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Welcome to Path2Papers

Path2Papers (P2P) is a project that helps DACA recipients pursue work visas and other pathways to legal permanent residency. Housed at Cornell Law School, P2P is one of the only programs in the country that combines experience in employer representation with expertise in evaluating immigration options for DACA recipients.

Get an Individual Consultation and Support

We offer free consultations to DACA workers and employers in the San Francisco Bay Area or at Cornell University.* Our consultations include individualized assessments of immigration legalization options with an emphasis on employment-based immigration visas.

*In our definition of a DACA worker, we include persons who qualify for DACA but have never received deferred action. The San Francisco Bay Area includes the following counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo.

Resources

In the News

Senator Alex Padilla Discusses how the Biden-Harris Administration is Streamlining Dreamers' Ability to Live and Work in the U.S.

Padilla advises people to learn more about how DACA recipients and Dreamers who earned their college degrees can transition to a temporary work visa more easily.

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‘I’m Not Going to Be Afraid Anymore’: How Biden’s Plan for Undocumented Immigrants Will Change Lives

Two women who immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico as children share their stories and how Biden’s new immigration plan for families and ‘Dreamers’ will affect them.

Ep. 175: Employment Visa Paths for Dreamers and a Harris vs. Trump Presidential Race

BPC Senior Advisor Theresa Cardinal Brown delves into a recent Biden administration executive order that helps Dreamers get a work visa, with Dan Berger, a noted immigration lawyer, writer and speaker, and fellow at Cornell Law School.

Fort Worth Man Says 'Game Changing' Executive Immigration Action Will Impact His Life

Juan Carlos Cerda's first memories are of spending time with his parents at a park in Atlanta, Georgia. He's lived in Texas since 2000. Here he's gotten married, started a career, and bought a home in Fort Worth.

Meet our Team

Our program brings together attorneys with decades of experience providing legal services to various entities — nonprofit agencies, multinational corporations, hospitals, and universities — who specialize in representing DACA recipients.

Who We Are

Dan Berger, Senior Attorney

Dan Berger is a partner at the immigration law firm of Curran, Berger and Kludt in Northampton, MA; and an Immigration fellow/visiting scholar at Cornell Law School.

Megan Kludt, Senior Attorney

Megan Kludt was named managing partner at Curran, Berger and Kludt in early 2021. Megan specializes in complex immigration cases in the areas of business, academia, and scientific research.

Camiel Becker, Senior Attorney

Camiel Becker is certified as a specialist in immigration law by the State Bar of California and has over twenty years of immigration law experience.

Krsna Avila, Staff Attorney

Krsna is based in San Francisco, California, and joins Cornell Law School’s Path2Papers with a wealth of personal and professional immigration experience. Krsna immigrated from Mexico to the United States as a child.

Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer, Managing Attorney

Jakki Kelley-Widmer has worked with hundreds of DACA and undocumented clients since 2013, including through the Immigration Law and Advocacy Clinic she founded at Cornell Law School in 2020.

Stephen Yale-Loehr, Senior Attorney

Steve Yale-Loehr is coauthor of Immigration Law and Procedure, the leading immigration law treatise, published by LexisNexis. He also is professor of immigration law practice at Cornell Law School.

Miguel Bocanegra, Staff Attorney

Miguel is from Seattle and has been practicing immigration law since 2004. He has experience with family-based petitions, removal defense, naturalization, as well as employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visas.

Katharine Gin, Strategic Advisor

Katharine is an immigrant rights entrepreneur and founder of The Legalization Project, which mobilizes support and resources for undocumented immigrants seeking permanent legal status in the United States.

Lily Kurtz, Project and Data Manager

Lily is a passionate defender of immigrant rights with significant experience in asylum and refugee services, particularly in securing protection and improving access for vulnerable LGBTQI+ individuals.