Our Deportation Defense strategy focuses on exploring all available legal options to protect our clients from removal.
We defend people who are at risk of being deported to their countries of origin.Our Deportation Defense strategy focuses on exploring all available legal options to protect our clients from removal. Our goal in Federal Immigration Court is to secure the client’s right to remain in the United States by presenting the strongest and most compelling defense possible.
In deportation defense, the attorney must have a thorough understanding of available defenses and forms of relief, an intimate knowledge of the client’s personal history and positive equities, and a sound strategy for achieving success. Our ability to successfully defend our clients from deportation has been honed over thousands of Immigration Court hearings before Immigration Judges in New York and throughout the nation.
At a master calendar hearing, the judge sets a schedule for your case. At a merits hearing, you and your attorney present your full defense with evidence and witnesses. We prepare you thoroughly for both.
Having US citizen children can qualify you for cancellation of removal, but it is not automatic. You must show 10 years of continuous presence, good moral character, and that removal would cause exceptional hardship to your children.
Immigration court timelines vary widely. Cases in New York can take approximately 2–5 years due to court backlogs, although detained cases may move faster.
Cancellation of removal is a form of relief that allows certain long-term residents to avoid deportation depending on eligibility factors such as length of residence, criminal history, and hardship to qualifying family members.
Yes. Appeals can be filed with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and, if necessary, with the federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
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