Our client, a citizen of Mexico, had been a Legal Permanent Resident since 1998. In 2009, she was convicted of Credit Card Abuse, a state jail felony under the laws of Texas. Although this is not a deportable crime in her case, it was a crime that made her inadmissible to the U.S. Thus, when she left the U.S. to visit her sick father and then tried to re-enter, she was detained at the border, subject to mandatory detention and was not able to get a bond. INA § 236(c). Attorney Furqan applied for relief in the form of Cancellation of Removal. INA § 240(A)(a). In support of the application, he included proof that our client’s husband had cancer and that her son was on active duty military. These factors were convincing enough for the immigration judge that he decided not to have a trial and simply approve the case.
