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elementor-size-default\">Immigration Consequences<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee0b8ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee0b8ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d9815a4 cases-content-col\" data-id=\"3d9815a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7710f849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7710f849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is Crimmigration<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30062a92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30062a92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When a Criminal Case Becomes an Immigration Emergency<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f855d2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f855d2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-24dbe782\" data-id=\"24dbe782\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d2af07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37d2af07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Esta p\u00e1gina est\u00e1 disponible en espa\u00f1ol. Si necesita asistencia en espa\u00f1ol sobre cargos criminales y consecuencias de inmigraci\u00f3n, ll\u00e1menos. Hablamos espa\u00f1ol. \/ This page is available in Spanish \u2014 call us for Spanish-language assistance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48592aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48592aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Crimmigration&#8221; describes the increasingly intertwined relationship between criminal law and immigration law \u2014 two distinct legal systems that, for non-citizens, operate simultaneously and can reinforce each other&#8217;s worst consequences. A single criminal case in Harris County can trigger a parallel immigration proceeding before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) that puts a person&#8217;s entire life in the United States at risk.<\/p><p>Houston sits at the intersection of these two systems more than almost any other city in America. The Southern District of Texas is one of the nation&#8217;s most active federal districts for immigration enforcement. ICE&#8217;s Houston Field Office covers a vast territory. And Harris County&#8217;s population includes one of the largest immigrant communities in the country \u2014 people who have built lives, raised children, started businesses, and planted roots here over decades.<\/p><p>What makes crimmigration cases uniquely dangerous is that\u00a0<strong>the criminal law and immigration law consequences of a conviction are completely different systems \u2014 with completely different definitions.<\/strong>\u00a0A misdemeanor under Texas law can be an &#8220;aggravated felony&#8221; under immigration law. A conviction that draws no jail time can still result in mandatory detention and deportation. And perhaps most importantly: a Texas expunction does not erase a conviction for immigration purposes. Understanding both systems simultaneously \u2014 before any plea is entered \u2014 is not optional. It is essential.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79ab96f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79ab96f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d623b48\" data-id=\"d623b48\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ace8648 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ace8648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the Criminal Courthouse<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93afe95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93afe95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>A &#8220;misdemeanor&#8221; is the least serious criminal offense<\/li><li>Deferred adjudication = no final conviction under Texas law<\/li><li>Expunction destroys criminal records permanently<\/li><li>Jail sentence of under 1 year is a minor consequence<\/li><li>Time served with credit for pre-trial detention<\/li><li>Plea to lesser offense = case resolved favorably<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5456f19\" data-id=\"5456f19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c43fa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c43fa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Immigration Court<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67d5839 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67d5839\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>A &#8220;misdemeanor&#8221; can be an &#8220;aggravated felony&#8221; \u2014 triggering deportation and permanent bar<\/li><li>Deferred adjudication may still be a &#8220;conviction&#8221; under 8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1101(a)(48)<\/li><li>Texas expunction does not bind federal immigration agencies<\/li><li>A sentence of 1 year or more (even suspended) can trigger aggravated felony status<\/li><li>Time served counts toward the sentence imposed for aggravated felony analysis<\/li><li>Lesser offense plea may still qualify as a crime of moral turpitude (CIMT)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8175888 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8175888\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-69eebef\" data-id=\"69eebef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ef0427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ef0427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u26a0 These two systems operate simultaneously \u2014 and a decision made in one without understanding the other can be irreversible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1cfa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b1cfa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Federal Immigration Law \u00b7 8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1101<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25458b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25458b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Two Categories That Drive Most Immigration Consequences<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77ed3006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77ed3006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Almost every immigration consequence triggered by a criminal conviction flows from one of two classifications:\u00a0<strong>Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Aggravated Felonies<\/strong>. These terms sound like criminal law terms \u2014 they are not. They are immigration law constructs with definitions that bear little resemblance to how criminal lawyers use those words.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-13ca42c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13ca42c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f6edd5\" data-id=\"4f6edd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4279d67b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4279d67b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immigration Term<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51313763 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51313763\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-342baef\" data-id=\"342baef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-206dc705 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"206dc705\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immigration Term<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-108a0074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"108a0074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aggravated Felony (AF)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79b96955 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79b96955\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-241e2703\" data-id=\"241e2703\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30709aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30709aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A CIMT is an offense that is &#8220;inherently base, vile, or depraved&#8221; \u2014 involving conduct that shocks the public conscience. There is no statutory list; courts determine CIMT status offense by offense. A single CIMT can make a non-citizen deportable (if committed within 5 years of admission and results in a sentence of 1+ year) or inadmissible.<\/p><p>The &#8220;petty offense exception&#8221; may allow relief if the maximum sentence for the offense is under one year and the actual sentence imposed was six months or less \u2014 but this is narrow and requires careful analysis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dd11d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dd11d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"lc-examples\"><li>Theft \/ robbery \/ burglary<\/li><li>Fraud and financial crimes<\/li><li>Assault with intent to cause serious bodily harm<\/li><li>Most sex offenses<\/li><li>Murder, manslaughter, arson<\/li><li>Certain drug offenses (varies by circuit)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7325f334\" data-id=\"7325f334\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a23ab2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a23ab2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most devastating immigration classification. An &#8220;aggravated felony&#8221; under 8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1101(a)(43) has nothing to do with whether a crime is an &#8220;aggravated&#8221; felony or even a felony under state or federal criminal law. It is a specific statutory list of 21 offense categories \u2014 and a Texas misdemeanor can qualify.<\/p><p>An aggravated felony conviction results in:\u00a0<strong>mandatory detention<\/strong>\u00a0(no bond),\u00a0<strong>bar to virtually all forms of relief<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>expedited removal<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>permanent bar to reentry<\/strong>\u00a0to the United States.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e72bc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e72bc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"lc-examples\"><li>Murder, rape, sexual abuse of a minor<\/li><li>Drug trafficking (any amount)<\/li><li>Firearms trafficking<\/li><li>Theft or burglary \u2014 1-year sentence imposed<\/li><li>Fraud with loss exceeding $10,000<\/li><li>Crime of violence \u2014 1-year sentence imposed<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d3868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d3868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<strong>one-year sentence trigger<\/strong>\u00a0for aggravated felony status is one of the most dangerous traps in crimmigration. A judge who sentences a non-citizen to &#8220;365 days, suspended&#8221; \u2014 meaning no actual time served \u2014 has just triggered aggravated felony consequences under immigration law. A sentence of\u00a0<strong>364 days<\/strong>\u00a0does not. This single day difference can be the difference between a person staying in the country and being permanently removed. A crimmigration-aware defense attorney negotiates specifically around these thresholds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b9d8279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b9d8279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immigration Impact by Charge Type<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5184b81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5184b81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Specific Charges Affect Immigration Status<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-824efdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"824efdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Different criminal charges create different immigration consequences. This is not a comprehensive legal analysis \u2014 it is a plain-language guide to the most common crimmigration scenarios seen in Harris County courts:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-606f943a my-table elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"606f943a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Charge \/ Conviction<\/th>\n<th>Immigration Consequence<\/th>\n<th>Key Risk<\/th>\n<th>Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Drug Possession (any controlled substance)<\/td>\n<td>Deportable + Inadmissible<\/td>\n<td>Deportation, bar to reentry<\/td>\n<td>Even a single drug possession conviction makes most non-citizens deportable. First-offense simple possession of marijuana may qualify for the &#8220;personal use&#8221; exception \u2014 but this is narrow and uncertain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Drug Trafficking \/ Delivery<\/td>\n<td>Aggravated Felony<\/td>\n<td>Mandatory removal, permanent bar<\/td>\n<td>Virtually no relief available. Even a Texas state jail felony drug delivery charge can qualify as &#8220;drug trafficking&#8221; for immigration purposes. Any sentence triggers AF status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theft \/ Burglary (sentence 1+ year)<\/td>\n<td>Aggravated Felony + CIMT<\/td>\n<td>Mandatory removal, permanent bar<\/td>\n<td>Sentence of 364 days = CIMT only. Sentence of 365+ days (even suspended) = Aggravated Felony. The one-day difference is critical and must be negotiated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theft \/ Burglary (sentence under 1 year)<\/td>\n<td>CIMT \u2014 Deportable<\/td>\n<td>Deportation if within 5 yrs of admission<\/td>\n<td>CIMT conviction within 5 years of admission with sentence of 1+ year = deportable. Petty offense exception may apply if max sentence is under 1 year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Assault \/ Family Violence<\/td>\n<td>Deportable \u2014 Domestic Violence<\/td>\n<td>Deportation, inadmissibility<\/td>\n<td>Family violence convictions trigger a separate INA \u00a7 237(a)(2)(E) deportation ground. Also a federal firearms disability that draws ICE attention. Even deferred adjudication may qualify as a &#8220;conviction&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Aggravated Assault (deadly weapon)<\/td>\n<td>Crime of Violence \/ AF if 1+ yr<\/td>\n<td>Mandatory removal if sentence \u2265 1 year<\/td>\n<td>Whether Texas aggravated assault qualifies as a &#8220;crime of violence&#8221; under federal immigration law depends on the specific statute of conviction \u2014 requires careful categorical approach analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DWI \u2014 First Offense<\/td>\n<td>Varies \u2014 Generally Not AF or CIMT<\/td>\n<td>Lower but still real immigration risk<\/td>\n<td>A single Texas DWI without injury is generally not a CIMT or AF under current 5th Circuit law \u2014 but DWI with prior convictions, injury, or involving drugs can change this analysis. DWI still shows on immigration records and can affect discretionary relief<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DWI \u2014 Intoxication Assault \/ Manslaughter<\/td>\n<td>Aggravated Felony \/ Crime of Violence<\/td>\n<td>Deportation, permanent bar<\/td>\n<td>Intoxication manslaughter with a 1+ year sentence qualifies as an aggravated felony crime of violence. These cases require immediate crimmigration strategy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Firearms Offense (UCW, felon in possession)<\/td>\n<td>Deportable \u2014 Firearms Offense<\/td>\n<td>Deportation<\/td>\n<td>INA \u00a7 237(a)(2)(C) creates a separate deportability ground for firearms offenses \u2014 independent of CIMT and AF analysis. Applies to any conviction for purchasing, selling, possessing, or using a firearm unlawfully<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fraud \/ Financial Crimes (loss > $10,000)<\/td>\n<td>Aggravated Felony + CIMT<\/td>\n<td>Mandatory removal, permanent bar<\/td>\n<td>Loss calculation includes intended loss, not just actual loss. A single fraud count with $10,001 in alleged loss = aggravated felony. Structuring plea agreements to keep loss below $10,000 is a critical crimmigration strategy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sex Offense Requiring Registration<\/td>\n<td>Aggravated Felony \/ CIMT<\/td>\n<td>Mandatory removal, permanent bar, no relief<\/td>\n<td>Sexual abuse of a minor is an aggravated felony regardless of sentence. Other sex offenses are analyzed under CIMT. Sex offender registration status is itself a bar to certain immigration benefits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Violation of Protective Order<\/td>\n<td>Deportable \u2014 Domestic Violence<\/td>\n<td>Deportation<\/td>\n<td>INA \u00a7 237(a)(2)(E)(ii) specifically makes persons deportable for violating a protective order relating to domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse \u2014 even if no conviction results<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f5e2040 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f5e2040\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Note: This table provides general guidance only. Immigration consequences depend on the precise statute of conviction, the sentence imposed, the non-citizen&#8217;s specific immigration status, circuit court precedent in the 5th Circuit, and other individual factors. This is not legal advice. Consult a crimmigration attorney before any plea.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9b476f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b9b476f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immigration Status Matters<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39724cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39724cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Your Immigration Status Affects Your Exposure<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44ef34b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44ef34b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The immigration consequences of a criminal conviction differ significantly depending on your current immigration status. Here is how the same conviction can affect people differently:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cee2237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cee2237\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-373d73eb\" data-id=\"373d73eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-518bc71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"518bc71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdd9872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bdd9872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d90dff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27d90dff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LPRs can be deported for aggravated felonies, CIMTs, drug offenses, firearms, and domestic violence. Long-term residency does not provide immunity, though it may be relevant to discretionary relief for those who qualify. Mandatory removal for AFs leaves no relief.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-18c821cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18c821cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7838728c\" data-id=\"7838728c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0673764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0673764\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cfbeed9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cfbeed9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work Visa (H-1B, L-1, O-1)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45a1f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45a1f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A conviction can void visa status, triggering unlawful presence. Employer-sponsored workers also risk jeopardizing their employer&#8217;s ability to maintain their sponsorship. Conviction + out-of-status = immediate removal exposure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-45a62246 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45a62246\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6757dbc9\" data-id=\"6757dbc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c8095 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60c8095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20aea0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20aea0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Student Visa (F-1, J-1)\nCritical Risk<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32708e4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32708e4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>F-1 students who violate the terms of their status \u2014 including criminal convictions \u2014 lose their status. A conviction that is a CIMT can make a student permanently inadmissible, preventing re-entry after travel home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c12b62a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c12b62a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-746ad75d\" data-id=\"746ad75d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6da241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6da241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321ceaf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"321ceaf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DACA Recipient<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341f1ff3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341f1ff3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Any felony conviction or &#8220;significant misdemeanor&#8221; (including most drug offenses, DWI, domestic violence, and others) disqualifies a person from DACA renewal and triggers removal proceedings. DACA protection is discretionary and can be revoked.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-588d24ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"588d24ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-34d68775\" data-id=\"34d68775\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d25d6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d25d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">High Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f146d1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f146d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Asylum \/ TPS \/ Withholding<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3ff7ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d3ff7ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A &#8220;particularly serious crime&#8221; conviction bars asylum. An aggravated felony is automatically considered a particularly serious crime. TPS (Temporary Protected Status) can be revoked for convictions of two or more misdemeanors or any felony.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e759231 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e759231\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd2101c\" data-id=\"cd2101c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee1a11f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee1a11f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">High Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be5fe8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6be5fe8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pending Adjustment of Status \/ Naturalization\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-665f5ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"665f5ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An application for a green card or citizenship requires disclosure of all arrests and convictions. USCIS can deny the application for CIMTs, drug offenses, and other bars. A conviction during a pending application can result in denial and removal proceedings<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc84020 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc84020\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6048123\" data-id=\"6048123\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f2546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25f2546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">High Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8603557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8603557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Undocumented \/ EWI<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d081ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d081ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Any arrest brings significant risk of ICE contact. Certain criminal convictions can convert a civil immigration matter into a criminal federal charge (reentry after deportation under 8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1326 if previously removed) and eliminate any possible claim for relief.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4105601 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4105601\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-82c61d5\" data-id=\"82c61d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a66fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a66fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Moderate Risk<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e99e2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e99e2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visa Waiver Program \/ Tourist<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952f355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"952f355\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>VWP travelers who are arrested or convicted may be denied future ESTA authorization and forced to apply for a visa to return. A CIMT or drug conviction creates a permanent inadmissibility bar requiring a waiver for any future entry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53044544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53044544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Constitutional Duty \u00b7 U.S. Supreme Court 2010<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f7f77a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f7f77a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Padilla v. Kentucky \u2014 Your Attorney's Constitutional Obligation<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ede7c04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ede7c04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3187e72\" data-id=\"3187e72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c43f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25c43f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Constitutional Duty \u00b7 U.S. Supreme Court 2010<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f76f91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f76f91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The severity of deportation \u2014 the equivalent of banishment or exile \u2014 only underscores how critical it is for counsel to inform their non-citizen clients about deportation consequences.\"<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9ebde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f9ebde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Padilla v. Kentucky, the United States Supreme Court held that criminal defense attorneys are constitutionally required \u2014 under the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel \u2014 to advise non-citizen clients of the immigration consequences of a guilty plea before the plea is entered. Failure to provide this advice, or providing incorrect advice, constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel and can be grounds to vacate a conviction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5031f5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5031f5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What Padilla means in practice: your criminal defense attorney must tell you whether a proposed plea will result in your deportation before you accept it. If your attorney does not ask about your immigration status, does not analyze the immigration consequences of the plea, or tells you &#8220;I don&#8217;t handle immigration \u2014 just plead and it&#8217;ll be fine,&#8221;\u00a0<strong>that is a constitutional violation.<\/strong><\/p><p>A crimmigration attorney works at the intersection of both systems \u2014 analyzing every proposed plea not just for its criminal consequences, but for whether it triggers CIMT status, aggravated felony classification, mandatory detention, or permanent inadmissibility. Sometimes an alternative plea to a different offense \u2014 with identical or lesser criminal consequences \u2014 carries dramatically different immigration consequences. Finding those alternatives is the work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d12484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d12484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Defense Strategy<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f92b7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f92b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How a Crimmigration Case Is Defended \u2014 From Arrest to Resolution<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-662e3259 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"662e3259\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-66817056\" data-id=\"66817056\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e30f104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e30f104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2015e365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2015e365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immediate Immigration Status Assessment<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e2ce314 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e2ce314\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The moment you retain counsel, your attorney determines your immigration status \u2014 green card, visa type, DACA, pending application, or undocumented. This is not background information. It is the central variable that determines what plea options are safe, which outcomes are acceptable, and what the true stakes of the case are.<\/p><div class=\"ps-alert\"><strong>Do not disclose your immigration status to police, prosecutors, or the court<\/strong>\u00a0without first speaking to your attorney. Your Fifth Amendment right to remain silent applies.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-162fcc91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"162fcc91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e71a618\" data-id=\"3e71a618\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48bbd975 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48bbd975\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296e1b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"296e1b36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Immigration Consequence Analysis of Every Charge<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-661f628c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"661f628c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before any plea discussion begins, your attorney analyzes every charge \u2014 and every potential lesser-included or negotiated charge \u2014 through the lens of immigration law. This includes the categorical approach analysis (does the statute of conviction categorically match an immigration-law definition?), the sentence threshold analysis (is 364 days vs. 365 days relevant here?), and the relief availability analysis (what immigration relief, if any, exists if this plea is entered?).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-43b35cd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43b35cd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-28d8978f\" data-id=\"28d8978f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e669360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e669360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">03<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d5dd04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53d5dd04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenge the Underlying Evidence<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0529ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0529ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The best immigration outcome in a crimmigration case is dismissal of the criminal charges entirely. Before any plea strategy is developed, your attorney pursues every available defense \u2014 suppression motions, evidentiary challenges, and constitutional violations \u2014 that could result in dismissal. A dismissed charge is not a conviction for either criminal or immigration purposes (with narrow exceptions).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f25688a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f25688a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-65f3198b\" data-id=\"65f3198b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7284ee4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7284ee4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">04<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17092318 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17092318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Negotiate Immigration-Safe Plea Alternatives<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb23b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb23b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When dismissal is not achievable, your attorney negotiates with the Harris County DA for a plea to an offense that resolves the criminal matter while minimizing \u2014 or eliminating \u2014 immigration consequences. This often means pleading to a different offense entirely (e.g., pleading to obstruction of a highway rather than a drug offense), limiting the sentence to 364 days or less, or structuring the offense of conviction to avoid the aggravated felony definition. Harris County prosecutors with experience in crimmigration cases will sometimes accommodate these requests \u2014 but only if your attorney asks and argues for them.<\/p><div class=\"ps-alert\"><strong>The sentence imposed \u2014 not the sentence served \u2014 controls the aggravated felony analysis.<\/strong>\u00a0A judge who suspends a 2-year sentence still imposes a 2-year sentence for immigration purposes.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-791f7225 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"791f7225\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e33af40\" data-id=\"e33af40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583a43ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"583a43ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">05<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af06c61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af06c61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coordinate with Immigration Counsel<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26fae19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26fae19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In complex crimmigration cases, your criminal defense attorney coordinates with a dedicated immigration attorney to ensure the criminal resolution is consistent with preserving available immigration remedies \u2014 cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding, U-visa eligibility, or applications pending before USCIS. These two attorneys working together prevent a criminal plea from inadvertently destroying an immigration case.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f40377e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f40377e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5a12bf\" data-id=\"c5a12bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780313f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"780313f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">06<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296f8691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"296f8691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Post-Conviction Relief (If Needed)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80b4a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80b4a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you have already entered a plea without adequate crimmigration advice, post-conviction relief may be available. Under Padilla, a plea entered without proper immigration advice can be vacated through a writ of habeas corpus. Motions for new trial, motions to withdraw plea, and motions to modify sentence are also available tools. Texas courts have granted post-conviction relief in crimmigration cases where Padilla obligations were not met.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799aaafd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"799aaafd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Already Convicted? Options Still Exist<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1721f00e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1721f00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Post-Conviction Relief for Non-Citizens in Texas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a71efb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a71efb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you or a family member has already been convicted \u2014 and is now facing immigration consequences \u2014 the criminal case may not be as final as it appears. Texas law and federal constitutional law provide several avenues for post-conviction relief that can, in appropriate cases, vacate or modify a conviction and potentially eliminate its immigration consequences:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc6649a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc6649a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b229a86\" data-id=\"6b229a86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332ff1fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"332ff1fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Writ of Habeas Corpus (Art. 11.07 \/ 11.072)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e414ade elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e414ade\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A post-conviction writ arguing that the prior plea was constitutionally defective \u2014 most commonly because trial counsel failed to advise of immigration consequences as required by Padilla. If granted, the conviction is vacated and the defendant may re-plead or go to trial. This is the primary post-conviction tool in crimmigration cases.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-659dd53e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"659dd53e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-590f2727\" data-id=\"590f2727\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427a03fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"427a03fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Motion to Withdraw Plea<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4464ccfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4464ccfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the conviction is recent and direct appeal is still available, a motion to withdraw the guilty plea can be filed arguing that the plea was not knowing and voluntary due to lack of immigration consequence advice. The timeline for these motions is short \u2014 act immediately.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f61d5e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f61d5e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f834511\" data-id=\"6f834511\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d3940ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d3940ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Motion to Modify Sentence<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3ae821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3ae821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In some cases, the conviction itself cannot be vacated \u2014 but the sentence can be modified. Reducing a sentence from 365 days to 364 days, for example, can eliminate aggravated felony status without changing the underlying conviction. Texas courts have shown willingness to modify sentences in appropriate crimmigration cases.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7515c73e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7515c73e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-79f2ef74\" data-id=\"79f2ef74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-251f8524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"251f8524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nunc Pro Tunc Order<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7087a159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7087a159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A nunc pro tunc order corrects a clerical or legal error in the judgment &#8220;now for then&#8221; \u2014 as of the date of the original judgment. In some crimmigration cases, a court can issue a nunc pro tunc order that clarifies or corrects the record in a way that affects the immigration law analysis of the conviction.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-42748283 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42748283\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e18945b\" data-id=\"3e18945b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4747e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b4747e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governor's Pardon (Texas)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27cdb868 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27cdb868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A full pardon by the Governor of Texas eliminates the conviction for most purposes and can restore civil rights. However, a state pardon does not eliminate immigration consequences under federal law for aggravated felonies \u2014 though it may provide relief for some CIMT-based grounds of deportability. Federal pardon is a separate process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cc69d98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cc69d98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ed82577\" data-id=\"4ed82577\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd2f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fd2f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deferred Adjudication Reconsideration<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b734e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b734e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you entered deferred adjudication and were advised it would not affect your immigration status \u2014 and that advice was incorrect \u2014 this may also be a basis for post-conviction relief under Padilla. The fact that your case was &#8220;deferred&#8221; does not mean it is not a conviction for immigration purposes, and courts have vacated deferred adjudication pleas on Padilla grounds.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c2730 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13c2730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Harris County Jail \u00b7 ICE Enforcement<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e921e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48e921e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ICE Detainers and Harris County \u2014 What Happens After Arrest<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8302544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8302544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When a non-citizen is booked into the Harris County Jail, their fingerprints are automatically submitted to the FBI&#8217;s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system, which forwards them to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). If ICE has a record of the individual or identifies them as potentially removable, it may lodge an\u00a0<strong>immigration detainer<\/strong>\u00a0(Form I-247A) \u2014 a request to the jail to notify ICE before release and hold the individual for up to 48 hours after their criminal case resolves.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Harris County&#8217;s current policy limits its cooperation with ICE detainers \u2014 generally declining to hold individuals beyond their criminal sentence without a judicial warrant. However, this policy can change, and ICE can and does arrest individuals at the courthouse, at their homes, or at other locations after release from the Harris County Jail.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The most important thing to understand about an ICE detainer is this:\u00a0<strong>how your criminal case is resolved determines your immigration exposure.<\/strong>\u00a0A plea that results in a conviction \u2014 even a misdemeanor conviction \u2014 can trigger immigration detention and removal proceedings that a dismissal would not. This is why pre-plea crimmigration analysis is so critical, and why it must happen before your criminal case is resolved, not after.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-75503dd5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75503dd5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f49378c\" data-id=\"5f49378c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595353c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"595353c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>If you or a family member has an ICE hold or detainer in Harris County:<\/strong>\u00a0Do not make any statements to ICE agents without an attorney present. You have the right to remain silent and the right to speak with an attorney. The decisions made in the next 48\u201372 hours \u2014 in both the criminal and immigration systems \u2014 can determine whether a person stays in the country or is removed permanently.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3519c0c4 elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3519c0c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"tel:(832)%20202%20-%208409\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Call Now \u2014 Crimmigration Emergency<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f90124 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75f90124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afebeee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"afebeee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Crimmigration Defense in Houston \u2014 Answered<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66dc2057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-accordion\" data-id=\"66dc2057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\n        <div class=\"elementskit-accordion accoedion-primary\" id=\"accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n            \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card active\">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-0-66dc2057\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-18caa2269e3003c151d3\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-18caa2269e3003c151d3\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-18caa2269e3003c151d3\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">Can a green card holder be deported for a criminal conviction in Texas?<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-18caa2269e3003c151d3\" class=\" show collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-0-66dc2057\" data-parent=\"#accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p>Yes \u2014 and it happens regularly. Lawful permanent residents (LPRs) can be placed in removal proceedings and ultimately deported for aggravated felonies, crimes involving moral turpitude, drug offenses, firearms offenses, domestic violence convictions, and certain other criminal conduct. The length of time you have held a green card or lived in the United States does not automatically prevent deportation. For some offenses \u2014 particularly aggravated felonies \u2014 removal is mandatory and virtually no forms of relief are available. For LPRs who have been permanent residents for at least 5 years and have 7 years of continuous residence, cancellation of removal may be available for some non-aggravated felony offenses \u2014 but this requires having a clean record otherwise and proving extreme hardship to qualifying family members.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-card END -->\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card \">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-1-66dc2057\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-4213baf69e3003c151d3\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-4213baf69e3003c151d3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-4213baf69e3003c151d3\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">Does Texas deferred adjudication count as a conviction for immigration purposes?<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-4213baf69e3003c151d3\" class=\" collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-1-66dc2057\" data-parent=\"#accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p>This is one of the most dangerous misconceptions in crimmigration law. Under federal immigration law (8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1101(a)(48)(A)), a \"conviction\" for immigration purposes means any formal judgment of guilt OR any plea of guilty or nolo contendere where \"the judge ordered some form of punishment, penalty, or restraint on the person's liberty to be imposed.\" Texas deferred adjudication \u2014 which involves entering a guilty or nolo contendere plea, even though adjudication is deferred \u2014 almost always meets this definition because the court imposes community supervision conditions. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has held that Texas deferred adjudication constitutes a \"conviction\" for immigration purposes in most contexts. This means that accepting deferred adjudication with the expectation that \"it won't affect my immigration case\" can be catastrophically wrong. Always consult a crimmigration attorney before entering any plea, including deferred adjudication.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-card END -->\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card \">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-2-66dc2057\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-1367faf69e3003c151d3\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-1367faf69e3003c151d3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-1367faf69e3003c151d3\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">Will a Texas expunction protect me from immigration consequences?<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-1367faf69e3003c151d3\" class=\" collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-2-66dc2057\" data-parent=\"#accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p>Generally, no. This is another critical misconception. A Texas expunction destroys state criminal records and allows you to deny the arrest under Texas law \u2014 but federal immigration agencies (ICE, USCIS, CBP) are generally exempt from state expunction orders and may retain their own records. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has consistently held that state rehabilitative measures \u2014 including expunctions, dismissals after deferred adjudication, and post-conviction pardons \u2014 do not eliminate the immigration consequences of a conviction for most purposes. Under the 5th Circuit's interpretation, an expunged conviction may still be considered a \"conviction\" for immigration purposes in many contexts. This is why getting the plea right before it is entered is so much more important than trying to fix it afterward.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-card END -->\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card \">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-3-66dc2057\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-b12156869e3003c151d3\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-b12156869e3003c151d3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-b12156869e3003c151d3\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">Can a DWI conviction affect my immigration status?<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-b12156869e3003c151d3\" class=\" collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-3-66dc2057\" data-parent=\"#accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p>A single, first-offense Texas DWI without injury is generally not considered a crime involving moral turpitude (CIMT) or an aggravated felony under current 5th Circuit law \u2014 which means it does not automatically trigger deportability on those grounds. However, DWI still creates real immigration risks: it appears on immigration records and can affect discretionary relief decisions; DWI combined with drugs or a minor in the vehicle may be analyzed differently; intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter carry much more severe immigration consequences; and multiple DWI convictions can affect good moral character findings in naturalization cases. Additionally, the law in this area is not settled, and different immigration judges and circuits have reached different conclusions. Do not assume a DWI is \"safe\" without immigration consequence analysis specific to your status.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-card END -->\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card \">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-4-66dc2057\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-863684869e3003c151d3\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-863684869e3003c151d3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-863684869e3003c151d3\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">What is the difference between deportability and inadmissibility?<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-863684869e3003c151d3\" class=\" collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-4-66dc2057\" data-parent=\"#accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p>These are two distinct immigration concepts that are often confused. Deportability (INA \u00a7 237) governs people who are already in the United States \u2014 including green card holders and visa holders \u2014 and determines whether they can be removed. Inadmissibility (INA \u00a7 212) governs people seeking to enter or re-enter the United States \u2014 including at airports, land borders, and through visa applications \u2014 and determines whether they can be admitted. A criminal conviction can trigger either, both, or neither, depending on the offense and the person's status. A green card holder who becomes deportable and is removed becomes subject to inadmissibility grounds that may permanently bar reentry. Understanding which ground is triggered \u2014 and whether any waiver is available \u2014 requires immigration-specific analysis.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-card END -->\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card \">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-5-66dc2057\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-73a196b69e3003c151d3\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-73a196b69e3003c151d3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-73a196b69e3003c151d3\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">If I was already convicted and didn&#039;t get immigration advice, what can I do?<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-73a196b69e3003c151d3\" class=\" collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-5-66dc2057\" data-parent=\"#accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p>Under Padilla v. Kentucky (2010), criminal defense attorneys are constitutionally required to advise non-citizen clients of immigration consequences before a plea is entered. If your prior attorney failed to provide this advice \u2014 or provided incorrect advice \u2014 the plea may be vacatable as ineffective assistance of counsel. In Texas, this relief is sought through an Article 11.07 writ of habeas corpus (for final felony convictions) or an Article 11.072 writ (for cases where you are still on community supervision). The process requires showing that: (1) your attorney's advice was deficient, and (2) there is a reasonable probability you would not have entered the plea had you been properly advised. If successful, the conviction is vacated and you may re-plead or proceed to trial. Time matters \u2014 contact a crimmigration attorney as soon as possible.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-card END -->\n\n                \n                <div class=\"elementskit-card \">\n                    <div class=\"elementskit-card-header\" id=\"primaryHeading-6-66dc2057\">\n                        <a href=\"#collapse-4c05d5369e3003c151d3\" class=\"ekit-accordion--toggler elementskit-btn-link collapsed\" data-ekit-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#Collapse-4c05d5369e3003c151d3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"Collapse-4c05d5369e3003c151d3\">\n                            \n                            <span class=\"ekit-accordion-title\">Does a juvenile adjudication affect immigration status in Texas?<\/span>\n\n                            \n                                <div class=\"ekit_accordion_icon_group\">\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_normal_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Normal Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-right-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"ekit_accordion_active_icon\">\n                                        <!-- Active Icon -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"jki jki-arrow-up-line\"><\/i>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n\n                            \n                                                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div id=\"Collapse-4c05d5369e3003c151d3\" class=\" collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"primaryHeading-6-66dc2057\" data-parent=\"#accordion-69e3003c151d3\">\n\n                        <div class=\"elementskit-card-body ekit-accordion--content\">\n                            <p>Generally, juvenile adjudications in Texas are not \"convictions\" for immigration purposes because they are not criminal proceedings \u2014 they are civil proceedings in juvenile court. A true juvenile adjudication that is not certified for adult prosecution typically does not trigger the immigration consequences associated with a criminal conviction. However, there are important exceptions: if a juvenile was certified as an adult and convicted in adult criminal court, the conviction carries full immigration consequences; certain serious juvenile adjudications can affect discretionary immigration relief even if they do not constitute \"convictions\"; and juvenile records, even when sealed, may be accessed by federal immigration agencies in some circumstances. If you or a family member is a non-citizen juvenile facing charges, crimmigration analysis is still essential \u2014 including whether to resist certification as an adult.<\/p>                        <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                <\/div><!-- .elementskit-card END -->\n\n                                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fe2b96d case-sidebar jkit-sticky-element--enabled jkit-sticky-element-on--both\" data-id=\"1fe2b96d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jkit_sticky_device&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;laptop&quot;],&quot;jkit_sticky_top_position&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:80,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jkit_sticky_bottom_position&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6944f0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b6944f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cases We Handle<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2221a894 accident-cases-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"2221a894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; 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