How to Prepare for an Influx in Removal Defense Cases

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As a result of the 2024 elections, there will likely be significant changes in U.S. immigration policy, particularly when it comes to removal defense cases. With more at risk of deportation, there will be a surge in people seeking legal representation, making it important for legal teams to prepare for the influx of requests starting now. 

However, a sudden rise in new cases might strain your practice. As demand grows, you need more efficient, reliable tools to manage your caseload. That’s where we come in.

Will There Be an Increase in Deportations?

While the incoming administration intends to prioritize deportation, it will face many challenges, including a backlog of 2 million cases. But this will strike fear in many who might look for legal representation to explore what paths to citizenship are available to them. It's also necessary to be ready as immigration law can change suddenly (though the implementation can take time) — and knowing you can handle the potential rise in removal defense cases means you can provide better service to your clients. 

How Will This Impact Your Firm Today?

Currently, our clients are seeing an immediate influx of consultations from people worried about their immigration status. Noodle’s supercharged intake system will help you handle this with ease: Our AI chatbot directly communicates with these new clients and helps them schedule meetings with you. Once they're on your calendar, the AI will guide the clients to complete the pre-intake questionnaires, preparing you for each consultation.

Your Next Steps

At-risk immigrants are in dire need of representation. Being able to scale quickly while providing better service is why so many firms partner with Noodle and implement its AI assistant. Being able to confidently run Ads on Google / Avvo to capture this opportunity is key to the success of all firms during these next four years. Talk to us ASAP to learn more about how we can help you grow your caseload without having to hire more workers. 

Schedule time with us to review your current intake process.

How Can AI Help with a Removal Defense?

Noodle's AI can intelligently handle all the issues that come with removal cases. For instance, take the Cancellation of Removal for Nonpermanent Residents (EOIR-42B):

Forms like EOIR-42B require additional sheets:

Noodle produces those additional pages when necessary, filling them out quickly.

7 Ways Noodle Can Help Your Immigration Firm

Noodle’s AI tools help you do your job more effectively — and this can mean you can better serve your clients. 

1. Efficient Case Management 

Staying organized is paramount. With a rise in cases, it can be harder to manage different deadlines and paperwork. Noodle offers end-to-end case management, helping you stay on top of tasks and track cases more efficiently.

2. Streamlined Client Communication

Communication is particularly important in immigration cases. The immigration system is quite complex and lawyers help make clients make sense of it. This can be difficult to achieve if you are juggling multiple cases. However, Noodle can provide automatic follow-ups to clients, so they know when anything happens with their case. Noodle’s chatbot also answers client questions at any time of the day, even if you are away from your desk. 

3. Document Automation and Autofill

Through automated templates, Noodle enables you to speed up the preparation of complex legal documents, saving you time. Noodle’s Ai autofill feature also pulls information from documents, making it so you don’t have to do as much manual entry.

4. Daily Brief

Setting priorities can be difficult, especially when you’re managing several cases at once. Noodle’s Ai provides you with a daily brief so you know what deadlines are most pressing and require your immediate attention. 

5. Real-time Alerts

Policy changes are going to take place, sometimes at a dizzying pace. Noodle’s Ai sends real-time notifications, so when your clients start asking questions about new policies, you’ll be ready to take them on.

6. Multi-language Forms

Even if you are fluent in a language other than English, it can be taxing to translate documents from one language to another. Noodle’s Ai multi-language capabilities mean you can provide your clients with forms in the languages they speak.

7. Scalable Support

Noodle will grow with you and your needs. Whether your lawyers are handling five or 50 cases, Noodle makes it so you can provide the same level of support to your clients. 

Noodle’s Removal Proceedings Workflow Engine

Besides auto-filling forms, Noodle can simplify your workflow in other ways, including

• Customer retainer agreements: Signing a contract that outlines representation and what that entails is an important way to start a client-lawyer relationship. 
• Document Requests: Don’t manually request and review documents. Allow the AI to complete this manual task for you and your team.
• Invoice collection: Noodle automatically sends invoices and sends reminders to clients so they don’t miss a payment. 
• Questionnaires: Noodle AI will send questionnaires that request information from clients.  
• Document checklists: To keep you organized, a document checklist lists everything necessary to file a case.