immigration consequences, there's really two classes.

One is crimes that will cause you to be deported or removed

from the United States, and the other

is what we call inadmissible crimes.

An inadmissible crime will not necessarily get you deported,

but if you leave the United States it will prevent you

from being readmitted; it will prevent you

from adjusting your status; and it will prevent you

from naturalizing to the United States, or becoming a citizen.

Really, there are four categories

of inadmissible crimes.

The first are crimes involving moral turpitude.

The second is drug crimes, any sort of drug conviction

will make you inadmissible.

The third is multiple convictions

where the aggregate sentence is five years or more.

And the fourth is evidence that you engaged

in prostitution, drug trafficking,

or that you're a drug addict.

Keep in mind that with regard to prostitution, drug trafficking,

and drug addiction, you could be made inadmissible

even if there's no conviction, just based on evidence.

The upshot is if you are accused of a crime that

would make you inadmissible, you want

to get an attorney who understands not only

the criminal law, but understands immigration law as

well.

Often it's possible to resolve your case

where, we not only keep you out of jail

and get you a good result in court,

but that we avoid putting you in a situation where you will face

immigration consequences later.

Even if you've been convicted already

of an inadmissible crime, it's often possible

to get you some sort of post conviction relief

where we can negate the conviction

and make you admissible to the United States

and allow you, ultimately, to naturalize and become

a citizen.