Dad's Immigration Legal Fees

My dad, Timothy Osazuwa, is at risk for deportation. We were able to find a wonderful lawyer who is helping us through the citizenship process. Our next meeting with ICE is on February 14, 2020. By then, we would either need to have the case re-opened or his travel itinerary for returning to Nigeria. As his surviving daughter, who is a U.S. citizen, I would really like to prevent this from happening. My father has been here for the past 24 years and has raised me here. I would be devastated if he were deported. In order to have the case opened by the date of the next meeting, I need to have the legal deposit and the filing fees. Here is a breakdown of the fees below: *Initial legal fee deposit: $1,500 (remaining $3,500 for $5,000 TOTAL) *Immigration Filing Fees: $1,500 Anything would help and be very appreciated; thank you much! BACKSTORY: My dad was born 1949 in Benin, Nigeria. After completing his secondary schooling and completing an internship at Central Hospital in Benin, he was awarded a scholarship by the Nigerian Bureau for Foreign Aid for Education to study medicine at the Kalinin State Medical Academy in Kalinin, Russia (USSR at the time) in 1974.  He earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1981 and returned to Nigeria where he practiced medicine for 10 years at St. Timothy Hospital. In 1991, my dad earned a grant from World Health Organization (WHO) to study in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He earned his Postdoctoral Fellowship in Addiction Medicine in 1992 and began working as a Research Scientist for the Toronto Department of Public Health. He also worked as the Medical Science Columnist for The Guardian Newspaper Nigeria at this time. In 1995, my father moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and met my mother, Victoria (Bugimbi) Osazuwa, who was working on her Master's degree at Eastern University. They moved to California in 1996 where they married. He accepted a job as the Executive Director of Samaritan Social Services Center in San Bernardino, California, where I was born in 1997. After returning to Philadelphia in 1998, my little sister, Uche, was born. My mother passed away in August of 2000 due to Sickle Cell Anemia, leaving him to be a single father to my sister and I (aged 2 and 1 at the time). From 1998 to 2005, he touched many lives working as an Addiction Specialist and Drug/Alcohol Counselor across the city of Philadelphia, including centers such as Northwestern Human Services, Alternatives to Placement, Girard Medical Center, Kirkbride Psychiatric Center, and Gaudenzia, People with Hope. In 2004, my younger sister, who had Sickle Cell Anemia, suffered a stroke at age 4. She became physically and mentally disabled. We were able to find her a great residential rehab for disabled children, where she received wonderful care. In 2006, my father and I moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and lived there for 2 years until he earned his Master of Public Health (MPH) with specialization in Tropical Medicine from Tulane University in 2008. Upon returning to Philadelphia, he worked as an Addiction Specialist/Trainer at Southwest Nu-Stop and as a Professor in the Department of Biology in HIV/AIDS at Lincoln University Graduate School for 4 and 5 years, respectively. He also taught Human Anatomy & Physiology at Bryn Athyn College. Unfortunately, my little sister passed away in 2012 at age 13 due to a cardiac arrest, and my father ended up losing both jobs due to an immigration issue, as he was unexpectedly unable to get his work authorization renewed for the first time in two decades. As a result, we ended up losing our home. He has worked very hard and has no criminal record (he reported to immigration every year). He has contributed positively to the system and I believe he deserves to stay. He is the only parent I have.