Deportation Lawyer Services
Natalia Darancou is an experienced deportation lawyer who provides comprehensive deportation defense and focuses exclusively on immigration and nationality law.
As a deportation defense attorney, Natalia Darancou has represented clients at immigration courts and before United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers.
If you are facing removal proceedings and fear deportation, you need a deportation lawyer with experience and a history of favorable results. Only a skilled immigration attorney can properly represent you or your loved one when facing possible deportation.
A strong deportation defense attorney will examine all possible options for defense with a comprehensive assessment. By reviewing a deportation case and evaluating the basis for the removal proceedings, a deportation lawyer will screen for any possible form of relief or removal defense.
A compassionate immigration attorney will also carefully explain the circumstances to their client as they work to develop a personalized strategy for the best possible outcome.
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Deportation Lawyers’ Tools for Removal Defense
Experienced deportation lawyers have several tools available for removal defenses depending on their client’s unique circumstances.
After an initial consultation, a seasoned deportation attorney will explore any legal options to fight their client’s deportation. Some of the common deportation defenses available to noncitizens may include:
- Asylum
- U visas
- The Convention Against Torture
- Withholding of removal
- VAWA cancellation of removal
- Prosecutorial discretion
- Voluntary departure
Your immigration attorney will explain the details of any option that may be suitable for your removal defense, but here, we explore the basic details of each of these potential options.
Your Deportation Lawyer May See if You Are Eligible for Asylum
There are two ways that asylum can be used to help stop your deportation, if you qualify. For your deportation lawyer to help you apply for asylum as a removal defense, you must have a genuine reason to believe that you will be persecuted if you return to your former country.
The following qualifying factors are:
- Race
- Religion
- Nationality
- Membership in a social group
- Political opinions
Keep in mind, you can’t just say that you are afraid you will be persecuted for your political opinions, for example. It must be true.
When you state that you want to apply for asylum, an asylum officer will conduct a Credible Fear Screening. Typically, the asylum officer will be able to recognize whether your fear is credible and whether the persecution you may face would be based on a qualifying factor. It is possible that you could be granted asylum after your Credible Fear Screening if you meet the requirements.
If you can’t prove that your fear is based on one of the qualifying factors, you will be found ineligible for asylum based the first way. That doesn’t mean it’s over though. If your fear is sincere, you might still qualify for defensive asylum processing through the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). If this is a possible route for you to pursue, your attorney will explain the process.
Your Deportation Lawyer May See if You Are Eligible for a U Visa
An experienced deportation lawyer will ask if you have been a victim of certain crimes. Your deportation defense attorney is only asking you this for your own benefit. They want to help you.
Victims of certain crimes may be eligible for a U nonimmigrant status which would prevent deportation. This is often called a “U visa,” and it’s a protective nonimmigrant status that helps you stay protected. Participation in the U visa process also helps authorities investigate and prosecute dangerous criminals.
If you have been a victim of one of the following crimes, do not be afraid to tell your deportation lawyer:
- Sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, sexual assault, incest, or prostitution
- Kidnapping, abduction, involuntary servitude, false imprisonment, trafficking, or unlawful criminal restraint
- Female genital mutilation
- Felonious assault, stalking, torture, or domestic violence
- Foreign labor fraud
- Obstruction of justice, perjury, extortion, witness tampering, or blackmail
To qualify for U nonimmigrant status, you must meet specific eligibility criteria which your deportation lawyer can explain in detail.
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Your Deportation Lawyer May See if You Are Eligible for Protection Under the Convention Against Torture
If you can prove that it is more likely than not that your deportation would lead to your torture, you may qualify for protection from deportation under the Convention Against Torture.
Your deportation defense attorney will explain that this option won’t allow you to travel internationally, and it won’t typically allow for an adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident. It could offer you protection from torture and provide a defense against removal though.
Your Deportation Lawyer May See if You Are Eligible for Withholding of Removal
Certain people are barred from applying for asylum but may still be granted withholding of removal from an immigration court. This is basically a state of limbo. If the deportation defense attorney can show that the noncitizen will more likely than not be persecuted in their home country, they may qualify for withholding of removal. For example, a judge may issue a removal order to have you deported, but also tell officials that you can’t be sent to the country that may persecute you.
The interesting thing about withholding of removal is that if a different, safe country agrees to accept the individual, the U.S. government could deport them to the other country where they won’t face persecution.
Withholding of removal offers uncertainty, but safety. On one hand, the noncitizen may never be forced to leave the United States. On the other hand, they also won’t have a path to a green card or citizenship. Plus, in the meantime, they still aren’t completely safe from deportation, only from deportation to their nation of citizenship where they would face persecution until conditions in that nation change.
Not everyone who is afraid to return to their nation of citizenship qualifies for withholding of removal. Your deportation lawyer will explain the limitations if they pertain to you.
Your Deportation Lawyer May See if You Are Eligible for VAWA Cancellation of Removal
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has provisions to protect certain noncitizens from domestic abuse. A U.S. citizen or green card holder can sponsor the immigration of their children and spouses.
Domestic abusers sometimes leverage this powerful position to keep their children or spouses quiet. VAWA allows noncitizens to apply for cancelation of removal under certain conditions.
Don’t be scared to tell your deportation attorney if your parent or spouse is a green card holder or U.S. citizen and they have abused you or your children.
Your experienced deportation defense attorney may be able to prevent your deportation and help you stay safe if you are truthful with them about your experiences.
Your Deportation Lawyer May Discuss Prosecutorial Discretion
The Office of the Principal Legal Advisor attorneys handling proceedings before the EOIR may choose not to pursue deportation at their own discretion. The prosecuting attorneys, in an effort to preserve limited resources, may use this option when it’s sensible.
There aren’t a set of circumstances that qualify a person for prosecutorial discretion, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a possible avenue for a noncitizen facing deportation.
If you are allowed to stay in the United Stated based on the prosecutor’s choice not to pursue deportation, you don’t gain immigration benefits. You do get temporary relief from removal proceedings and potentially a work permit, though.
Your Deportation Lawyer May Mention Voluntary Departure
Even if you don’t want to leave the United States, if no removal relief can be found, your attorney may suggest you apply for voluntary departure. When an experienced deportation defense attorney can’t find another solution, this can prevent deportation. Voluntary departure comes with fewer consequences than deportation.
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Natalia Darancou represents clients across the country in immigration courts and before USCIS.
If you are worried about deportation or facing removal proceedings, you may request a free consultation.
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