C lient had a rough childhood and grew up in a vicious cycle of substance abuse. Addiction had the best of her and she was making several bad decisions. All of her arrests were over 15 years ago. She gave her life to the Lord and turned her life around. She became a Pastor and is highly involved in helping people who suffer from substance abuse. She obtained several certificates of accomplishment for completing various programs to help assist people who struggle with substance abuse.
Client is from Ecuador who entered the United States as a child. He lived here all of his life and in High School was involved in a serious altercation in which he was found guilty by a jury of Aggravated Assault with a Gun and served 4 years in prison. He appealed the Jury Verdict and upon completion of his sentence was transferred to an ICE detention center. We were able to get him an Immigration Bail and he was released. While released from jail he had lost his appeal of the criminal case. He had another attorney file a Post Conviction Relief motion in order to have the criminal conviction overturned. While that was pending he got re-arrested and his bail was revoked. We applied again for immigration bail but the judge denied this request. While he was in custody he lost his Post Conviction Relief motion. We filed an application for a Green Card for him based on his marriage to his U.S. Citizen Spouse. We also had to file a waiver because of his criminal conviction. Basically, the waiver means that if we prove to the Judge that client’s spouse and child would suffer exceptional hardship if he gets deported, then the judge will give him a green card so that his family doesn’t suffer immensely.