Q: I want to know if I can get in trouble helping someone in jail for drug trafficking to get a lawyer

hello I have a question I am an American citizen what happened is that a family member of mine was involved in a drug related crime and needs someone to put him in a lawyer and ask me to help him put up a lawyer and give my name and taxes to the lawyer I do not have I would like to know if this could get me in trouble and I am trying to get my mom's residence. I would like to know if this would be bad for the immigration case in which I asked for my mom's residence

1 Lawyer Answer
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Ellen Cronin Badeaux
Answered
  • Criminal Law Lawyer
  • Covington, LA
  • Licensed in Louisiana

A: Hiring a lawyer for a relative will not affect your mother's immigration case.

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