Criminal,
Immigration
Mar. 24, 2023
Criminal defense attorneys need to know crimmigration law
The Bar doesn’t recognize crimmigration as a specialist area. Without a specialist, attorneys and defendants get stuck between either a criminal or an immigration attorney, with neither necessarily being well versed in the other.
Over 4.7 million immigrants faced removal from the United States in 2022, a 29% increase from 2021. Between 2008 and 2016, three million people were deported - more than the number of people deported between 1892 and 1997 combined. In 2017, ICE reported 83% of removals were of individuals who had contact with law enforcement. Many of these convictions were decades old, misdemeanors, infractions or even just being arrested. Although the Supreme Court held since 1893 ...
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