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Your brother must file an i-864 for your wife regardless of his employment status because he is the petitioner and sponsor for the case. However, your wife will need to find a joint sponsor for her case, because you cannot be a sponsor for her unless you are a resident or citizen of the US.

You normally are required to have a clean record for at least 5 years before you can apply for naturalization. However, immigration can look beyond the statutory 5-year period if your actions negatively reflect on your current moral character. The fact that you had a second larceny incident in 2008 may suggest to immigration that you have a propensity to steal. You will need to prove to immigration that the prior theft incidents were in the past and that you have now been rehabilitated.

You would start with an I-130 in the U.S. Then you would work with the National Visa Center to have them Consular Process at a U.S. Consulate in Mexico.