Matthew L. Kolken
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Matthew L. Kolken's Legal Cases (1)

Buffalo, NY

Immigration Lawyer at Buffalo, NY

Practice Areas: Immigration, Asylum, Criminal Defense

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Immigration

Deportation Prevented for Missing Soldier's Undocumented Wife

Jun 21, 2007

OUTCOME: Deportation prevented, Green Card issued.

I prevented the deportation of the wife of a soldier that went missing in Iraq. Army Spec. Alex Jimenez went missing after his unit was attacked by insurgents in Iraq on May 12, 2007. He had petiti ... oned for a green card for his wife, Yaderlin, whom he married in 2004. See: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,285754,00.html

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