I recently had immigration issues come up on one of my psychedelic cases.  In 30 years of law practice, I have never handled so much as a single immigration issue, let alone having to deal with one with a psychedelics connection.   I asked around for a lawyer to consult, and fellow entheogen lawyer Greg Lake introduced me to Anthony Dominguez.  [Thank you, Greg, great contact!]

Besides being a partner at Miami-based Prada Urizar Dominguez,  Anthony handles immigration issues and the niche issue of psychedelics in immigration.   Yes, even shaman have lawyers!

You can watch my interview of Anthony HERE.

 

A little more about Anthony:

Anthony Dominguez joined what is formerly Prada Urizar PLLC as a partner in January 2020, and is now a named partner at Prada Urizar Dominguez PLLC. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Anthony moved to Miami in 2011 where he discovered his passion of helping immigrants while volunteering and then working at Americans for Immigration Justice, in both the Lucha Project and Detention Team. After serving as the federal litigation paralegal at another private law firm, Anthony graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 2017 and is an alumnus of the law school’s immigration clinic.

As an attorney, Anthony has successfully represented his clients before USCIS and Immigration Courts around the country. Anthony has experience litigating complaints for mandamus, declaratory and injunctive relief, APA Judicial Review, and writs of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Courts for both the Southern and Middle District of Florida. Anthony was counsel of record in Rabelo v. Mayorkas, nº 21-23213 (S.D. Fla. 2022), which forced USCIS to recognize the parole status of Cuban arriving aliens released with an I-220A. Between 2020 and 2021, Anthony was part of the team that secured over 20 injunctions or temporary restraining orders in federal courts around the country to stop the deportation of clients and to allow them to complete the provisional waiver process inside the United States. Anthony was also an active participant in the COVID-19 litigation Gayle et al., v. Director, Miami Field Office, no. 20-cv-21553 (S.D. Fla. 2020), and wrote the motion for preliminary injunction which ultimately led to a 25% reduction in detention capacity at Krome, BTC, and Glades County Detention Facility, as well as improved sanitary conditions and judicial oversight for detainees during the pandemic.

Anthony has argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on six occasions, winning the cases of Rendon v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 972 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2020) (holding that Congress did not clearly intend for the stop-time rule to apply retroactively to bar an individual from accumulating the years of continuous residence necessary to qualify for cancellation of removal based on a conviction that preceded the stop-time rule’s effective date), and affirming a noncitizen’s right to challenge their order of supervision before a district court sitting in habeas jurisdiction in Romero v. Sec’y, U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 20 F4th 1374 (11th Cir. 2021). Anthony also wrote the appellate brief in Perez v. USCIS, 774 F.3d 960 (11th Cir. 2014), which limited the scope of the jurisdictional bar of 8 USC § 1152(a)(2)(B)(ii) in Cuban Adjustment Cases before USCIS and their review in district court.

Since becoming an attorney, Anthony has been a member of AILA and has participated with the litigation committee speaking at and organizing CLE events for the membership.