SUCCESS STORIES
Our office was hired by an individual who was arrested on a criminal charge in Iowa and unbeknownst to him he had an order of deportation for failing to appear for an immigration hearing. He was told by ICE they would deport him within 10 days and was even transported to Omaha to execute the deportation order. Our office acted swiftly and left no stone unturned in finding a way to fight his case. We successfully reopened his deportation order and DISMISSED the proceedings against him based on improper service of the charging document—known as the Notice to Appear— by the government. We held the government accountable to follow the law like everyone else is required to do. Thankfully, our client is now at home with his family and can soon apply for a visa through his fiance.
Our office was hired by an individual being detained by ICE after he was arrested for theft in Iowa. His attorney in his criminal case was ineffective and did not raise an objection to an improper enhancement of the theft charge that made what should have been a Simple Misdemeanor theft charge into an Aggravated Misdemeanor theft charge that had the unintended consequence of labeling the crime an Aggravated Felony for immigration purposes--meaning he could not apply for Asylum, Cancellation of Removal, or even get a bond!
Our Office acted expeditiously to vacate that criminal conviction, fight ICE on the Aggravated Felony label, and seek relief from the immigration court. After a month of briefing the issues and fighting for our client, the Immigration Judge GRANTED his Application for Cancellation of Removal finding an extraordinary amount of favorable factors that warranted such a decision.
Our office represented a client charged with OWI-3rd offense, a Class D Felony in Iowa. Desperate, our client hired us to fight for him and to prevent his deportation. We strategized and found weaknesses in the State’s case against our client and were able to successfully negotiate down to an OWI-1st Offense and our client did not have to physically serve any days in jail. Our firm also prevented what would have likely been an Aggravated Felony for Immigration Purposes and can now find a pathway to citizenship through his wife. Thanks to our client for putting his trust in us and for continuing to fight on and not accepting a deportation order!
Our office was hired to represent a woman who filed her citizenship application by herself believing her case would be smooth and easy. Unfortunately, immigration tried to accuse her of making a false claim to U.S. citizenship and lying under oath. These are two of the worst things immigration could charge you with as it could not only lead to immigration denying your citizenship application, but also could lead to losing your green card and being removed from the country. Attorney Raziel Argueta successfully rebuffed these accusations and successfully responded to immigration’s “Notice of Intent to Deny” and today the client is now a U.S. citizen.
Our office was hired to represent a man who was filing his green card application (I-485) for his wife. However, immigration continued to reject his application and finally after the fourth rejection, our office was hired to properly file the application. We were able to successfully file the application and within 6 months, his wife’s green card was approved!
Our office was hired to represent a woman who had been ordered deported in absentia by an immigration court in Texas in 2005. In in absentia order of deportation is when someone fails to show up to their immigration court hearing. She had gone to several attorneys in the past who told her that it was too late to file anything and she should continue to hide from immigration. Our office reviewed her paperwork and found legal errors committed by immigration that allowed us to reopen and cancel her deportation order 16 years later!