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I have considerable experience dealing with cases similar to yours and can advise you that it will be a long and difficult effort to succeed. You will need legal help, either through an agency like Catholic Charities or other provider of legal help or a private attorney with experience in both criminal and immigration cases. If you try without help, it will be extremely risky.

U.S.C.I.S. will generally look to see whether individuals have been paid or compensated in other ways in deciding what is a volunteer activity. A hobby in which you are not being compensated would not be considered unauthorized employment. The advice that you have received that the volunteer activity should be regularly done by volunteers is probably advice on the more cautious side. The main concern would appear to be whether you are compensated for your activities. 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.  

No you should have no problems in re-entering. Of course, you called always be questioned in a deferred inspection, but a dismissed misdemeanor is not enough to make you ineligible to re-enter.