Gary Clayton Frost Jr.

Gary Frost

This individual's husband was arrested by ICE because he had been ordered deported in 1998 and never left. She demanded that he be released from jail and that his deportation be halted. Due to the outstanding deportation order, the only thing that could be done was to file a motion to reopen his case. Based on our experience with ICE, they would consider releasing an individual based on our assurance that we would file the motion. However, in this case ICE refused to let him go unless they had proof that we had filed the motion. We quickly set aside other work and filed the motion with the court. Based on our efforts, ICE agreed to release her husband from jail. However, before we could file a comprehensive brief with the court, she terminated our services. She would not accept that the court acts on its timeline and not hers. She also would not accept the possibility that the motion would be denied and her husband would be deported. She then hired a nationally known immigration lawyer in California. She fired him within a few weeks as well. She then hired another local attorney who actually agreed with our efforts and strategy (we have her e-mail). That attorney hoped that she could delay the process long enough for the husband to seek his residency through another family member. Ultimately that is what happened. It should be apparent from the language of this individual of the unreasonableness and billigerance to which she subjected our staff. We care deeply about the individuals we respresent and their families. We are pleased that her husband has been granted status, but her review is disingenuous because it implies that we did nothing for her husband. He is out of jail and remains in this country based on our efforts to help him from the first day she walked in our office.