immigration and deportation?
my mother in 1998 committed a felony but the judge pardoned her with community service and 2 days in jail. Now its been over 10yrs and she hasn’t done anything that would affect her legal status here. But since 2 yrs ago she has been trying to renew her greencard and has paid $800 every time she reapplied because they would tell her so. They would tell her that her case is in review and almost done and she will get it soon. But as of this morning the INS had a warrant for her deportation because of the felony in 1998. She got a note while detained saying that she has no right to appeal the decision. my question is can we appeal it and why has it still affected her even if she was pardoned by the judge and since then has done nothing to affect her legal status. I need answers ASAP and also need to know about a good lawyer in the Northern VA D.C. area.
thanks
Judges do not have the power to pardon a felony conviction. He perhaps gave her credit for the time served and placed her on probation. The fact she didn’t do anything else for 10 years is beside the point, a felony conviction is enough to be deported, which they have finally done. There is no grounds for appeal, and a good lawyer would not be any help. She shouldn’t have committed a felony.
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