Nooo! Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have stolen the name I was going to use for the hypothetical daughter which I have pretty much almost decided that I'm never going to have!
NeonClaws
NeonClaws
No worries! Although... was it something about my negative outlook for Joe's case? Since you do appellate work and your attitude is very never-say-die I figured you probably find my staunchly pessimistic analysis objectionable.
He wishes. If he's sentenced to jail time here, he will most likely do the jail time here. Then instead of getting paroled or going free at the end of it, he'll be put into deportation proceedings and remain incarcerated until his proceedings are concluded, including until he exhausts the appellate process. …
Mmm, that could be factor if he actually had a chance to defend himself in immigration court. When a person is put into immigration proceedings, if they have a legal avenue available to them to mount a defense against the deportation, then they present the reasons why they should be allowed to stay in the U.S. and…
Good question. I don't know about Italy in particular but other countries can and do refuse to accept people that we order deported from the United States, although usually it's because of some confusion to do with nationality. For example, someone born in a country which is no longer exists, and the new country…
Oooh, intriguing. Go on, then.
Well I've never defended a reality tv "star" in removal proceedings, but in my experience as an immigration defense attorney, the type of arrangement that you're talking about would never happen for a nonimmigrant looking at $4M worth of fraud charges. Frankly, if he's convicted and determined to be a "aggravated…
D'oh! I can't keep up with all these trolls on Jezebel. But, I should have know what with the vehement defense of Family Guy.
I know a little something about immigration law including removal (previously known as "deportation") proceedings and what you're talking about would require that the justice department not seek a conviction with an element of fraud (regardless of whether he pays every penny back in restitution, because for fraud…
Hmm. I don't hear a condescending tone from them. I hear passion, outrage, disbelief - basically a liberal preaching to the choir. And since I'm not only in the choir, I'm the fucking choir director, I love it. But if I was a kid dragged to church very early on Sunday morning, I would see it as pompous lecturing.
Nah, he's boned. He might not be a citizen but he has all the delusions of security of any natural born U.S. citizen. Too bad. He should have naturalized decades ago. Lots of people think that just because it says "Legal Permanent Resident" on their green cards that means they are, in fact, "permanent" residents. …
If his parents are living in the United States as permanent residents (green card holders) then they certainly didn't obtain that status through him. Only citizens can petition for their parents and he's not a citizen he couldn't possibly have petitioned for them. Even if they did obtain status through Joe (my guess…
If he gets convicted of fraud where the loss to the victim is more than $10K he'll be an aggravated felon as defined by the immigration and nationality act and will therefore be statutorily barred from seeking relief from deportation. He can "fight" it all he wants, but he will lose and he will be ordered deported. …
Oh, if he gets convicted of these federal charges, he's most definitely going to get deported. There are several defenses to deportation that exist for someone in his situation (permanent resident, married to a citizen, citizen children) but he'll be automatically disqualified from availing himself of those defenses…
Ya know, hobbits were never really my cup of tea until they stuck Martin Freeman in a red velvet jacket. I have loved him since he was Tim Canterbury, so yeah, now I am totally Team Bilbo. I'd marry that adorable hobbit every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Fact: the stick up my ass is funnier than Family Guy.
I also think South Park deserves some the blame as well. I'm not talking about Cartman's treatment of Kyle, because the show amply demonstrates that Cartman is a terrible human being worthy of contempt and derision (unlike Peter Griffin who is treated as a lovable idiot) for all the terrible racist, sexist things he…
Ted has been coming on HBO recently and I told myself, "Self, I know you think Family Guy is terribly unfunny, but this movie has actors in it whose work you generally enjoy, if not actually admire. Give it a chance; you may be surprised." So I watched it, really, genuinely hoping that I would like it. And I hated…
The only difference between the Simpons and Family Guy is that Family Guy is currently funny, while the Simpsons is coasting off reputation earned through the 90s
