Client was a fifty-year-old citizen of Dominican Republic who had a green card since 1992. Client was single, had several children, and lived with girlfriend who is the mother of 3 of his children. Client was convicted of shoplifting on 2 different occasions in 1992 and 1994.
C Jayson DiMaira won a deportation case against a local business owner. The client is a permanent resident that had one conviction over ten years ago when he was in his early twenties. Since then the client matured, had three U.S. Citizen children and opened a business. Immigration waited over ten years to go after the client for that conviction in order to deport him. Mr. DiMaria was able to successfully defend client, allowing him to remain in the U.S. with his family and business.
Client was involved in a conspiracy in which her husband was stealing items from a store that he worked for and selling them online. Since he was using Client’s computer, she was involved in the case. She was arrested along with seven other people, her husband being one of the people who were arrested. Client had received probation for the offense and agreed to pay restitution each month. Client was then placed into Deportation Proceedings.
Client applied for Citizenship with a different attorney. She went to the Interview for her Citizenship and was told her case was denied because she had 3 criminal convictions for Shoplifting. Technically speaking, someone can face deportation for these convictions, even if the convictions took place a long time ago. One conviction is not a problem but 2 or more convictions is a problem.