Lorena Rivas, Esq.CEO/Managing Partner at Rivas & Associates

#WhyIFight con Braxton Coil ✨

2 Sept 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief promotional video, immigration attorney Lorena Rivas (Speaker B) explains why she fights for immigrants, emphasizing a deep personal commitment to protecting families and preserving community dignity. She describes the immigration system as alienating and fraught with fear, noting that each case represents a family’s anxiety, sleepless parents, and children facing impossible questions. Rivas frames her work not as a career but as a moral mission to stop deportations that would separate families, empower immigrants, and build futures. The segment ends with a Spanish tagline highlighting her firm, Lorena Rivas y asociados, as advocates for immigrant rights.

I fight because I am fiercely dedicated to protecting families and the rights of the community.
Becoming an immigration attorney wasn't a career choice, it was a commitment.
A commitment to the families that try to navigate a system that wasn't built for them. A response to the fear in someone's eyes when they realize that their future could be decided in a language they don't know under rules that they don't fully understand. Behind every case file is a family holding its breath. It's a parent losing sleep at night, and it's a child asking questions they should never have to ask. It's never just been about court dates or paperwork. It's about families and stopping a deportation that could separate them. Every client I meet reminds me why this is necessary. I fight to honor the strength it takes to leave everything behind for a shot at something else. I fight because our community deserves dignity, protection, and fierce advocacy. Lorena Rivas y asociados, abogadas de inmigración, empoderando inmigrantes, construyendo futuros.