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Immigration Law Update: Laken Riley Act 2025

Product ID: CA3823D
Presented By: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE

Major immigration implications

The recently passed Laken Riley Act (LRA) is reshaping how immigration and criminal defense attorneys must advise noncitizen clients. The law requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain noncitizens upon arrest, regardless of conviction. It also gives state attorneys general authority to sue the federal government over immigration enforcement decisions. As a result, immigration lawyers are likely to see an increase in noncitizens being transferred to immigration detention and subject to mandatory custody. This shift also requires criminal defense attorneys to reassess how these changes impact their representation and to provide informed guidance to clients arrested for certain offenses.

At Immigration Law Update: Laken Riley Act, Eduardo Castro and Gabriela Parra break down the new law’s core provisions, providing critical insights on:

  • The expansion of mandatory detention
  • The importance of defending noncitizens at the charging stage
  • Strategies for challenging detention
  • Read More ↓

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Major immigration implications

The recently passed Laken Riley Act (LRA) is reshaping how immigration and criminal defense attorneys must advise noncitizen clients. The law requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain noncitizens upon arrest, regardless of conviction. It also gives state attorneys general authority to sue the federal government over immigration enforcement decisions. As a result, immigration lawyers are likely to see an increase in noncitizens being transferred to immigration detention and subject to mandatory custody. This shift also requires criminal defense attorneys to reassess how these changes impact their representation and to provide informed guidance to clients arrested for certain offenses.

At Immigration Law Update: Laken Riley Act, Eduardo Castro and Gabriela Parra break down the new law’s core provisions, providing critical insights on:

  • The expansion of mandatory detention
  • The importance of defending noncitizens at the charging stage
  • Strategies for challenging detention
  • Read More ↓

Gabriela Parra is a dedicated immigration attorney, business owner, and partner at Layde & Parra, S.C. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With over nine years of experience in immigration law, she provides strategic and compassionate legal representation to immigrants and refugees navigating complex legal processes. She currently leads the litigation team at Layde & Parra, representing immigrants in asylum cases and removal proceedings. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. Attorney Parra has extensive experience in litigation defense, appeals, and post-conviction relief and frequently serves as a resource for criminal defense attorneys.

Eduardo Castro is a skilled litigator and courtroom advocate at Pines Bach, LLP in Madison, Wisconsin, with a robust and diverse practice. Attorney Castro assists clients to successful outcomes in numerous areas, including in criminal defense, crimmigration and removal defense, civil and constitutional rights, labor law, political and election law, and civil litigation. He represents and advises clients at all stages of civil and criminal proceedings in state and federal court, arbitration and mediation, and in front of federal and state administrative bodies.

  • Understand how the LRA alters legal strategy for immigration and criminal defense lawyers
  • Recognize and address due process concerns for clients facing detention
  • Gain practical tools to defend noncitizens early in the criminal process
  • Receive guidance for mitigating immigration consequences in criminal cases
  • Stay ahead of evolving DHS enforcement priorities and their implications 
  • Immigration law attorneys
  • Criminal defense attorneys
  • Civil rights attorneys
  • Constitutional law attorneys
  • Paralegals
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