As a CF1 green card holder chargeable to Canada, you are either misinformed or being manipulated. US citizen petitioners of foreign spouses have appeal rights and litigation options that no other visa category has. Congressional offices are usually more willing to help in those immigration cases, with some rare exceptions (looking at you, @RepGrothman). Samuel Sey is a well connected media personality. USCIS and ICE know both of these facts and this is why they try to exhaust all legal options before deporting the foreign spouse of a US citizen. Speaking as someone who has gone though the legal consular route that Samuel Sey should have followed, there is something extremely wrong with his case for him to get deported. The leading theories right now are fraud and misrepresentation at a CBP port of entry or adverse findings that go beyond unlawful presence or unauthorized work, which are both forgiven if declared for spouses of US citizens when applying for a green card (INA 245 (c) (2)). Samuel Sey should have gotten in line like the rest of us and applied via the consular route. No special treatment, no exceptions. Otherwise, why would consular fiancé and spousal visa applicants who are using the proper legal channel bother waiting a minimum of 1 year in the best of times and up to 3 years in their home country? Why would consular applicants like me see their engagement, wedding, and honeymoon ruined because we followed the law if not following it has no consequences? Also, a US citizen petitioner of a foreign spouse should be able to produce an I-797 within 24 hours and censor personally identifying information.