Once again, I have been called upon to attempt to reopen the case of a Kenyan with a longstanding order of "Removal" (this time an October 2009 Removal order of an immigration judge in Las Vegas Nevada). Our Motion to Reopen (MTR) was filed in October 2014, and we received the decision of the Immigration Judge today, granting the requested reopening.
An alien in this situation is often filled with hopelessness and fear, and more often than not, the finality of the removal order relegates him or her to a category of cases that are among the most challenging for an immigration attorney to remedy. Yet, in this particular case, conditions in Kenya specific to the particular alien demanded (in my modest opinion) that the alien be given an opportunity for his day in Court regarding recently developing matters in Kenya with specific bearing on said alien's life and liberty in that country.
We are grateful that Immigration Judge Romig of the Las Vegas Immigration Court interpreted these particular facts as my client and I, and has mercifully allowed the Client to proceed to trial on certain relief applications, which if granted, might provide a pathway for the alien to US Citizenship.
By: Duane M. Hamilton, Esq.
