Houston Criminal Immigration Lawyer 

How Our Criminal Immigration Attorney Can Help You

We can assist you by:

• Strategic Defense Against Criminal Charges: The first step in safeguarding your immigration status is to fight the criminal charges. We thoroughly investigate your case, looking for evidence, witness statements, and legal arguments that can strengthen your defense. We work closely with experts and other professionals to evaluate all aspects of your case, crafting a strategy that minimizes the risk of conviction and protects your immigration status.
• Minimizing Immigration Consequences: If a conviction cannot be avoided, our focus shifts to minimizing the impact of that conviction on your immigration status. We know deeply how different charges, pleas, and sentencing options affect immigration. In some cases, we may negotiate plea deals for lesser charges that do not carry immigration consequences or that allow for post-conviction relief. We aim to help you avoid charges that could lead to deportation wherever possible.
• Post-Conviction Relief and Appeals: If you already have a criminal conviction that affects your immigration status, there are still legal options available. We are skilled in pursuing post-conviction relief, which can sometimes vacate or reduce the impact of a conviction. This might involve challenging the original conviction or petitioning for a sentence reduction that could lessen immigration consequences. Additionally, if your criminal defense attorney did not properly advise you on the immigration risks of a conviction, we can help you explore ways to appeal based on ineffective counsel.
• Aggressive Representation in Immigration Court: In cases where criminal convictions lead to removal proceedings, our attorneys aggressively represent you in immigration court, advocating for your right to stay in the country. We analyze every aspect of your case, from the charges to the legal grounds for deportation, and use any available defenses to argue against removal. For some, defenses such as cancellation of removal, asylum, or withholding of removal may be applicable, depending on individual circumstances.
• Bond Hearings and Detention: If immigration authorities have detained you due to a criminal charge or conviction, we can represent you in bond hearings to help you secure your release. Bond eligibility often depends on the nature of the charges and prior criminal history. Still, with strong legal advocacy, many clients can avoid prolonged detention while awaiting the resolution of their immigration case.
• Protecting Your Family and Future in the U.S.: A criminal charge is daunting, but its potential impact on your family and future makes it even more critical to act swiftly. We work to protect your rights and keep your family informed of your case’s progress. Through open communication and tailored legal strategies, we strive to give you the best possible outcome for your future and your family’s stability.

Contact Our Criminal Immigration Attorney in Houston Today

Avoiding strenuous circumstances like the one mentioned above is exactly what our attorneys aim to do, and she is deeply devoted to preventing injustice for immigrants and immigrant families. With aggressive and cost-effective criminal defense for immigrants in Houston who have been arrested, charged, or accused of a crime, our attorneys can help protect the rights of immigrants and ensure that their green cards are retained or that deportation is avoided.

By making payment plans available, Attorney Lopez makes seeking legal help as easy and affordable as possible. Going without legal representation in your criminal immigration case could actually end up costing you more money, more consequences, and possibly even your future and your freedoms. Our attorneys are experienced in both prosecution and defense for immigration law.

In fact, in her time spent in the Office of Chief Counsel at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), she learned what steps prosecutors take to remove or deport immigrants. Using the knowledge she learned at ICE, she has since switched sides to defending the rights of immigrants in Houston and has devoted her own practice to protecting families from the injustices of deportation and separation.

If your immigration extends beyond the reach of her practice, Attorney Lopez has a trusted network of attorneys in other areas of law, including criminal law and family law. By reaching out to other attorneys, Attorney Lopez has created a legal team that can be entrusted to assist you in your criminal immigration matters and build the strongest defense possible for the best resolution possible.

Consult the experienced criminal immigration lawyers at Lopez & Rhodes PLLC. Attorneys who do not understand the complexities of immigration law could risk your citizenship and have the potential to separate your family for a lifetime. Trust your citizenship with Houston immigration lawyers who have a proven successful case history. Our attorneys could help protect your rights, prevent injustice, and help ensure that you and your family stay in the United States.