He is the Chair of the Pro Bono Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, trustee of the American Immigration Law Foundation and recipient of the 1997 Joseph Minsky Young Lawyers Award.
Human smuggling deserves the strongest possible condemnation.
However, the alleged wrong doings of a few should not stereotype the entire India community. After the Immigration Act of 1996, a person who surreptiously crosses the border cannot apply for any form of immigration benefit in the U.S. even if he or she were to marry a U.S. citizen. And if the smuggled person were to leave the country to apply for an immigration benefit overseas, he or she may be barred for three or ten years. If only potential immigrants knew this they would not pay enormous sums to smugglers. Effective December 14, the Department of State is implementing a new procedure to assist prospective immigrants to comply with the requirement to demonstrate that they are not likely to become a public charge to the U.S. government.