Blog: Crimmigration
- IS IT SAFE TO APPLY FOR A GREEN CARD IF I HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD?
Dec 14, 2024
Going to see your immigration lawyer can be a lot like going to see your doctor – especially when there is something you are worried about. You know that it could be serious or it could be nothing at all. You think maybe it would be better if you don’t find out. But you know, deep down inside, that you need to find out. You know that, if you continue to ignore it, what started...Read More - DUI Convictions May Bar Naturalization and Relief from Deportation
Oct 29, 2019
A recent decision by the acting Attorney General should be of great concern to any non-citizen with two or more DUI convictions. On October 25, 2019, Acting AG Whitaker issued his decision in Matter of Castillo-Perez, 27 I&N Dec. 664, a case he had referred to himself in December. The case involves cancellation of removal, which is a statutory form of discretionary relief from removal that provides a path to lawful permanent residency to certain...Read More