Deportation and Detention

How Immigration Enforcement Works (or Doesn’t) in Real Life

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A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies, “Deportation Basics: How Immigration Enforcement Works (or Doesn’t) in Real Life,” discusses the ground-level process of what is now called “removal proceedings” and the issues that surround it. The report is available at here. Among the findings: •A large percentage of aliens flee from removal proceedings … Read more

Firearm Offenses, Deportation & Inadmission

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Certain firearm offenses will result in deportation. INA Section 237(a)(2)(C) states that “any alien who at any time after admission is convicted under law of purchasing, selling, offering for sale, exchanging, using, owning, possessing, or carrying, or of attempting or conspiring to purchase, sell, offer for sale, exchange, use, own, possess, or carry, any weapon, … Read more