New Rochelle, New York
Mandi Law Group serves New Rochelle's Honduran, Dominican, Haitian, and West African communities with skilled immigration legal representation. Family petitions, TPS, asylum, green cards, and deportation defense. Call (518) 698-0347 for a consultation.
New Rochelle is a diverse Westchester city with a significant Honduran community — one of the largest in New York — alongside Dominican, Haitian, and West African immigrants. Many New Rochelle residents hold TPS, DACA, or other temporary statuses and are exploring pathways to permanent residence. Others face removal proceedings and need aggressive deportation defense.
Our Westchester immigration attorneys serve New Rochelle and all of Westchester County. Call (518) 698-0347 for your consultation.
New Rochelle has a significant Honduran community alongside Dominican, Guatemalan, and Mexican families. We file I-130 petitions for spouses, children, parents, and siblings with consular processing through Tegucigalpa, Santo Domingo, and Guatemala City.
Asylum applications for New Rochelle residents fleeing gang violence and persecution in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. We build asylum cases based on particular social group membership, political opinion, and government persecution, including withholding of removal and CAT protection.
I-485 adjustment of status for New Rochelle residents. Westchester County cases are handled by New York USCIS offices. We prepare complete packages for family-based and employment-based adjustments for the New Rochelle immigrant community.
Removal defense at 26 Federal Plaza for New Rochelle and Westchester County residents. Cancellation of removal for those with 10+ years of U.S. presence and U.S. citizen or LPR family. We fight to keep New Rochelle families together.
N-400 naturalization for New Rochelle's long-term permanent residents. Honduran, Dominican, Haitian, and other Caribbean and Latin American immigrants who hold green cards and are eligible to naturalize. We prepare clients for USCIS interviews.
TPS renewals for Honduran nationals and other eligible nationalities in New Rochelle. DACA renewals and EAD applications for Westchester DACA recipients. We monitor TPS program developments and file all necessary renewals to maintain authorized status.
Honduras has been a TPS-designated country since 1999 due to the destruction caused by Hurricane Mitch. TPS for Honduras has been extended multiple times and remains in effect for qualifying nationals who registered during open enrollment periods. New Rochelle Hondurans with TPS must renew their TPS and EAD when required. The legal status of TPS has been subject to ongoing court challenges, but courts have generally maintained TPS benefits while litigation proceeds. We handle TPS renewals for New Rochelle's Honduran community and advise on any pathway from TPS to a green card.
TPS alone does not provide a path to a green card. However, if you have a qualifying family relationship with a U.S. citizen or LPR, you may be able to pursue a family-based green card. The 2nd Circuit has held that TPS may constitute a lawful admission for adjustment of status purposes for certain applicants who originally entered without inspection, which is significant for New Rochelle's TPS holders. This is an evolving legal area — a consultation with our attorneys will analyze whether you can adjust status in the U.S. or whether consular processing with a waiver is the better route.
New Rochelle residents in removal proceedings appear at the New York Immigration Court at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan. There is no immigration court in Westchester County — all Westchester removal cases are heard in Manhattan. Our attorneys appear regularly at 26 Federal Plaza for New Rochelle and Westchester County clients.
If you are a U.S. citizen or LPR, you can file an I-130 petition for qualifying family members. However, if your family members face imminent danger, they may be able to apply for refugee status or, once in the U.S., for asylum. In truly urgent situations, we can advise on whether an expedited refugee referral through UNHCR or a request for humanitarian parole through USCIS may apply. Family-based immigration through I-130 does not expedite processing due to danger in the home country — only humanitarian programs are designed for urgent protection needs.
Yes. Our Westchester County practice covers all of the county's diverse communities, including New Rochelle, White Plains, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, Port Chester, Ossining, Tarrytown, Peekskill, and surrounding areas. Westchester has particularly large Central American, Dominican, Haitian, and Mexican communities in various communities, and we tailor our representation to the specific immigration patterns and needs of each area.
Contact Mandi Law Group for a confidential consultation about your immigration case in New Rochelle or Westchester County.