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Walters, 43, faces deportation from the United States because of a 1991 crime in which he shot and injured his cousin. He needed a pardon from New York Gov. David Paterson to help avoid his removal from the country as a resident alien convicted of an aggravated offense, Newsday reported Sunday.

Walters, who was paroled for the crime in 1997, got the pardon from Paterson Friday and quickly resumed his music career, his wife Mandy Aragones told the newspaper.

"It's beyond wonderful", Aragones said. "This affects all of us."

Walters was born in Britain and moved to the Bronx as a child. The pardon will allow him to seek permission from immigration officials to stay in the United States with his family, who are all American citizens, Newsday said.

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