Deportation of Family?

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i94Issues

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My girlfriend's(of 6 years) father was given a refuge status when he came to USA from Bosnia.

He was placed in ICE custody in 2005, Jail, and then released. The charges are falsely entering America as a "refuge" because he served in the Bosnian war. The trial is still on-going & almost no progress has been made in the last couple of years. He got his i-94 taken from him and is stuck in "legal limbo".

They came to America in 2002, and applied for a greencard a couple of years after. They've heard nothing from the government as far as the status of the green cards.

Her friend is in the same exact situation. He got married to an American Citizen, applied for a Green Card & got denied. They have no Bosnian citizenship anymore.

So I have two questions:

1) if she should make attempts to applying for her greencard & what are the chances she might get it? She has been using her i94 for almost 10 years now(it doesn't have an expiration date). I was planning on marrying her next year, but would marriage improve the odds?

2) if Her father gets found guilty, could they deport the whole family? She was around 12 when she came to the US.
 
If immigration reform passes, we cannot leave out the millions of people whose families have been separated by deportation.
 
If your girlfriend entered the United States as a refugee, she is REQUIRED by law to apply for LPR status after 1 year.
If she still is a refugee, she can be arrested and deported for failing to do so. On the list of people ICE is looking for to arrest, she is very low on the list. She needs to file a I-485 right away, and a I-602 if she requires a waiver for certain criminal convictions. It is not too late to fix this problem.

If her father has heard nothing in all this time, chances are he moved and did not file a change of address with USCIS, this is also a requirement and is a removal offense.

i94Issues said:
My girlfriend's(of 6 years) father was given a refuge status when he came to USA from Bosnia.

He was placed in ICE custody in 2005, Jail, and then released. The charges are falsely entering America as a "refuge" because he served in the Bosnian war. The trial is still on-going & almost no progress has been made in the last couple of years. He got his i-94 taken from him and is stuck in "legal limbo".

They came to America in 2002, and applied for a greencard a couple of years after. They've heard nothing from the government as far as the status of the green cards.

Her friend is in the same exact situation. He got married to an American Citizen, applied for a Green Card & got denied. They have no Bosnian citizenship anymore.

So I have two questions:

1) if she should make attempts to applying for her greencard & what are the chances she might get it? She has been using her i94 for almost 10 years now(it doesn't have an expiration date). I was planning on marrying her next year, but would marriage improve the odds?

2) if Her father gets found guilty, could they deport the whole family? She was around 12 when she came to the US.
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