Can this be fixed?
Ok It's kind of long and confusing but here it goes so a few years back, my friend was caught on the phone trying to buy weed from a guy who the federal government was actually after. With that, everyone caught talking to him or doing anything with the guy were arrested and facing the same charges. Instead of him trying to fight it, he took a guilty plea which was for way more than what he was actually trying to get. So he got a federal charge and a state charge with 2 years probation for both. The problem with taking the plea was it made him an 'aggravated felon' under US law and he's from Canada. He doesn't have his citizenship here only his permanent residency card. During the process of the case, he was in federal prison for almost 11 months so they counted that as time served plus the 2 year probation sentence. He helped with the investigation as well. He thought he was going to get deported right out of prison but he was never picked up. Two years later he renewed his permanent residency card with no problem. Flash forward to a month ago, which is a 3 mark after he was released from custody, ICE picked him up and he was given a deportation notice. He tried for bond twice but they didn't give it to him based off his conviction and he didn't try and appeal it bc the judge basically said it would be pointless. So he signed the deportation papers and is about to get deported back to Canada.. I feel like there may be some sort of law suit he can do since he was released from federal custody, was allowed to live normally, was also given his permanent residency card back and renewed, and then randomly just picked back up for no violation. Am I right or does that not matter? Is there any way to get him back in the country or is he screwed?
Ok It's kind of long and confusing but here it goes so a few years back, my friend was caught on the phone trying to buy weed from a guy who the federal government was actually after. With that, everyone caught talking to him or doing anything with the guy were arrested and facing the same charges. Instead of him trying to fight it, he took a guilty plea which was for way more than what he was actually trying to get. So he got a federal charge and a state charge with 2 years probation for both. The problem with taking the plea was it made him an 'aggravated felon' under US law and he's from Canada. He doesn't have his citizenship here only his permanent residency card. During the process of the case, he was in federal prison for almost 11 months so they counted that as time served plus the 2 year probation sentence. He helped with the investigation as well. He thought he was going to get deported right out of prison but he was never picked up. Two years later he renewed his permanent residency card with no problem. Flash forward to a month ago, which is a 3 mark after he was released from custody, ICE picked him up and he was given a deportation notice. He tried for bond twice but they didn't give it to him based off his conviction and he didn't try and appeal it bc the judge basically said it would be pointless. So he signed the deportation papers and is about to get deported back to Canada.. I feel like there may be some sort of law suit he can do since he was released from federal custody, was allowed to live normally, was also given his permanent residency card back and renewed, and then randomly just picked back up for no violation. Am I right or does that not matter? Is there any way to get him back in the country or is he screwed?