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Third-Country Deportations
The U.S. government is deporting people to countries they are not from. Novo Legal is fighting these unlawful removals and providing free legal representation.
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Four men deported by US to Eswatini have right to see lawyer, court rules
April 10th 2026Amnesty
Eswatini: Supreme Court ruling on legal access offers limited relief for US deportees
April 10th, 2026ABC News
US deported gay asylum-seeker to third country where homosexuality is illegal
February 22, 2026CBS News
Judge rules Trump administration's policy for "third-country" deportations is unlawful
February 26, 2026NBC News
Federal judge rules Trump admin may not remove people to third countries without due process
February 2026US News
The US Deported a Gay Asylum-Seeker to a Third Country Where Homosexuality Is Illegal
February 2026Boston Globe
Gay Asylum-Seeker Deported to Country Where Homosexuality Is Illegal
February 2026Al Jazeera
US judge rules Trump policy of ‘third country’ deportations unlawful
February 25, 2026Cannabis & Immigration
Novo Legal set the national precedent on marijuana-related citizenship denials — coverage that catalyzed bipartisan federal legislation.
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CNN
US says immigrants can be denied citizenship over marijuana ties. Even in states where it’s legal
April 20, 2019The Washington Post
Trump administration says immigrants working in legal marijuana industry lack ‘moral character’ for citizenship
2019Denver Post
Denver mayor says legal immigrants are being denied citizenship due to work in marijuana industry
2019Telemundo
Este migrante denuncia que su petición de ciudadanía fue rechazada por trabajar con marihuana. "Me sorprendió, me horrorizó"
2019Univision
Es residente permanente y le negaron la ciudadanía por haber trabajado en la industria legal de la marihuana
2019CBS
Citizenship Barred From Immigrants Working In Pot Industry: 'Gut Wrenching'
2019DACA & Dreamer Rights
Luis Cortes Romero became the first undocumented attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in DHS v. Regents of the University of California — the landmark DACA case.
PBS
"From Here / From There" — PBS Documentary Following Luis Cortes Romero's Journey
2024MSN
TPS: Supreme Court on the power to end protection
4/30/2026NBC News
Undocumented Attorney Makes History Arguing DACA Case Before Supreme Court
2024Fox 2 KTVU
ICE arrests: can they enter a home?
2026San Francisco Chronicle
Redwood City-raised lawyer, star of PBS documentary, on how he would remake SCOTUS
2024Seattle Times
Seattle-Area Attorney Who Came to the U.S. as Undocumented Child Takes DACA Fight to Supreme Court
2024Slate
This Lawyer Helped Win the Supreme Court DACA Case. He’s Also a DACA Recipient.
2020ICE Enforcement & Sanctuary
Novo Legal has represented clients in high-profile sanctuary and ICE enforcement cases in Colorado, including nationally covered detention facility protests and sanctuary church cases.
The Denver Post
Protest of planned federal immigration roundups draws thousands to Aurora ICE facility
2019CPR News
Advocates liken attempt to deport Boulder suspect’s family to authoritarian intimidation tactics
2025CBS News
Immigration Paperwork Defect Could Mean Slowed Or Suspended Deportations
2018Our Attorneys in the Media
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