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You will need to file a fiancee petition and establish that you have had a relationship with her for 2 years. It takes about 6 months to get approved. Once she enters the US you have 3 months to marry.

If you are already a lawful permanent resident, divorce from a U. S. citizen would have no effect upon your residence status. If on the other hand you have no status and your spouse is only now applying for you to become a lawful resident of the country, a divorce would likely mean the end of the application for residence status through your spouse. I do note that if there is no legal separation or divorce at the time of the U.S.C.I.S. adjudication of such an application, an officer would have authority to grant residence status if he or she believed that your marriage was bona fide at its inception. Also if your spouse is an abuser, you might be able to obtain residence status as a battered spouse if you can prove the abuse. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  

Although the time for getting help from an immigration attorney should have been at the moment you learned that ICE sought to remove/deport you, you still should be able to get relief. A U.S. Citizen is not subject to removal/deportation, although in some instances, such as where fraud it alleged to have taken place in the naturalization process, a U.S. Citizen may be subjected to a formal denaturalization process. My firm's practice is exclusively immigration law, but does not include the type of immigration issues you raised.