Deepak Ahluwalia

Ahluwalia
Nationality	American-Canadian
Education	University of Toronto, Athabasca University, St Mary’s University School of Law
Occupation	Immigration lawyer

Deepak Ahluwalia is an immigration lawyer with a focus on asylum and deportation defense. He has represented Indian nationals, among dozens of other nationalities, and Indian asylum seekers in the US immigration courts in Texas and California. He received the Top 40 under 40 Lawyers recognition by the American Bar Association in 2022.

Background

Ahluwalia attended the University of Toronto, before he completed his graduation from Athabasca University and studied law at the St Mary’s University School of Law.

Career

Deepak worked as a law clerk for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Regional Counsel in San Antonio during his studies. After graduating from law school, he worked for a U.S. immigration law firm in Toronto called Niren & Associates, where he guided corporate clients on corporate and employment immigration matters.

In 2016, Deepak founded his own law firm, Singh Ahluwalia Attorneys at Law.

Through his career, Ahluwalia has expressed concerns that within the context of the ongoing humanitarian crisis about migrants originating from various countries at the U.S.-Mexico border, many credible persecution claims may be incorrectly or unfairly neglected by the authorities. He has also represented individuals who have asserted that they have faced persecution in India due to their sexual orientation, lower caste status, religious affiliation or political views.

Boards

Ahluwalia is on the board of the non-profit advocacy group, Sikh Coalition. He is also on the board of California Change Lawyers, Sikh Family Center, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice, Khalsa Aid USA and was a former member of Immigrant and Residents Affair Committee in the city of Fresno. He is a fellow of The American Bar Foundation.