Aquí y Ahora: A punto de ser deportado tras ganar lotería…..
Su jefe le disputa ser el dueño del ticket ganador y ahora lo han vinculado hasta con actos terroristas.
The Fogle Law Firm Attorney Julio Moreno on national Univision Show about our client Mr. Cua-Toc who won a $750,000 lottery ticket which was stolen by his boss and cashed. When he confronted his boss, he called the police and had him arrested for “allegedly” threatening to kill him. The cops turned him over to Immigration and they are now trying to deport him.. There is a civil suit and the funds have been frozen by a Judge. It’s in Spanish of course and Julio is at minute 4:50 of the clip.
Glenn Fogle, the Guzmans’ immigration attorney, explains it this way:
After almost 19 months after being arrested by an ICE “Fugitive Operations Unit” at his home in North Carolina in front of his wife and then 2 year old son, on a removal order he did not even know about, Pedro Perez Guzman has been granted Special Rule Cancellation of Removal (a green card) by Immigration Judge Dan Trimble at Stewart Immigration Court on May 16, 2011. He was released May 17, 2011 after the DHS waived appeal. Pedro finally had his day in court after the Board of Immigration Appeals reversed Atlanta Immigration Judge William A. Cassidy, both on bond denial and a removal order where Cassidy found Pedro ineligible for relief. This needlessly resulted in his prolonged 19 month detention and deprived his wife and young son of their husband and father. Pedro’s story has been in national newspapers and is now the subject of a short documentary. This was a very long and hard fought battle and Pedro must be commended for his perseverance in detention while we fought his case.
The Guzmans’ plight was a focus of a November 2010 vigil at the Stewart Detention Center, which included 100 attendees of which eight of those were arrested for civil disobedience.
Indeed, this case has drawn national attention to the inhumanity of immigration detention. The Guzmans’ courage and persistence has inspired many, including folks who just months ago knew nothing about the immoral and unjust immigration detention system and its insidious collusion with for-profit prison corporations like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). While our sick immigration system scapegoated Pedro and robbed his wife and four year old son of nearly two years of his life, CCA pocketed over $77,000 on this one case and the Stewart County government got its own kickback of approximately $600.
Righteous indignation is merited but not right now. Tight now is a time to celebrate! Alterna wishes to sincerely thank everyone who played any role in the liberation of Pedro. If you ever attended any vigil at any detention center, you played a role. If you ever visited someone detained on immigration charges, you played a role. If you ever financially supported GDW or any if its member organizations you played a role. If you ever volunteered at El Refugio, Alterna’s hospitality house outside the gates of Stewart Detention Center, you played a role. And your role is worth celebrating. And the reunion of Pedro, Emily, and Logan is worth celebrating!
WARNER ROBINS — An illegal immigrant at the center of a battle over a $750,000 winning Georgia lottery ticket — and a criminal case over alleged terroristic threats — faces a deportation hearing this week.
Besides attorneys handling his criminal and civil cases, Cua-Toc now has another attorney to handle his immigration case: Julio E. Moreno of the Fogle Law Firm’s Atlanta office. The firm specializes in immigration law.
“He’s facing removal,” Moreno said. “We’re trying to find a way to fight it.”
Moreno is seeking a continuance of Tuesday’s hearing. But should the hearing proceed and the deportation order be granted, Moreno said he has a 30-day window to appeal.
Also, Moreno said he expects he’ll have about two months in all to work on Cua-Toc’s case before a deportation order could be carried out.
Cua-Toc, a native of Guatemala, entered the country illegally in 2000, Moreno said.
One avenue Moreno is trying is a U-Visa, which he said may be issued for victims of crimes. According to Moreno, Cua-Toc was actually a victim of theft by Erick Cervantes. But Cua-Toc failed to file a report with a law enforcement agency, and Moreno said he is attempting to remedy that.
A U-Visa would allow Cua-Toc to temporarily stay in the U.S. and place him on track to get his green card for permanent residence within a few years, Moreno said.
Fogle Law Firm attorney on MSNBC national show Jansing and Co. interviewed about Mr. Cua-Toc, our client who won the lottery and his ticket was stolen by his boss.
