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(EMAILWIRE.COM, September 16, 2011 ) Columbus, OHIO -- Columbus visa attorney Jonathan Bartell scored another victory in Cleveland immigration court recently when he successfully defended a Russian man facing deportation. "It was great to see this case closed," said Bartell, a citizenship lawyer. The case ended Aug. 30 after having dragged on for nearly two years.
Bartell's client was accused of domestic violence many times by his wife. However, his wife is mentally ill. Bartell presented information in court that showed his client's wife is a paranoid schizophrenic who gave their daughter to to a stranger to care for, while his client remained jailed on domestic violence charges. The client's wife has a history of giving her four children away.
"We fought to get my client freed from jail and reunited with his daughter," said our visa attorney. "We got the judge to agree that this child has suffered as a result of recent events, and deporting her father would expose her to additional hardship." With that, Bartell won the case. Now his client will get his green card. He expected the man to be freed that afternoon and reunited with his 19-month-old daughter later that day.
"Cases like these are absolutely worth fighting for," said Bartell, who also is a Cincinnati immigration lawyer. The U.S. puts a great deal of effort into deporting immigrants charged with relatively minor criminal offenses including theft and multiple misdemeanor convictions, he says.
"It will be interesting to see how the government addresses these types of cases going forward, based upon the new memorandum released by the U.S. Justice Department last week," the refugee lawyer said. Immigrants facing deportation should contact a lawyer (http://www.immigrationman.com/Attorney-Profile.asp) who specializes in that area, because immigrants have rights in the legal system- even if they aren't U.S. citizens.
The Law Firm of Jonathan A. Bartell is based in Cleveland, Ohio, and has satellite offices in Florida, Boston, Las Vegas, Scottsdale, Seattle, Houston, and North Carolina. Nationwide locations provide 24-hour attorney availability to help with immigration law and criminal issues.
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