Mr. B was granted lawful permanent residency (LPR) status before the Immigration Judge on March 3, 2009 through marriage to a U.S. citizen despite the fact that Mr. B had pled guilty in 2002 to Assault Causing Bodily Injury to a Family Member, a Texas Class A Misdemeanor. The Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) considers a Class A Misdemeanor for domestic violence as a Crime of Moral Turpitude, thereby making an alien inadmissible for permanent residency. However, in order to preempt a claim by the CIS that Mr. B committed a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude, our law office worked with a criminal attorney and had the conviction set aside, clearing the way for Mr. B to adjust his status before the Immigration Judge.
Mrs. M was granted Cancellation of Removal before the Immigration Judge on August 28, 2009 by showing exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to her LPR husband and four (4) U.S. citizen children. We presented evidence that Mrs. M was very close to her immediate family and would be unable to cope without them. Mrs. M was previously subject to the ten (10) year bar and unable to adjust status with her husband.
