Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. Managing Partner Michael Wildes discusses the use of the term “holocaust” in regard to the crisis at the border on Cavuto, Fox Business Channel, July 17, 2014.
As the crisis along the US border continues and record numbers of children are now inside the United States, much thought and debate is surfacing regarding what to do with these youths. Recently, Governor Deval Patrick and Senator Patrick Leahy have linked the border crisis to the Holocaust and in particular, have referenced the turning away of the St. Louis, a ship that sailed from Germany in 1939 carrying about 900 Jewish refugees, many of whom ultimately perished in the concentration camps. Michael Wildes joined anchorwoman Elizabeth Macdonald to discuss this comparison.
As a second generation immigration lawyer, whose family members did come over to America by ship, Michael Wildes is also a former federal prosecutor and mayor. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of Business Immigration Law at The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, a frequent commentator on network television and radio and has served on many professional panels. His firm, Wildes & Weinberg, was founded in 1960 by his father and the firms Senior Partner, Leon Wildes, who is most well-known for his successful representation of Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their deportation proceedings, the circumstances of which have inspired several documentaries, films, and literary pieces.
For more than 5 decades, the multi-lingual and experienced staff of Wildes & Weinberg, has been servicing the US Immigration and Nationality needs of all individuals as well as prominent American and International firms, banks, industrial, financial and manufacturing concerns and law firms in connection with the personnel needs of their foreign national employees. The firm has a distinguished clientele having done substantial immigration work for performing artists, directors, writers, models, actors/actresses, athletes, fine artists, art dealers, curators, and literary agents and handles each foreign nationals case with nothing less than the highest level of professionalism and discretion, regardless of notoriety.
