Legal Question in Immigration Law in Washington

is this grounds for immigration?

My fiance is 22 currently, he has had a bad record, with a dui,car prowling,Vusca and restraining order. All this happend from the age of 17 till age 20. He use to skip court but now he has gone to all his courts on time and to all his probation officer visits. He is been held in a Immigration center dentation facility for 2 counts of car prowling and one count of Vusca with Cocaine less than 60 dollars worth, these charges are over 3+ years old. He has been cleaning for a year and has been good, he completely did a 360, he has completed everything but has a feloney and they want to deport him back to Bosnia. Is this ground for deportation? he has lived here for 11 years with his parents and currently has a greencard.

Thank you


Asked on 8/25/07, 4:21 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
James J. White, attorney Law Offices of Smith & White, PLLC

Re: is this grounds for immigration?

There may be help for your friend. I recommend you contact Shannon Underwood at Carol Edwards & Associates in Seattle. As for your question, these charges are grounds for deportation on man levels. The car prowling is a form of theft and likely a crime of moral turpitude. Any of these may be subject to a sentence of a year or more and thus qualify as aggrevated felonies. The drug crime is deportable as a drug crime. Also, the fact that you say he's been clean for a year suggests he has a drug addiction which may also be the basis for deportation.

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Answered on 8/31/07, 1:47 pm


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