What are the chances of a felon getting his green card taken away in the U.S.?

Question

Somene who has served his time in county jail for his crime will be picked up by immigration on his release date. He got a lawyer to try and stop deportation. What are the chances that he will get to remain in the U.S. He is a permenant resident. His wife is an American born citizen.

Answer 1

With immigration picking him up on his release from jail, does not sound like he has the slightest chance of remaining in this country.  If a permanent resident screws up to that point then deportation is in order.  His American born citizen wife can go and live in her husband's country.

Answer 2

He is not a US citizen and he is a convicted criminal.  Immigration is picking him up, so he is out of here.  You know what they say:  Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.  

Convicted criminals are not eligible for citizenship, ever.  He is no longer eligible to remain in the US.  An immigration attorney will take a great deal of money in fees, and the best result you can hope for is a delay in deportation, during which he will probably remain incarcerated, "detained."

Tough cookies.  He's a goner.  Once he returns to his own country, he can apply for his wife's immigration to his country.  The sooner he returns to his own country, the sooner he can put the immigration wheels in motion for his wife to join him.

Answer 3

The conditions of having a green card are:  no misdemeanors, and certainly no felonies.

It's highly probably he will be deported or that he will voluntarily deport and his chances to become a US citizen are now gone forever.

Answer 4

I think it is almost certain that he will have to go before an immigration judge on an Expedited Removal order.   If he has been here for more than 10 years and can prove that it would be an extremely unusual hardship on a US citizen and that this is his first offense and he is not dangerous, he has a chance of getting a stay of removal if he has a very good lawyer.  Otherwise, even a sympathetic judge won't help and he should just ask if he can get "Voluntary Removal" to save himself the cost and detention time.

Answer 5

Very good!

You state you will follow our laws when getting the card.

They may even look at this marriage now to see if it was a scam.

When you become a felon, your rights really go down the drain.

Answer 6

That's really a better question for an immigration attorney. There's not enough information here to give you an intelligent answer and even then it would just be guessing.  the answers you've already received are based more on the personal feelings of the responders and are not really grounded in fact or immigration law, This is not to say his chances are particularly good,they're probably not. However, there may be factors at work that will impact on the final decision by the judge.

Answer 7

now days,  they dont want convicts here,  not even our own,  much less those that are not ours,  if your wife is American or not,  they will probably deport you(him)  ,   in the long run, unless you have major and i mean major money.  

county time does not always make you a felon, but i assume you know the difference,   but if you live in someone elses country then you should always keep your nose clean and not get in any trouble,

good luck

Answer 8

It does not matter that his wife is a citizen. They are starting to enforce laws. If you are convicted of a felony and don't have citizenship you have a high chance of being deported. We have enough criminals of our own.

Answer 9

Usually a felony charge means his green card will be revoked. Since immigration is picking him up after he serves his time,I would imagine that means his deportation is a done deal.

Answer 10

I believe it depends on what he did, if he served his time for shoplifting or somethin, then he might be able to avoid it. If he served his time for robbery or something that bad then probably not, and if it was a horrible crime then im glad, it is a privelage for a foreigner to gain citizenship not a right.

Answer 11

His chances of avoiding deportation are slim