- Grounds of Deportability & Inadmissibility Related to Crimes
by Katherine Brady, Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, San Francisco, CA; & Dan Kesselbrenner, Director, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
(This detailed analysis describes the types of convictions that can impact a non-citizen’s ability to remain or enter the United States.)
- Basics of the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
by Tova Indritz, NACDL Immigration Committee; & Dan Kesselbrenner, Director, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
(PowerPoint outlining potential impact of pleas on client’s immigration status)
- Materials for Understanding Judicial Orders of Removal in the Sentencing of Non-Citizen Criminal Defendants
Compiled by Monica Ramirez, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
(These materials include: (1) statutory authority for issuing “judicial orders of removal” against non-citizen
defendants at the time of sentencing; (2) a checklist identifying the requirements for the proper issuance of
such orders; and (3) government guidance on “stipulated judicial deportation” and “judicial orders of removal.”)
- Challenging the Barriers to Bail for Noncitizens
(providing arguments for obtaining bail despite the defendant's alleged unlawful presence in the U.S.)
by Ingrid V. Eagly, UCLA School of Law
- Sample Application for Authorization to Obtain an Immigration Attorney Expert Pursuant to the CJA
(application used to obtain CJA services of an immigration expert for the purpose of reviewing and evaluating a client's immigration status, and providing advice regarding the effect a plea would have on the client's immigration status)
- Client Immigration Questionnaire for Non-Citizen Defendants
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
(Form designed to obtain the facts necessary for defense counsel, in consultation with an immigration expert, to
determine current immigration status, possible immigration relief, and immigration consequences of a conviction)
- Immigration Status Checklist
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
(Form, in English and Spanish, for use in client interview)
- Intake Information Sheet (English)
Law Offices of Norton Tooby, Oakland, CA
(Form designed to obtain the facts necessary for an immigration expert to determine current immigration status,
possible immigration relief, and immigration consequences of a conviction; includes glossary of terms)
- Intake Information Sheet (Spanish)
Law Offices of Norton Tooby, Oakland, CA
(Form designed to obtain the facts necessary for an immigration expert to determine current immigration status,
possible immigration relief, and immigration consequences of a conviction; includes glossary of terms)
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Immigration Consequences of Certain Federal Offenses
by Dan Kesselbrenner & Sandy Lin (National Lawyer's Guild
National Immigration Project )
- Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity
by Linda Osberg, Esq, Miami, FL
(includes both the original and May 2007 update of this article)
- Immigration Raids
(Many of the immigration issues highlighted in the materials above arise in the context of workplace raids conducted by ICE. For more materials on prosecutions arising from workplace raids, see our Immigration Raids page.)
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