Neo Ji, Person like you are rare to find. People are lucky to find a friend like you. You're doin good! Shit happens sometime. Forget the past. Lets try to get him out... I feel more sorry for his kids. What is his wife's status? If she is american citizen, he has big chances. On top of that, he has his kids born in america, so there are lots of positive sides and lots of conditions to apply. I think he will win the case with little bit difficulty and some period of time. The tip is - he has to admit his guilty and ask for forgiveness. Go to these sites http://www.aila.org/ http://www.theodora.com/resource.html http://www.refuseandresist.org/detentions/idx.php or try 'american lawyers' in google, there are heaps. I bet you'll enjoy google search. My advise is to find a good american lawyer(definetly not indian, they sucks) who has actually done similar cases before with positive results. Dont try others, you may fail and banned for some long time. Good luck!