Miguel A. Molina is a Los Angeles immigration attorney with more than fifteen years of experience representing clients throughout the United States. He focuses on removal defense, asylum, humanitarian relief, and complex immigration litigation before the Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), and USCIS. Many of his clients come to him after conflicting advice, prior denials, or discovering their case involves overlapping issues—and he is known for helping them understand every option and build the strongest path forward.

How Miguel Helps Clients

Miguel focuses his practice on:

• Removal defense & Immigration Court: detained and non-detained proceedings, Master Calendar and Individual Merits Hearings, bond hearings, and cancellation of removal across California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Ohio.
• Asylum & protection: affirmative and defensive asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims—including political, religious, LGBTQ+, domestic-violence, and gang-related persecution.
• Humanitarian relief: VAWA self-petitions, U visas, T visas, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS).
• Family-based immigration & waivers: marriage green cards, adjustment of status, consular processing, and I-601/I-601A waivers.
• Motions, appeals & federal litigation: motions to reopen and reconsider, BIA appeals, and mandamus actions.

Why Clients Choose Miguel

Miguel brings deep senior-level removal defense experience: he founded and managed Molina & James Law Group for roughly a decade, then served as a senior attorney in a high-volume detained-removal practice before EOIR, USCIS, and the BIA. Earlier in his career he handled complex civil litigation, multinational investigations, and cross-border regulatory matters for nationally recognized firms—large-scale evidentiary review and deposition work that continues to sharpen his motions and litigation practice. Clients trust his strategic problem-solving when a case involves competing priorities, prior denials, and serious procedural complexity.

Beyond the Practice

An active musician who performs with a regional orchestra, Miguel brings special insight to O-1 and EB-1 cases for creative professionals. His public-interest roots—internships with the ACLU of New Jersey and the New York State Division of Human Rights—continue to shape his commitment to civil rights and access to justice, and he develops CLE programs for fellow attorneys and leads Know Your Rights presentations for immigrant communities. He is fluent in English and Spanish and conversational in Portuguese and French.