Teresa Giudiceis holding her head up high amid her husbandJoe Giudice‘s ongoing deportation battle.
TheReal Housewives of New Jerseystar stepped out in New York City on Thursday, just hours after Joe wasgranted a temporary delayin his order to be deported.
The Bravo Housewife was dressed casual-chic for the outing, wearing a pair of black pants and a matching top with a cream-colored beaded jacket.
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Teresa Giudice and Farrah Abraham.
Joe’s deportation delay on Thursday came just one week after hisappeal to stay in the United States was denied.
Joe and Teresa wereindicted in 2013when they were accused of hiding their fortune in a bankruptcy filing. Joe was also accused of failing to file tax returns between 2004 and 2008.
Teresa wasreleased from federal prisonin 2015 after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud. Joe wasreleasedin March after he completed a 41-month prison sentence for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud.
Since his release, the 48-year-old father of four has been awaiting his fate at a facility in western Pennsylvania that houses immigration detainees.
Even though Joe has lived in the United States since he was a child, henever obtained American citizenship, and immigrants can be deported if they are convicted of “a crime of moral turpitude” or an “aggravated felony,” according to U.S. law.
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Joe and Teresa share four daughters: Gia, 18, Gabriella, 15, Milania, 14, and Audriana, 10.
Earlier this week, Gialaunched a petitionto stop her father’s impending deportation. She directedthe petitiontoPresident Donald Trump.
“My father,Joe Giudice, came to the United States when he was an infant, one year after his birth, he has resided in New Jersey his entire life,” she wrote. “He is a businessman, a husband, father to four young women all under the age of 19, son, brother, uncle and friend to many. He was found guilty of NONViolent offenses and served his time complying with all prison guidelines and procedures.”
“He and my mother are willing to spend funds and additional time in an immigration prison for the chance he gets to hold his children again,” she continued.
Trump has yet to publicly respond to the petition.
The White House did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
