LUCAS AISENBERG (He/Him/él)

IMMIGRATION SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

Lucas Aisenberg joined DCALF full-time as a supervising attorney in June 2023. Prior to this role, he had served as a contract attorney with DCALF since April 2022. His career is devoted to serving the immigrant communities in the U.S., and has worked in the immigration field for nearly a decade in Texas, Florida, New York, and now, D.C.

Before joining the DCALF team, Lucas worked as a Clinical Supervising Attorney at the University of Houston Law Center Immigration Clinic from July 2021 to June 2023, where he provided representation to clinic clients and supervision to law students, tailoring the services to the needs of the underserved immigrant community of Houston, Texas. At the Immigration Clinic, Lucas practiced before the Houston-area Immigration Courts, the Houston Asylum Office, and represented clients in various stages of federal litigation. Additionally, Lucas represented victims of violent crimes, trafficking, and/or domestic violence in their applications for immigration relief with USCIS.

Before starting at the University of Houston Law Center, Lucas worked in the Unaccompanied Minors Program at Catholic Charities Community Services in New York City. At Catholic Charities, Lucas represented detained minors and non-detained individuals living in New York in their applications for asylum and special immigrant juvenile status, among other forms of relief such as U visas (victims of crimes) and T visas (victims of trafficking). At Catholic Charities, Lucas practiced before the New York and Newark Asylum Offices and the various Immigration Courts in the area.

Lucas was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to Houston, Texas as a child. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Houston, he attended law school at St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida. As a law student, Lucas interned at Catholic Legal Services in Broward County, Florida, assisting the team in the representation of detained clients in their removal proceedings before the detained and non-detained Miami-area Immigration Courts.