Rose Law Group Immigration Department Chair Darius Amiri talks to 12 News about helping Afghan refugees, translators escape Afghanistan

By Mitch Carr | 12News Phoenix ARIZONA, USA — The Taliban re-took Afghanistan so quickly that many Afghans that supported and worked with the United States during the nearly 20-year war were left scrambling for safety. One of those American allies is a translator nicknamed “Zabi.” Darius Amiri, an immigration attorney at Rose Law Group in Scottsdale, is working to …

Darius Amiri, head of Rose Law Group immigration law department, speaks about Afghanistan crisis with 3TV

    Broadcasted by 3TV/CBS5/AZFamily Stranded in-country: Rose Law Group Immigration Dept. Chair Darius Amiri discusses ‘Zabi,’ an interpreter who worked with U.S Marines and who has applied for a special immigrant visa but is now stuck in Afghanistan with his life in danger. Avenue of escape: There is little time to waste in trying to get Zabi out of Afghanistan, so Amiri “has been reaching …

[OP-ED] Rose Law Group Immigration Department Chair Darius Amiri in Arizona Capitol Times: Time for Congress to do the right thing on DACA

By Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group Immigration Dept. Chair | Arizona Capitol Times The latest domino in the DACA saga fell when Judge Andrew Hannen out of the Southern District of Texas ruled that the DACA program was unlawful, immediately halting the processing of an estimated 55,000 first time DACA applications currently in the pipeline. While it’s clear from the language …

[OP-ED] Rose Law Group Immigration Department Chair Darius Amiri says in YourValley: Time for Congress to do the right thing on DACA

By Darius Amiri, Rose Law Group Immigration Dept. Chair | Your Valley Last Thursday, the latest domino in the DACA saga dropped when Judge Andrew Hannen out of the Southern District of Texas ruled that the DACA program was unlawful, immediately halting the processing of an estimated 55,000 first time DACA applications currently in the pipeline. Opponents of immigration lauded …

U.S. judge blocks new applications to DACA program for ‘dreamer’ immigrants; Rose Law Group Immigration Dept. Chair Darius Amiri reacts

By Mica Rosenberg | Reuters NEW YORK, July 16 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked new applications to a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the United States as children from deportation but said the hundreds of thousands of people already enrolled would not be affected until further court rulings. U.S. District Judge …

Darius Amiri, immigration law chair at Rose Law Group, comments on Afghan interpreter for U.S. military being denied asylum

By Holden Walter-Warner | Daily Mail An Afghan interpreter currently living in Iowa claims he is facing deportation and has lost contact with the Department of Homeland Security for giving a piece of bread to the Taliban when he was a child. Zalmay Niazy served the U.S. military as an interpreter from 2007 to 2014 in Afghanistan before returning to the United …

Republicans push to grant Arizona ‘Dreamers’ in-state tuition. ‘A great move,’ says Darius Amiri, immigration law chair at Rose Law Group

Opinion: Why would anyone in the Legislature want to block voters from deciding whether undocumented immigrants should qualify for in-state tuition? By Laurie Roberts | Arizona Republic Arizona voters may get the chance next year to make it possible for certain undocumented immigrants to go to college, thanks to … a pair of Republicans? GOP Reps. Michelle Udall and Joel …

Darius Amiri, chair of immigration law at Rose Law Group, comments on George W. Bush immigration op-ed

By Rachel Janfaza | CNN Washington (CNN) – Former Republican President George W. Bush is calling for bipartisan action on several immigration measures, calling for a restoration of “the people’s confidence in an immigration system that serves both our values and our interests.” In a Washington Post op-ed published on Friday, Bush strikes a gentler tone on immigration than the …

Darius Amiri, immigration law chair at Rose Law Group, on Biden’s pick of progressive Tucson police chief to lead border agency

By Shawna Chen | Axios President Biden will nominate Tucson police chief Chris Magnus, a longtime critic of Trump-era immigration policies, to oversee Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the New York Times reports. Why it matters: If confirmed, Magnus would be tasked with addressing a border surge that many have labeled the first new crisis of the Biden administration. The U.S. saw …