Notable Immigration Cases

THE FOLLOWING ARE A SMALL SAMPLE OF RECENT REMOVAL/DEPORTATION CASE RESULTS ON SOME CASES HANDLED BY MARC REITER

Marc J. Reiter obtained Cancellation of Removal on behalf of his Canadian Citizen and US Permanent Resident client who had a convicted of an Aggravated Felony.  An Aggravated Felony disqualifies one from obtaining Cancellation of Removal in general.  The client demonstrated genuine rehabilitation.  Marc J. Reiter was able to have the conviction vacated, and a have the client plea to a lesser crime that then made her eligible to apply for Cancellation of Removal.  Judge Durling in York County found that the client deserved a grant of Cancellation of Removal.

Marc J. Reiter obtained 212(c) Cancellation of Removal on behalf of his Ghanaian Citizen and US Permanent Resident Client who had plead guilty to the Aggravated Felony of Money Laundering in 1996.  Initially, the client was also charged with Fraud which would have required him to apply for a 212(h) waiver, a waiver which is often very difficult to obtain.  Marc J. Reiter was able to present legal argument which convinced Judge Mills of Philadelphia Immigration Court to dismiss the fraud charge, and then was able to obtain 212(c) relief on behalf of his client.

Marc J. Reiter obtained non-Permanent Resident Cancellation of Removal on behalf of his client who had entered without inspection from El Salvador.  The client was married to a U.S. Citizen but ineligible to adjust status (gain permanent residence) because he had entered the country illegally.  Marc J. Reiter was able to demonstrate that his client’s wife and child would suffer “extreme and unusual” hardship, a necessary element of proof in non-Permanent Resident Cancellation of Removal Cases, if the client was removed to El Salvador.

Marc J. Reiter successfully represented a client in removal proceedings who, while a Legal Permanent Resident, had a conviction for possession of a firearm. A possession of firearm conviction can make a person removable/deportable from the United States. We were able to have the client readjusted (essentially granted permanent residence) by the Immigration Judge, Judge Honeyman of the Philadelphia Court.

Marc J. Reiter obtained Withholding of Removal (similar to Asylum) in Removal Proceedings on behalf of a family from Venezuela who had suffered death threats and attacks from individuals associated with Hugo Chavez.