Immigration Deportation Defense

If you, or is a loved one, subject to immigration deportation and you need to defend the case, it is important to seek a qualified immigration attorney for assistance.

US immigration laws are complex, and the result of not properly defending a case may be disastrous: being barred from re-entering the United States for three years, ten years, or permanently; separation from family members on a long term or permanent basis; loss of employment and income, loss of personal freedom through incarceration, and more.

The terms "deportation" and "removal," under current U.S. law, are basically interchangable, and you may often hear of a proceeding as a "removal proceeding." However, for persons already in the U.S., it is more common to use the word deportation when referring to the process by which a non-US citizen is taken out of the country.

There are many ways to defend a immigration deportation / removability case, but each case requires a thorough understanding of the situation. The sooner you contact an attorney--the better!

There are several different grounds for deportability under US law. They include:

Immigration Violations

• Inadmissibility under INA §212(a)

• Individuals Present in Violation of the Law under INA §237(a)(1)(B)

• Persons in Violation of their Non-immigrant status (INA §237(a)(1)(C)(i)) or their conditions of entry (INA §212(g))

• Individuals that have been given conditional Permanent Residence that has been terminated (either marriage-based conditional residence or conditional residence for entrepreneurs)

• Smuggling under INA §237(a)(1)(E)(i)

• Marriage Fraud under INA §212(a)(6)(C)(i) or INA §237(a)(1)(G)(ii)

• Failure to Register and Falsification of Documents under INA §237(a)(3)

• Becoming a Public Charge under INA §237(a)(5)

• Unlawful Voters under INA §237(a)(6)

Criminal Violations

• Persons convicted of a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude under INA §237(a)(2)(A)(i)

• Individuals convicted of an Aggravated Felony as defined by INA §101(a)(43) and interpreted by numerous other statutes and cases

• Convictions for Controlled Substance Violations under INA §237(a)(2)(B)

• Individuals that have been convicted of Firearms Offenses under INA §237(a)(2)(C)

• Crimes of Domestic Violence under INA §237(a)(2)(E)

National Security and Terrorism

• Recipients of Military-Style Training as defined by INA §212(a)(3)(B)(vi)

• Persons participating in Nazi Persecution, Genocide, or Acts of Torture as defined by INA §237(a)(4)(D), 18 USC §1091(a), 18 USC §2340, and in §3(a) of the Torture Protection Act, 28 USC §1350

• Persons whose presence or activities in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States under INA §237(a)(4)

• Terrorist Activity as defined in INA §212(a)(3)(B)(iv)

• General Security-Related Grounds under INA §237(a)(4)