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An attorney contracted our services to appeal an asylum case to the BIA. In this matter, a Salvadoran woman sought protection, asserting persecution based on her membership in a specific social group. Despite the initial rejection by the Immigration Judge, our argument contested the flawed decision. The BIA disagreed with...

An immigrant who had been previously deported and then re-entered without inspection was seeking to have his original case reopened. He is married to a U.S. citizen and they have American children together. The immigrant had been ordered in absentia, as he had not received notice of this hearing. It...

A mother of three U.S. citizen children was subject to an outstanding deportation order that she had received while she herself was a minor child. She had immigrated to the U.S. at a young age, while she was under the care and direction of her parents. As an adult, this...

An LPR who had lived in the United States for over three decades was about to lose his permanent residence status—which he had held for more than twenty years—due to a single conviction for possessing an unlicensed firearm. His lawyer was seeking cancellation of removal in Immigration Court and IPS...

While individuals from Mexico represent one of the largest groups of people applying for asylum in the United States—both in “affirmative” and “defensive” postures—the percentage of successful asylum applications from Mexico is fairly low. Over the last three years for which the government reported data, grant rates for Mexican asylees...

A U.S. citizen’s husband was deported to his native country. His wife began the process to reunite with her husband in the United States and retained the services of an expert lawyer who contracted with IPS, LLC for support. At issue was a controlled substances conviction her husband had received...

The USCIS unfairly denied an I-485 (green card) adjustment of status application for a woman who was married to a U.S. citizen battling chronic substance abuse. An attorney brought us in to assist with the case.  Drug addiction can make even the most loving person do irresponsible and unexplainable things....

The USCIS denied the I-130/I-485 (green card) application of an immigrant who is married to a U.S. citizen, based on an allegation that his first marriage to another United States citizen was a sham. The attorney planned to file a form I-290B, Notice of Appeal, to the Administrative Appeals Office...

One of our more unusual assignments involved the mistaken identity of an applicant for a provisional unlawful presence waiver. The attorney hired us to draft a “brief” for USCIS demonstrating that his client was not the person of that mistaken identity. The attorney’s client applied for a Provisional Unlawful Presence...

One of our more challenging assignments came from an attorney in the 7th Circuit. He wanted a brief that argued that his lawful permanent resident (LPR) client’s felony offense of possession of cannabis (30-500 grams) did not constitute an aggravated felony under the INA. After hours of research, we found enough...