Eyzuri Segovia Sanchez

Eyzuri Segovia Sanchez is an Associate Attorney with Milla and Associates, LLC who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge as someone who has been with the firm since 2015. Eyzuri was born and raised in Mexico, and her experiences as an immigrant help her understand clients’ needs and concerns from personal and legal perspectives. She is not only compassionate but committed to strategizing and carrying out a successful path for clients. In doing so, she has a special ability to guide her clients through the various stages of cases from planning to obtaining long-awaited approvals.

Eyzuri joined Milla and Associates in 2015 as a paralegal. In that role and as a BIA accredited representative, she was an integral part of obtaining successful results in complex cases before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration Courts across the U.S., Board of Immigration Appeals, and U.S. Department of State offices around the world. From her extensive caseload over the years, she is adept at spotting issues and guiding clients through removal (“deportation”) defense, asylum, benefits under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U visas, I-601A provisional hardship waivers and I-601 hardship waivers, adjustment of status to permanent resident (“green card”), naturalization (“citizenship”), and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

In 2020, Eyzuri earned her juris doctor degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. While in law school, Eyzuri was awarded CALI Excellence for the Future Awards as the top student in courses on Legal Writing for Immigration and Nationality Law and National Security Law and was recognized in the Dean’s Honors List several times. She also excelled in the immigration law courses offered at Chicago-Kent, earned an externship at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), and was an active officer of the Chicago-Kent Chapters of the ACLU, National Lawyers Guild, and Immigration Law Society. Of note, Eyzuri was among a small group of law students selected to travel to Dilley, Texas for the CARA Pro Bono Project in 2019 to assist asylum seekers in need of legal help at the U.S. southern border. With such valuable firsthand experience helping immigrants, Eyzuri's resolve to be a strong immigration advocate solidified. As an attorney, she provides clients with the thoughtful, effective legal representation they deserve. Prior to law school, Eyzuri graduated from Roosevelt University with a Master of Arts in Sociology (2013) and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (2010). She is a native Spanish speaker and enjoys giving back to the community through her volunteer work with local nonprofits.

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 2021

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Juris Doctor, 2020
• Roosevelt University, Master of Arts in Sociology, 2013
• Roosevelt University, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 2010

Honors & Awards

• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, National Security Law, 2019
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Legal Writing for Immigration and Nationality Law, 2019
• Dean’s Honor List, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, and Fall 2020

Professional Associations

• Chicago Bar Association
• Women’s Bar Association of Illinois
• Illinois Hispanic Bar Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Speaking Engagements

• American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Invited Speaker, What Do Lawyers Do? June 25, 2024
• Thrive Scholars, Invited Speaker, Career Exploration Panel, July 23, 2023
• American Bar Association, Commission On Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities, Invited Speaker, Opportunities Every Law Student Should Know About, June 29, 2022
• Adler University, Invited Speaker, Human Rights Panel, May 25, 2022

Notable Cases

• Matter of B-, Immigration Court, December 2023. Respondent’s application for asylum from Venezuela was granted based on political opinion.
• Matter of P-, Immigration Court, November 2023. Respondent’s Form EOIR-42B, Application for Cancellation of Removal and Adjustment of Status for Certain Nonpermanent Residents was granted. With his victory in court, our client, a citizen of Mexico, could stay in the country and continue providing for his U.S. citizen family in the United States.
• Matter of D-, Immigration Court, September 2023. The immigration judge granted Respondent’s Motion to Terminate removal proceedings to allow him to apply for a U visa, as the victim of a certain crime, before USCIS. Our client can remain in the United States while his U visa application is pending and obtain work authorization in the meantime.
• Matter of P-, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, July 2024. Our client’s marriage-based adjustment of status was approved despite no longer having physical proof of lawful entry. Through various pieces of evidence that we helped coordinate, we successfully carried out our strategy to show the lawful admission for our client that was required to adjust status to lawful permanent resident. Our client received a 10-year “green card” and continues to live in the U.S. with her husband and support him in his retirement.
• Matter of R-, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, July 2024. Guided our client in obtaining DACA-based advance parole travel authorization (for employment needs). After his work-related trip, our client then filed, with our assistance, a marriage-based adjustment of status application, through which he received a 10-year green card. Our client continues to live in the country with his U.S. citizen spouse, no longer burdened with worries about immigration, and instead focused on achieving personal and professional goals.
• Matter of A-, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, April 2024. During deferred inspection with CBP, our client, a citizen of Mexico and lawful permanent resident of the U.S., was admitted into the country and retained his permanent resident status despite a certain conviction history.
• Matter of B-, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, March 2024. USCIS issued a Request for Evidence to submit a Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility regarding our client’s self-filed adjustment of status application. We were retained to prepare and file the waiver application, and guide our client through the remaining adjustment of status process. We worked with our client, a citizen of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to prepare and file a strong hardship waiver that USCIS approved. Our client received lawful permanent resident status so he could continue living with, and providing for, his U.S. citizen family.
• Matter of R-, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, September 2023. After prior unfavorable outcomes with other attorneys, we successfully represented our client from the Dominican Republic in obtaining DACA advance parole based on employment needs. We were able to obtain her travel document in a tight timeframe for her to attend an upcoming conference and fulfill her work duties. She was able to maintain her employment obligations, receive lawful entry through DACA advance parole, safely return to the U.S. to continue her life with her U.S. citizen spouse, and gain eligibility for adjustment of status.
• Matter of T-, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, August 2023. USCIS issued a Request for Evidence to submit an inadmissibility waiver, Form I-601, for client’s self-filed Temporary Protected Status application (for Myanmar, formerly Burma) application. We successfully prepared and filed an I-601 waiver of inadmissibility under humanitarian basis, and our client was allowed to stay in the U.S. with her U.S. citizen family.
• Matter of D-, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol & U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, July 2023. We were retained to accompany our client, a citizen of Canada, to her deferred inspection appointment. (Previously, during secondary inspection at an airport, CBP referred her for deferred inspection because she departed the U.S. without travel authorization during her self-filed adjustment of status process.) I accompanied our client to the deferred inspection appointment and guided her through a reapplication process for adjustment of status. With my help, she received permanent resident status, allowing her to continue living in the country with her U.S. citizen spouse and giving back to her community through her career in healthcare.
• Matter of P-, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, January 2023. Our client retained me after she missed the deadline to submit Form I-751, Joint Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. Missing the I-751 filing requirement may lead to removal proceedings and a loss of resident status. I guided our client through the process of filing a late I-751, which USCIS granted. Not only was her resident status preserved, our client was eventually also approved for U.S. citizenship (Form N-400 application for naturalization). Our client was excited to take the oath of allegiance and became a U.S. citizen.
• Matter of K-, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, July 2022. USCIS issued a complex Request for Evidence after an interview on our client’s self-filed application for adjustment of status. We promptly strategized and coordinated the RFE response. After receiving our response to the RFE, USCIS approved the adjustment of status application, and our client became a lawful permanent resident. He was able to stay in the country with his U.S. citizen spouse and grow his transportation business to create jobs and give back to his community.
• Matter of N-, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, November 2021. During our client’s detention in CBP custody, I guided her through the credible fear and parole processes, after which she was released to her family in the U.S.