Overview
For 2025 there was a $70 billion increased U.S. spending for this purpose.
What is border security OR ICE/CBP?
The general basis or category under which an immigrant who last entered the U.S. legally and loses or violates status usually will become "removable" ?
What is deportability?
In a criminal proceeding, this side "shall consider the avoidance of adverse immigration consequences in the plea negotiation process as one factor in an effort to reach a just resolution."
What is the prosecution?
The aspect of defendant's criminal history that is critical to investigate and determine before most immigration advisements can be adequately made.
What are all priors?
To comply with the requirements of Matter of Pickering, a post-conviction vacatur must be based on one of these two defects.
What are statutory or constitutional defects OR substantive or procedural irregularity?
Immigration "strikes" include one of these. Name TWO.
What are Detention, Loss of Status, Deportation, Illegal Re-entry and Federal Prison?
If an immigrant is convicted of certain offenses, they are not eligible for an ICE bond hearing for at least 6 months, and may be detained months/years due to this part of the immigration law.
What is mandatory detention?
There is no requirement that a defendant disclose this in criminal court.
What is their immigration status?
DEJ and 1203.4 motions still result in "convictions" even after this court order.
What is a dismissal?
The two California statutory vacaturs most presently utilized and effective for immigration purposes.
What are P.C. 1016.5 and P.C. 1473.7?
In Imperial County, one out of ___________ persons was born in another country.
What is three?
The legal basis that prohibits an immigrant from obtaining status or relief from DHS or in immigration court and also makes them removable -- applies to all immigrants who last entered the U.S. without inspection.
What is "inadmissibility"?
The section of the Calif. Penal code where defense & prosecution obligations to immigrants are found.
What is P.C. 1016.3?
Negotiating this result short of a dismissal, will avoid a conviction for immigration purposes.
What is pre-plea or pre-trial diversion?
The reason why an expungement or DEJ dismissal are not effective to avoid a conviction for immigration purposes.
What is they are "rehabilitative"?
45% of detained immigrants have this enormous barrier in fighting their removal cases.
What is lack of representation?
The analysis used to determine whether a state offense is "overbroad" as to the federal definition of the same offense.
What is the categorical approach?
Pursuant to P.C. 1016.5, what must the court allow the defendant in order to consider the appropriateness of the plea in light of a 1016.5 advisement?
What is a continuance OR additional time?
The newish bad law that requires ICE mandatory detention for a simple arrest or charge of shoplifting.
What is the Laken Riley Act?
Special categories of defendants who may be eligible for special vacaturs due to their history prior to commission of the crime.
What are domestic violence and trafficking victims?
The #1 prosecuted federal offense in the U.S.
What is 8 USC 1326 OR illegal re-entry after removal?
Pleading specifically to certain elements of an offense can help avoid immigration consequences for these types of offenses that are subject to the modified categorical approach.
What are "divisible" offenses?
The name of ONE California Appellate or Calif. Supreme Court case relating to defense attorney's obligation to immigrant defendants.
What is Soriano OR Barocio OR Resendiz OR Bautista OR Patterson?
Though juvenile adjudications are not convictions, findings for these types of charges and/or adjudications could still lead to permanent inadmissibility and ineligibility to legalize status.
What are drug trafficking charges/adjudications?
The California law that somewhat restricts law enforcement cooperation with ICE/DHS.
What is SB 54 OR the California Values Act?