Mia Unger

  • Lecturer in Law

Mia Unger has taught the Immigration Defense Externship since 2019. She is a supervising attorney with The Bronx Defenders’ Immigration Practice. Prior to joining The Bronx Defenders, she worked for over a decade as an immigration attorney with The Legal Aid Society. She has represented noncitizens in detained and non-detained removal proceedings before the Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. She has worked as a Padilla attorney, advising on the immigration consequences of contacts with the criminal justice system and criminal convictions. She also has experience filing affirmative applications before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. She received her J.D. from CUNY School of Law and her B.A. in Sociology and Latin American Studies from Wesleyan University.

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