joelawyer

I am a lawyer and have done some immigration practice. From what I gather you are not from a Latin American country. This makes you rather uninteresting to law enforcement. Up until a few weeks ago, had you been arrested for some crime, you may have been referred over to ICE. They stopped doing that for all but violent crimes now. So you have that. Now, is the country from which you originate one of these ones? http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_3726.html

If so, your business could, possibly, support residency.

Basically you would need to show that your business has a value and employs enough people to qualify for the treaty investment amount required. You should seek advice from experienced legal counsel.