-: My favorite part about being an immigration attorney
is helping my clients.
When clients come to us, especially in
the family-based world, they are often fairly desperate.
They are trying to stay together
or be with somebody they love and care about.
And it's a confusing field,
and it's a really tough political time for immigration.
So knowing that you can kinda be there for somebody
and see them through, answer their questions,
and treat them with compassion
is really valuable to me, and we sometimes get
disappointments in our work,
but we really celebrate the successes when we have them.
So, I think the emotional impact
can be a really big challenge.
We have occasionally taken on interns
and I can tell you from watching our legal clerks
and interns that some people walk away
from that experience and just say
there's too much emotionally at stake
with this kind of work.
I need something where I can kinda walk away
from it a little bit more.
Things are changing a lot right now in immigration law.
We find ourselves having to read
new policy memorandum almost daily.
And the toughest part about it is
sharing bad news with clients.
That's really the hardest thing
because you have to be really clear,
you have to be really calm, even when you're upset
by the things you have to tell people.