Nothing is simple about immigration law.
If you’re here without permission, you know how hard life is without legal immigration documents.
Perhaps you are already a permanent resident or naturalized citizen. You want to help your family members and relatives.
For instance:
- Maybe your son, who recently graduated from high school cannot cannot find a good-paying job because he is not a permanent resident.
- Perhaps your wife entered the United States without permission and fears being picked up by ICE officers.
- Or your cousin is locked up at an immigration detention center for a conviction from 15 years ago.
None of these situations have an easy solution.
Still, you may be able to help your loved ones with these or other immigration problems.
In many, if not all, of these types of cases, you will need to select the right lawyer to help you.
It’s our goal to be that person for you and your family.
For over 30 years, the Riverside Immigration Law Offices of Harvard-educated Carlos Batara has assisted families win the right to live and work legally in the United States.
Now, we’d like to help you and your family.
Family Immigration And Citizenship Services For Banning – Beaumont Region
Services for immigrants living in or nearby the City of Banning, the City of Beaumont, and nearby neighborhoods, are mainly provided by our Hemet Immigration office, one of our two Riverside locations..
Driving Directions From Beaumont And Nearby Neighborhoods
Our Family-Based Immigration practice areas include:
Banning – Beaumont Family Visas And Green Cards
Family Petitions – Our family immigration services include visas, spousal petitions, I-130 family petitions, fiancé visas and fiancée visas.
Permanent Residence – Our permanent residence services cover all aspects of the green card process. This includes helping you with conditional green card issues, requests for evidence, intent to deny notices, adjustment of status, consular processing, and I-601 hardship waivers.
“I had TPS for almost 20 years. I heard that it was going to end. I called Carlos. He told me that he believed he could help me using some new court rules. I was not sure and had to think about it for a few weeks. He seemed like someone I could trust. I hired him. Now I have a green card. Gracias, Carlos.”
Gloria Ramirez, Banning, California
Banning – Beaumont Special Programs
Special Immigration Defense Programs – Our Banning deportation defense services include helping clients with special immigration applications such as asylum, convention against torture, violence against women act, temporary protected status, U and T Visas for trafficking victims, deferred action, DACA, prosecutorial discretion, and soon DREAM Act petitions.
BANNING – BEAUMONT IMMIGRATION QUESTION
“My husband helped bring me to the United States through a fiancée visa. We got married. I got a green card for two years. They told us to go back for a new interview in two years. But after living together, we found out things about each other we did not like. He filed for a divorce. I moved with my aunt who lives in Fontana. What can I do? Do I have to go back home?”
(Submitted by Margarita Q., Beaumont, CA)
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Banning – Beaumont Citizenship
Naturalization – Our office helps clients with all types of citizenship cases, including not only naturalization matters, but also military service, dual citizenship, and denaturalization defense issues.
Banning-Beaumont Immigration Appeals And Immigration Court Defense
Over the past two decades, our office has helped immigrant clients with immigration court trials and deportation appeals. These include:
Deportation Defense – Our deportation and removal defense services include immigration court hearings, immigration trials, bond hearings, and motions to reopen.
Immigration Appeals – As a immigration appeals lawyer for the Banning-Beaumont area, Carlos Batara handles BIA Appeals, AAO Appeals, AAU Appeals, Ninth Circuit Appeals, and Federal Court Appeals.
Banning – Beaumont Special Programs
Special Immigration Programs – Our Banning-Beaumont deportation defense services include helping clients with a wide variety of special immigration applications to help them obtain permanent resident status.
These include asylum, convention against torture, violence against women act, temporary protected status, U and T Visas for trafficking victims, deferred action, DACA, prosecutorial discretion, and hopefully one day, DREAM Act petitions.
Driving Directions From Banning And Nearby Neighborhoods
Do Miranda Warnings Apply To Deportation Cases?
It’s a question many immigrants ask.
“How much should I tell ICE officers if they arrest me?”
Most but not all immigrants are aware of their Miranda Rights. In short, police officers are required to tell individuals of their rights to remain silent and to obtain an attorney, before they can question the suspect about a potential crime. There is too much risk that a person who is not free to leave would confess due to the officers’ coercion or intimidation.
However, over the years, it has become more and more unclear when Miranda Rights apply.
As a result, the need to extend these rights for immigrants who may face deportation was recently brought before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in two separate cases.
Following the passage of IIRAIRA in 1996, which transformed many convictions into automatic deportations, criminal law and immigration law have merged to create a new field of law. Termed crimmigration law, immigration lawyers and attorneys have sought ways to counter this intrusion on the due process rights of immigrants.
Two cases hold huge implications for immigrant defendants.
The issue is straight-forward: when should immigration agents instruct immigrants, under arrest and facing removal, that their statements may be used against them in immigration court and that they are entitled to an attorney at their own expense.
Keeping on eye out for these decisions is crucial for many lawful permanent residents and green card holders, including some who wind up fighting deportation charges for an offense committed 20 years ago.
For the present, we encourage all individuals, especially immigrants, to remain silent, request time to speak to an attorney, and ask to be sent to an immigration court.
An equally important step is to locate an immigration defense attorney as quickly as possible if you’re about to be placed in deportation proceedings.
It is ill-advised to go alone. Immigration law is simply too hard for most people to truly understand what should be done to offset the removal charges.
Ready to take a serious and honest look at the strengths and weaknesses of your immigration case? Let’s get started with a personalized strategy and planning session . . .
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“I cannot say Carlos is the best immigration lawyer. But I can tell you this. Carlos is a really good lawyer. He is hard-working, honest, and smart.
At our first meeting, Carlos told me that my case would not be easy. Even when things looked bad, he never stopped fighting. He always seemed ready for the government’s next move. It was like he was always one step ahead. I will never forget his closing argument. The way he took the government’s case apart piece by piece was a masterpiece. I don’t know how to describe it but it was powerful. After the case, even the judge praised him.
I am now free to enjoy my wife and three kids. We live in a good neighborhood and take regular vacations. I have a good job. Without Carlos’ help, I would have lost all of this.”
Octavio Landeros, Palm Desert, California
“My wife and I were married and she had some immigration issues with having over-stayed her tourist visa. We searched the web and found Carlos Batara an immigration Lawyer. After reading his reviews, we decided to give him a call. When we first met him I was very impressed with his level of education. He got his law degree from Harvard University and attended USC before that. Given this, I was confident he probably knew what he was doing.
Carlos was very through. He held on to every scrap of paper we gave him that had some piece of information on it that could be useful in the future. After we were done, the application was submitted. Carlos informed us on what would happen next each step of the way.
The interview was easy and short. We told the officer that we expected the interview to be longer and she said it usually is but since all our paperwork was in order there was no need to make it longer. We walked out of the building very happy that my wife was now a legal resident. We will come back in two years to remove the conditions on her permanent resident green card and then file for full citizenship. And, of course, we’ll hire Carlos Batara to be there every step of the way. Thank you Carlos!”
Lee Marshall, Hemet, California
“My husband and I went to see Carlos after he lost his green card case. We tried to do things the cheap way and save money. When we met with Carlos, he explained the mistakes that were made. He also gave us ways to fix things. We hired him because we wanted to do things right this time. It took over three years. Even when we wanted to quit, he was very patient. I am now a U.S. citizen and my husband is a lawful permanent resident. How cool is that?”
Naomi Llamas, Hemet, California
“Mr. Batara and the staff made the process for my wife and I so easy and painless. This was my first time doing anything like this, and the staff explained everything to me in a way that made me feel like I was apart of a team. I felt very comfortable with the staff and Mr. Batara, I was always able to ask questions when I needed to, and they returned my calls within a reasonable time. Mr. Batara is very knowledgeable and I would highly recommend him to anyone facing immigration concerns.”
Charlie McGaughy, Beaumont, California
