If your wife is a US citizen, she can file an I-130 petition despite the pendency of your removal proceedings. Because, your wife is filing the petition after you are already in immigration court, DHS is going to be very suspicious of your marriage and unless it is convinced of the good faith of your marriage, DHS will not approve that petition. You need a lot of evidence to convince DHS that this marriage was not entered into solely for immigration purposes. If approved, you will still get your green card. If the violation of your F-1 status is the only reason why you got into deportation proceedings, you should be able to get your green card approved. This is not a case I will suggest that you do on your own. I strongly urge you to hire an attorney for your case.
Answered on Jun 19th, 2013 at 9:36 AM