Kelli A. Fennell, Abogada de Inmigracion/Immigration Attorney

12/12/2023

Senators are negotiating a supplemental funding bill and there is a risk that devastating changes to asylum and humanitarian parole will be included. TAKE ACTION and urge your legislators to :

American Immigration Lawyers Association

11/07/2023

“At a time when the country urgently needs workable solutions to manage the border and for Congress to achieve compromise, this latest Republican proposal offers neither. Instead, it takes a page out of the far-right House bill, H.R. 2, by functionally closing the door to asylum seekers and adding harsh enforcement measures like the detention of families. Those are fierce-sounding campaign slogans that do not translate into effective border management. The new proposal even seeks to dismantle existing legal pathways, specifically humanitarian parole, that are relieving the pressure for people to enter at the U.S. border. To manage the border more efficiently, Congress should fund Customs and Border Protection to improve processing speed at U.S. ports of entry, increase the number of federal officers that screen asylum seekers, and provide needed assistance to U.S. cities that are supporting arriving migrants. Most importantly, Congress should fund the entire immigration system to reduce excessive delays that slow down border processing and prevent American businesses from hiring workers and families from reunifying with loved ones.”

AILA Executive Director Ben Johnson responded to the extreme anti-immigrant provisions espoused by Senate Republicans that were reported on today; the plan “takes a page out of the far-right House bill, H.R. 2, by functionally closing the door to asylum seekers.”

READ the full statement here: https://www.aila.org/about/press/aila-executive-director-anti-immigrant-provisions-tied-to-necessary-funding-must-not-succeed

07/13/2023

The 2023 annual report from the Ombudsman lacked progress in certain areas and identified several obstacles. For , ’s Paul Stern reviews the report and identifies how the agency can continue moving forward: https://bit.ly/44KOw8x 📣The voices of attorneys and clients are essential in urging USCIS to remove barriers to its benefits and services. TAKE ACTION here: https://aila.quorum.us/campaign/47744/

American Immigration Lawyers Association

07/10/2023

Last week, HSPRD’s Immigration group attended AILA’s Annual Conference on Immigration Law in Orlando, Florida, where Partner Kendra Scheuerlein was among the panelists

01/24/2023

Proud to be included with my colleagues again this year!

We are thrilled to announce that 24 of our attorneys made this year’s Illinois Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers selects the top lawyers in Illinois via peer nomination process and based on the results of independent research. Congratulations to all! The following attorneys have been nominated by ...

01/24/2023

We are thrilled to announce that 24 of our attorneys made this year’s Illinois Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers selects the top lawyers in Illinois via peer nomination process and based on the results of independent research. Congratulations to all! The following attorneys have been nominated by ...

10/11/2022

Dreamers can’t wait. Congress MUST act. Join AILA and its members in urging legislators to provide a permanent solution for recipients and others whose . TAKE ACTION here:

AILA’s Advocacy Action Center allows you to advocate for legislative and policy reforms consistent with AILA’s principles and priorities.

09/21/2022

Kalman D. Resnick, HSPRD Shareholder and Head of HSPRD Immigration Practice Group, and HSPRD partner, Kelli A. Fennell, participated in Immigrants’ List’s First Annual Immigration Policy & Advocacy Web CLE on Friday, September 16, 2022.

03/08/2022

Happy International Women’s Day!

03/03/2022

Proud to be part of such a wonderful team! Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.

We are proud to announce 20 of our attorneys have been recognized as 2022 Leading and Emerging Lawyers in Illinois.

08/10/2021

Happy to continue in my role as Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee and take on a new role as Co-Chair of the Ethnics Committee for the Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

HSPRD is proud to announce that Partner Kelli Fennell was nominated to Co-Chair the Ethics Committee and the Advocacy Committee of the Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

08/05/2021

Your stories will show our nation and policymakers how immigrants are critical to our communities and build support for ensuring that immigrants have a path to citizenship.