The Breakthrough Award for Advancing Immigration Law Through Advocacy and Action
Presented to an attorney who has moved the needle — through policy advocacy, landmark cases, or courageous action that created real change in immigration law. This award recognizes those who don’t just practice the law, they push it forward.
It is difficult to imagine that any single person in the field of federal immigration litigation has had a more profound impact over the past year-plus than has Atty. SangYeob Kim. From filing the first challenge to SEVIS cancellation, to developing cutting-edge theories for staying removal, to protecting SIJS, to having a shockingly high success rate in Circuit Court appeals, Atty. Kim speaks softly while packing a powerful punch as an advocate extraordinaire.
Nominated by Ronald Abramson