About Emmanuel Olawale

The Collapse of Stability

The change was instant. Within days of the January 2025 inauguration, the new administration unleashed a series of executive orders dismantling long-standing immigrant protections. Our office phones erupted—existing clients, old acquaintances and strangers, all calling with the same plea: What will happen to us? The fear was palpable, cutting across nationalities, immigration statuses and personal histories. People who had built lives in the United States were suddenly staring into an abyss …