buzzfeed News that she acted as not only a lawyer, but a counselor to green card applicants in the US, reassuring them "that they would not have to leave the country."
BuzzFeed - 4/21/2020
Attorney Mana Yegani shares the fears and uncertainties that immigrants are confronted with as Trump announces a temporary suspension on immigration amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
AP - 7/26/2019
Click Here: As Trump expands deportation powers, immigrants prepare
Mana Yegani was quoted in a recent article share about the new Expedited Removal policy that Trump is expecting to roll out soon.
TELEMUNDO - 5/2/2019
Click Here: Ordenan la deportación de un niño de cinco años
Luego de haberlo separado de su madre durante meses, ahora la Migra quiere reenviarlo a Guatemala pues no asistió a su cita en la corte.
After being separated from his mother for months, The U.S. government wants to send him to Guatemala because he did not attend his court date.
KHOU-11 -5/2/2019
Watch Mana Yegani's recent interview about how an Immigrant mother and son could be separated again after judge signs boy's deportation order.
CBS News - 5/2/2019
Click Here: Guatemalan mother and her son may be separated by the U.S. government — again
Read and tune in today to find out more about Houston Immigration lawyer Mana Yegani's Pro Bono Case. After being separated under the Trump administration Lilian Martinez, 25, and her five-year-old son were reunited June 2018. They are now at risk of being separated by the U.S. government again.
BBC Radio 5 Live - 2/6/2019
BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night
Listen into BBC Radio 5 Live, segment time 3:06:00, Mana Yegani an Immigration lawyer was interviewed about the recent news about 21 Savage.
THE WASHINGTON POST - 1/25/2019
Click Here: Digging a bigger and bigger hole’: Shutdown stalls Trump’s deportation efforts
Houston Immigration lawyer Mana Yegani states how a mother and two children had been waiting for a green-card approval for two years when their court date was canceled.
khou 11 - 1/23/2019
Click Here: Government shutdown throws legal immigrants into limbo
The Immigration Court doors are shut down and at a standstill. Mana Yegani mentions how all immigration cases have been canceled and no attorney knows when this will be over.
The New Yorker - 1/8/2019
Click Here: An Immigration Lawyer Describes the Chaos of Trump’s Shutdown
Mana Yegani describes the various obstacles of representing her clients amidst the government shutdown.
Caller Times - 7/15/2018
Click Here: Immigrant mother and son reunited in Corpus Christi after months apart
Attorney Mana Yegani with Liliana Martinez and her 5-year-old son after reunification
Fox 26 -2/26/2018
Supreme Court denies Trump administration appeal to hear DACA case
Public Radio International - 2/7/2018
Click Here: Fear, not 'laziness', is one reason some immigrants haven't applied for DACA
Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston, says there are many reasons young immigrants have not applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), but none have to do with laziness.
The Washington Post - 2/7/2018
Click Here: Lazy? John Kelly ‘simply misses the mark,’ say DACA advocates
“Kelly says Dreamers were too lazy to apply. That’s not true,” tweeted Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston. “DACA restricted a lot of Dreamers by age and date. Many Dreamers didn’t meet the requirements to apply. Ignorant comment from Kelly. Period.”
Houstonia - 1/30/2018
Click Here: 10 Houston Women Making It Happen
After President Trump signed his first travel ban in January of last year, Mana Yegani quickly went from being “a little immigration lawyer” to one who thought nothing of charging into Bush Intercontinental Airport to ensure clients’ rights.
The Huffington Post - 1/2/2018
Click Here: Trump Tweets Support for Iranians While Banning Them From the U.S.
“We stand with the Iranian people so much that we won’t let them come here,” said a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
The Globe and Mail - 9/7/2017
Click Here: What you need to know about Dreamers and their future
If Congress doesn't act swiftly, the next six months will be filled with uncertainty for young people no longer protected by DACA.
Vice - 8/30/2017
Click Here: Harvey Has Hit Undocumented Immigrants Worst of All
Officials have promised that undocumented people are safe at shelters. But fear is keeping some of Houston's most vulnerable residents away.
Fox 26 - 7/27/2017
Undocumented man married to an American citizen arrested by ICE
Marriage to a US Citizen has long been a sure way for non-US Citizens to be able to live here in America, but that may soon be changing. A controversial arrest here in Houston has immigrants fearing a hard-lined shift in policy.
KHOU 11 - 6/29/2017
Click Here: Who can, can't travel under the new travel ban
A scaled-down version of President Trump's travel ban goes into effect Thursday night with the blessing of the Supreme Court.
ABC News - 1/30/2017
Click Here: Donald Trump hails immigration ban as passengers turned back from US-bound flights
"Just because Trump signed something at 6:00pm yesterday, things are coming to a crashing halt," said Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston. "It's scary." She and fellow lawyers worked all night fielding calls from travelers with student and worker visas who were being denied entry into the US and ordered on flights back to the Muslim-majority countries. "These are people that are coming in legally. They have jobs here and they have vehicles here," Ms Yegani said. Those with visas from Muslim-majority countries have gone through background checks with US authorities, Ms Yegani noted.
The Nation - 1/30/2017
Click Here: US immigration curbs cause chaos, anger worldwide
"Just because Trump signed something at 6 pm yesterday, things are coming to a crashing halt," said Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston. "It’s scary."
Hurriyet Dailey News - 1/30/2017
Click Here: US Enforces Travel Ban Amid Protests.
Travelers were handled differently at different points of entry and immigration lawyers advised clients to change their destination to the more lenient airports, said Houston immigration lawyer Mana Yegani.
Trade Arabia Business News Information - 1/30/2017
Click Here: Trump immigration ban sparks chaos at US airports
"Imagine being put back on a 12-hour flight and the trauma and craziness of this whole thing," said immigration lawyer Mana Yegani. "These are people that are coming in legally. They have jobs here and they have vehicles here."
France 24 - 1/29/17
Click Here: The Story of One Resident’s Fight to Enter the US after Immigration Ban
Scores of refugees and US permanent residents are trapped in airports after Trump signed an executive order barring entry for many foreigners. France 24 spoke to a Houston-based lawyer fighting for her client’s right to enter the United States.
BBC - 1/29/17
ABC Australia - 1/29/2017
Click Here: Donald Trump hails immigration ban as passengers turned back from US-bound flights
Those with visas from Muslim-majority countries have gone through background checks with US authorities, Ms. Yegani noted.
Ripley Today - 1/29/2017
Dual citizens hit by Trump travel bans
Foreign visitors who refuse could be denied entry under proposals currently being discussed, the source said. The report comes as Mana Yegani, a lawyer for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (Alia), claimed that Homeland Security officials have been scanning people's Facebook pages to determine their political views before allowing them into America, The Independent reports.
The Telegraph - 1/29/2017
Donald Trump's travel ban: Boris Johnson lobbies president - as it happened on Sunday January 29
"Houston-based lawyer Mana Yegani said several green card holders, who have the right to live and work in the US, were detained by border agents at American airports hours after President Trump signed the executive order."
"Ms. Yegani's fight for justice continues."
Reuters Zawya - 1/29/2017
Click Here; Trump ban sparks U.S. immigration chaos, infuriates Muslims
She said officials denied travelers with dual Canadian and Iranian citizenship from boarding planes in Canada to the United States.
Daily Mail - 1/29/2017
Click Here: Chaos, anger as Trump order halts some Muslim immigrants
Travelers were handled differently at different points of entry and immigration lawyers advised clients to change their destination to the more lenient airports, said Houston immigration lawyer Mana Yegani.
NY Daily News - 1/29/2017
Fortune - 1/28/2017
Click Here: Trump Refugee Ban Causes Chaos, Panic, Anger Worldwide
Travelers were handled differently at different points of entry and immigration lawyers advised clients to change their destination to the more lenient airports, said Houston immigration lawyer Mana Yegani.
Click 2 Houston - 1/28/2017
Protesters mass at airports to decry Trump's immigration policies
Travelers were handled differently at different points of entry and immigration lawyers advised clients to change their destination to the more lenient airports, said Houston immigration lawyer Mana Yegani.
The Logan Reporter - 1/28/2017
Click Here: Trump travel bans causing chaos and confusion
Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston, who works with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said Customs and Border Patrol agents at many airports were unaware of the executive order early on Friday evening. She said she had spent the night fielding calls from travellers with student and worker visas who were being denied entry to the US.
Raw Story - 1/28/2017
CNBC - 1/28/2017
Trump ban causes U.S. immigration chaos, draws fury of Muslims, Iran
"These are people that are coming in legally. They have jobs here and they have vehicles here."
U.S. Uncut - 1/28/2017
U.S. border patrol is checking people’s Facebook for political views
Ms. Yegani told The Intercept that some of those she has consulted – despite having valid visas – have been interrogated by border agents about their political beliefs before being allowed into the country.
AULA News - 1/28/2017
Trump ban causes US immigration chaos, draws fury of Muslims, Iran
Nigeria Newspapers - 1/28/2017
Confusion, anger as US begins to bar Muslims
Customs and border patrol agents at many airports were unaware of the executive order on Friday evening, said Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston, who works with the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Yegani and her fellow lawyers worked through the night fielding calls from travelers with student and worker visas being denied entry into the United States and ordered on flights back to Muslim-majority countries on the list.
EuroNews - 1/28/2017
Chaos, anger as Trump order halts some Muslim immigrants
KHOU11 - 1/28/2017
Protesters mass at airports to decry Trump's immigration policies
Protesters are outraged, they said, over Trump and his executive order on immigration.
Reuters - 1/28/2017
Click Here: Chaos, anger as Trump order halts some Muslim immigrants
Travelers were handled differently at different points of entry and immigration lawyers advised clients to change their destination to the more lenient airports, said Houston immigration lawyer Mana Yegani.
NH Union Leader - 1/28/2017
Click Here: Trump immigration ban creates chaos
TRT World - 1/28/2017
Trump bans people from Syria and six other Muslim countries
"9 Iranians were just taken off the plane at Istanbul airport and told that could not fly to the US. 8 had visas. One had a green card."
Mirror UK - 1/28/2017
"Imagine being put back on a 12-hour flight and the trauma and craziness of this whole thing," said Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston.
Yahoo! News - 1/28/2017
Click Here: Trump ban causes U.S. immigration chaos, draws fury of Muslims, Iran
"Imagine being put back on a 12-hour flight and the trauma and craziness of this whole thing," said Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston. "These are people that are coming in legally. They have jobs here and they have vehicles here."
Newsweek - 1/28/2017
Click Here: Trump's Refugee Ban, Already Facing Lawsuit, Sows Panic Among Travelers
Customs and border patrol agents at many airports were unaware of the executive order early on in the evening, said Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston, who works with the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Texas Tribune - 1/28/2017
Click Here: Trump's travel ban leads to immigrant detainments at Texas airports
“When his plane was taxiing, I spoke with him briefly and said, ‘Listen, they may put you in handcuffs, they may put you in interrogation. Do not under any circumstances give up your green card,” Yegani said, noting that most immigrants traveling back to the United States wouldn’t have received the same guidance.
The Guardian - 1/28/2017
Click Here: US airports on frontline as Donald Trump's travel ban causes chaos and protests
Mana Yegani, an immigration lawyer in Houston, said she had heard of several people with Iranian passports who were barred from US-bound flights leaving Amsterdam and Frankfurt. A number of other passengers were removed by security personnel just before take-off from the European cities.
Houston Chronicle - 9/22/16
Click Here: Explained: the other half of illegal immigration
Mana was interviewed and quoted several times about people who overstay their visas.
Dallas Morning News - 12/1/2015
Interview about: Immigrant offenders languish in prison when native countries reject deportation efforts.
Houston Chronicle - 11/21/2015
Were Syrians "caught" at Texas border, as guv said?
Mana Yegani is quoted regarding the typical procedure for seeking asylum in the United States.
"Legality of Governor's Order on Syrian Refugees" - 11/17/2015
"Compassion for Syrian refugees" - 11/16/15
"Teacher Detained 3 Months in Airport's Constitution-Free Zone" - 12/1/2014
BBC Farsi
Mana Yegani was interviewed during a live segment.
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