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Top 10 Deportation Articles
Like all other modern immigration laws, America’s removal and deportation laws can be incredibly difficult to navigate. This is because there are laws governing every conceivable aspect of deportation, from the proper ways that government officials can locate immigrants that qualify for deportation to the kinds of forms that need to be filled out for legal re-entry into the country after deportation.
The articles in this Top 10 list serve as a basic guide to U.S. immigrant laws related to deportation and removal.
1. Removal or Deportation Lawyers
Even if an immigrant enters the U.S. legally, he or she can still be deported in the event of a serious crime. Other important info for recent immigrants regarding removal and deportation can be found in this article.
2. Improper Re-entry after Deportation or Removal
People get deported or removed from the United States on a regular basis because they have committed a serious crime such as drug or firearms trafficking. Once a person is removed or deported, they are not allowed to re-enter the county for a set number of years, and they face serious legal penalties if they try to return to the United States before then.
3. Suspending Removal or Deportation for Extreme Hardship
Occasionally, the government will be nice and allow for removal or deportation to be suspended for a period of time. Suspension of an order for deportation or removal is normally granted where deportation will cause an extreme hardship.
4. Illegal Reentry after Deportation
If you have been denied entry into or deported from the United States, you are not completely barred from ever stepping foot on U.S. soil ever again. After some time has passed, you may re-enter this country, but you must do so in accordance with various immigration laws or risk being deported again. This article goes over the essential laws that you need to follow in order to re-enter the U.S. legally.
5. Appealing a Removal or Deportation Order
A deportation order probably doesn’t come as good news. If you would like to appeal this order, you can. This article explains how.
6. Suspension of Deportation
Prior to 1997, immigrants under the threat of deportation could only stay for the short period of time that their deportation was suspended for. Now, those living under the threat of deportation can have their deportation orders cancelled instead of being merely suspended. This article points out the important differences between cancellation and suspension of deportation.
7. Deportation and the Secure Communities Fingerprint Program
Each person’s fingerprints are unique to them, which make them the best way to identify a person without having to extract DNA. Immigration officials frequently use fingerprints to identify illegal immigrants that have committed crimes through the Secure Communities Fingerprint Program and the crimes that they have committed.
8. Form I-212: Reapplying for Admission after Deportation/Removal
Just because you have been deported does not mean you must abandon your dream of becoming a citizen of the United States. To reapplying for admission back into the U.S., you must first fill out the I-212 form, which you can get from American immigration officials. You can learn all about the I-212 form and its eligibility requirements by reading this article.
9. Deportation and Removal Lawyers
America is a nation of immigrants. Even if certain immigration laws seem ruthless in the face of this fact, rest assured that you can always find a sympathetic ear by speaking with an immigration attorney. An attorney who regularly handles deportation and removal issues will be happy to provide valuable information and assistance with your struggle to remain in the United States.
10. Removal/Deportability Grounds
The United States’ firm belief in due process means that immigrants will not usually be deported or removed from this country without 1) a hearing and 2) a solid justification for the removal or deportation. If you are being faced with removal or deportation, you must read this article so that you know what to expect at your hearing and the reasons why you may be deported or removed.
