Results

After an appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the immigration judge made a new decision and granted asylum to this victim and her child.

An undocumented college student was arrested for possession of marijuana.

Deportation order reopened and deportation case terminated for Honduran national ordered deported years ago.

Parole-in-place was awarded to the mother of an active-duty serviceman and she is now on the pathway to permanent residency even though she entered the U.S. illegally.

Family Suffered Interrogation and Arrest in West Africa

Provisional waiver approved for husband of U.S. citizen wife who suffers from depression.

After an appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the immigration judge changed the decision and granted asylum to a sexual abuse survivor and her child. Today, they are permanent residents awaiting naturalization eligibility.

Deportation order reopened and deportation case terminated for Honduran national ordered deported years ago, and he no longer has a final order of deportation.

Parole-in-place was awarded to the mother of an active-duty serviceman, making her eligible to seek permanent residency even though she entered the U.S. illegally. She did not have to leave the U.S. for her interview, and she was awarded a green card.

Entire family awarded asylum status as protection against future persecution in Mauritania, and the family remains united together in the U.S. with legal status.

Attorney Sparks successfully prevented the deportation of two nationals of Cameroon who had been persecuted by government officials, and each were awarded asylee status after an immigration judge granted their asylum applications in Houston.

An Indonesian couple, of Chinese descent, won their asylum case in the Los Angeles Immigration Court and avoided future persecution based on their ethnicity.

Attorney Sparks successfully prevented the deportation of a Mexican law enforcement officer

Attorney Sparks successfully prevented the revocation of a Legal Permanent Resident status and prevented his deportation to the Philippines after charges related to marriage fraud were brought against him in immigration court in Nevada.

A gay Ugandan was granted asylum at a time when the Ugandan government was advocating for the death penalty for anyone who “promoted homosexuality.” Attorney Sparks represented this individual along side her former extern law students who studied at the Southwestern Law School in Koreatown in Los Angeles.

A bisexual male from Nigeria, who had originally sought asylum based on past harm to him and his male partner, and who was facing an immigration judge in removal proceedings, was granted adjustment of status through a petition filed by his wife; they overcame heightened scrutiny by USCIS, and he became a resident of the U.S.

An Indonesian couple, of Chinese descent, were placed into immigration court proceedings after their F-1 status expired, and they were both granted asylum in Los Angeles based on their ethnicity, even though they had returned twice to Indonesia.

A Mexican law enforcement officer was granted asylum after narcotraffickers persecuted him and his entire family because of his work of investigating their illegal drug activities; Attorney Sparks represented the family along side her former students at the law school of Pepperdine University.

In 2003, a Christian woman, who had been imprisoned and raped in her native DRC, was granted asylum on account of her religion.

After a legal professional received a notice of intent to deny his pending adjustment application, he retained Attorney Sparks to respond on the issue of “approvable when filed,” and his residency application was then granted by USCIS under INA § 245(i).

A single father, from the Philippines, was granted Suspension of Deportation after Attorney Sparks presented evidence of his good moral character, physical presence, and hardship to his U.S. citizen baby who suffered hardship due to a severe medical condition.

A Mexican husband and father, who had recovered from a past problem with alcohol abuse, was granted adjustment of status and a green card, despite his five convictions for drinking under the influence.

A Guatemalan mother of two was granted legal status under NACARA in 2008 after she presented evidence that her twins would suffer if she was deported.

A Mexican national, who was given permission to travel to Mexico on advance parole, retained Attorney Sparks for his adjustment of status case , and he was issued a 10-year green card even though he had criminal convictions, and even though his family members had been investigated for fraud; his nearly 30-year dream of becoming a resident came true, and today he is now a U.S. citizen.

An amazing advocate for human rights, from Sierra Leone, was granted affirmative asylum, and though her subsequent I-730 petition, she has now reunited with her child in the U.S.

A family of four were all granted protection from persecution due to the father’s military service in Colombia and harm they all suffered at the hands of the FARC and various guerrilla groups.

An Afghan national, who used to drive prominent international dignitaries and journalists throughout Afghanistan, to both transport them and interpret for them, was awarded asylum based on harm he suffered prior to the Taliban takeover of Kabul.

After nearly being murdered on account of his lack of religion and opinions about Islam, Attorney Sparks successfully argued that he should be awarded asylum on account of apostacy and the criminal penalties associated with this in Pakistan.

An international student from Syria avoided having to return, once he could no longer afford to attend school on his F-1 visa, and whose failure to attend was being reported to DHS through SEVIS, was eventually granted asylum because of his well-founded fear of future persecution because of a reasonable possibility of harm on account of an imputed political opinion and his membership in the particular social group of hi immediate family.

Despite several old, but serious, criminal convictions, an LPR received the I-797 Notice of Action approving his I-90 application for renewal of his green card.

A young mother no longer has to renew her DACA work permit every two years after she was given permission to travel to Mexico to visit her very ill grandmother, who she had not seen since she was a very young child. Upon her return through advance parole, she became eligible for adjustment of status, which was approved, and she is now a U.S. citizen, just like her children.