I am pleased to announce that I am a winner of the Neil Haight Pro Bono Award, given out by the State Bar of Montana to attorneys who have served their communities by providing free legal services to low-income clients.  It is an honor to have been selected for the award, and I am overjoyed [...]

John Harrington of the Helena Independent Record wrote a really nice article about me and the Border Crossing Law Firm in today’s paper:

Lisa Kunkel Independent Record – Shahid Haque-Hausrath, with the Border Crossing Law Firm, stands outside his office Friday morning in Helena. Next week, the State Bar of Montana will present Haque-Hausrath with its [...]

One of the Firm’s cases was recently profiled in both the Helena Independent Record and the Missoulian.  This case implicates important constitutional issues regarding the misuse of authority by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (”CBP”) — an agency within the Department of Homeland Security.  While the article contains certain inaccuracies and leaves out the majority [...]

While we are holding our breath for our representatives to enact health care reform that includes a strong public option, Senator Max Baucus has already announced that any plan that comes out of his office will “not cover undocumented workers because that’s too politically explosive.”  The debate over coverage of undocumented workers has blazed in [...]

After President Obama’s appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, many in the media referred to Judge Sotomayor as the daughter of immigrant parents. However, this characterization appears to be incorrect.

We spend a great deal of time in this country complaining about immigrants coming across the border to the United States.  We spend very little time contemplating our own policies, and how these policies can impact our neighbors.  A recent New York Times article highlights an illicit export from the United States that is having [...]