Ingrid Borges Perez
Immigration Attorney at Terra Immigration Partners. English, Portuguese, Spanish
Ingrid Borges Perez is a founding partner of Terra Immigration Partners, a full-service immigration law firm dedicated to assisting foreign nationals, investors, and businesses achieve their immigration goals.
She is a native of Brazil and has lived in the United States since childhood. She has first-hand, personal experience with the language, cultural, and financial barriers that immigrants face. This gives her a unique perspective into these challenges and it is a guiding principle in her work.
Prior to founding Terra Immigration, Ms. Perez worked as a solo practitioner focusing exclusively in immigration law. Ms. Perez also has years of experience as a Criminal Defense Attorney for The Legal Aid Society in New York City where she zealously represented clients in Manhattan Criminal Court and New York State Supreme Court. She worked as lead counsel and represented close to one thousand clients facing misdemeanor and felony charges. She was responsible for all phases of litigation including arraignments, bail applications, legal writing, research, negotiations, investigations, hearings, and trials.
Ms. Perez obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in 2008 from C.U.N.Y. Hunter College where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She worked as a middle school Language Arts Teacher for two years prior obtaining her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in 2013. In law school, she was an active member of the Latin American Law Students Association and the Fordham Moot Court Board.
Ms. Perez is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Ms. Perez is also a member of the Lideres Board for LatinoJustice, the first national Latino organization to bring transparency to the plight of Latinx under a broken and racialized criminal justice system. She is passionate about equal justice, immigrant rights, and government accountability initiatives. Ms. Perez speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.
- Immigration Law
- Asylum, Citizenship, Deportation Defense, Family Visas, Green Cards, Immigration Appeals, Investment Visas, Marriage & Fiancé(e) Visas, Student Visas, Visitor Visas, Work Visas
- Zoom
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 5212378
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Portuguese: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Immigration Attorney
- Terra Immigration Partners
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- Immigration attorney helping foreign nationals all over the world with the immigration needs. I speak English, Spanish and Portuguese.
- Criminal Defense Attorney
- The Legal Aid Society of New York
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- Criminal Defense Attorney
- Legal Intern
- New York State Liquidation Bureau
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- Legal Intern
- Legal Intern
- Tishman Construction Corporation
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- Legal intern
- English Teacher
- New York City Dedpartment of Education
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- English Language Arts teacher for 6th and 7th grade students.
- Fordham University School of Law
- J.D. (2013)
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- Activities: Moot Court Board Latin American Law Students Association
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- City University of New York - Hunter College
- B.A. (2008)
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- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
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- Latino Justice
- Lideres Board Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Attorney Member
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- Naturalization delays stifle new Americans’ voting power
- Orlando Sentinel
- Citizenship Day Event, Ana G. Mendez University
- Citizenship Day event helping local community members apply for naturalization.
- Know Your Rights, ALCO - Adult Learning Center of Osceola
- Mi Familia Vota
- Know Your Rights, Kissimmee, Florida
- Mi Familia Vota
- Panel presentation for the immigrant community in Central Florida.
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