In the media
Yuliya comments on U.S. immigration law for journalists and podcasts, in English and Russian. Selected appearances below.
Selected press
The Mirror US — Inside Trump's hardline visa crackdown, August 2026. Quoted on marriage-case second interviews, EB-1 processing delays, and religious worker visas.
T-invariant — Undesirable Two Years: How the Fulbright Program Ends for Russian Scientists, June 2024. Expert commentary on the J-1 two-year home-residency requirement and the legal paths around it. Published in Russian and English.
Associated Press — More Russians flee to U.S.-Mexico border seeking asylum, March 2022. Carried nationally and internationally, including by The Guardian, Fox News, The Independent, and other publications world-wide.
Meduza — Feature on Russians and Ukrainians seeking asylum at the U.S. border, March 2022. In Russian.
The Messenger — On the wave of Russians arriving through Mexico after the 2022 mobilization, June 2023. Publication closed in 2024; copy available on request.
For journalists
Yuliya Pashkova is an immigration attorney and the founder of Lux Law in San Diego. Licensed since 2005 in Chicago, Illinois, she represents clients before USCIS and the BIA in all fifty states. Born and raised in Siberia, she immigrated to the United States herself and comments in English and Russian.
Same-day response on deadline. Interviews in English or Russian, by phone, video, or in studio in San Diego. yuliya@luxlawglobal.com
