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This might be a dumb question, but why would an attorney submit a declaration?

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I am a mother. I have two children, x and y.

So we had the children information, we think the number of children, their age, and the custody of the children is very important for the factual side of the argument. Using their names would be benifical for an emotional appeal, but we also want to ask the mother how comforatable she is disclosing her children because of immigration status.

From the employment history point of view, our group shared the importance of showing that she may have recently lost her job, making her more sympathetic

For Group 3 (living situation) we thought it would be useful to include information about the client's current living situation in the declaration because it gives a more sympathetic story

Likewise, it would be important to make sure that her employment history does not reflect badly on her, or that it is her fault that her family is in this situation.

We talked about whether to include info about why she needs benefits. Definitely include in this case! She has two young kids and has to choose between two life necessities: food and shelter. She needs benefits to provide basic necessities for herself and her children.

we talked about including facts to make it sympathetic, particularly if the law isn't on your side. but also be mindful of the reader - some judges don't even read these things, so you may want to keep it short and sweet

We had a group with no assignment on topics so we just discussed generally strategy on what we would include depending on requirements.

For physical/mental condition we also talked about the benefit of including it if she possibly needed a reasonable accommodation and you wanted to lay the foundation for that argument

Great points here! Importance of laying foundation, knowing your audience, and bolstering a (maybe) weak case

If you put bad facts in the declaration then you can control how the fact-finder sees the bad facts

That's right, and where appropriate, you can provide context

I've had file a declaration to for a motion to enforce a settlement agreement before, too

Are declarations admissible evidence/what are the situations where they are admissible evidence? Thank you.

In immigration courts and USCIS it is always admissible evidence

and it is considered a testimony

Will we have access to the powerpoint after the zoom session?

Will we also have access to the recording please?

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