quick reference chart and notes for determining immigration - ILRC
quick reference chart and notes for determining immigration - ILRC
quick reference chart and notes for determining immigration - ILRC
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Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Quick Reference Char <strong>and</strong> Notes<br />
February 2010<br />
www.ilrc.org/criminal.php<br />
is the constant threat that Congress will amend the <strong>immigration</strong> laws <strong>and</strong> apply the<br />
change retroactively to past convictions. Defenders <strong>and</strong> noncitizen defendants need to be<br />
aware that the <strong>immigration</strong> consequences of crimes is a complex, unpredictable <strong>and</strong><br />
constantly changing area of law where there are few guarantees. Defender offices should<br />
check accuracy of pleas <strong>and</strong> obtain up-to-date in<strong>for</strong>mation. See books, websites, <strong>and</strong><br />
services discussed in Note “Resources.” But using this guide <strong>and</strong> other works cited in the<br />
“Resources” Note will help defenders to give noncitizen defendants a greater chance to<br />
preserve or obtain lawful status in the United States – <strong>for</strong> many defendants, a goal as or<br />
more important than avoiding criminal penalties.<br />
This Chart is up to date as of February 2010, except that it was amended in June 2010 to<br />
reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s controlled substances decision in Carachuri-Rosendo v.<br />
Holder, 130 S.Ct. 2577 (June 14, 2010). See Chart <strong>and</strong> Note 8 Controlled Substance<br />
Offenses.<br />
Acknowledgements<br />
Katherine Brady of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco is the<br />
principal author of the Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Quick Reference Chart <strong>and</strong> Notes on Immigration<br />
Consequences of Selected Conviction. She would like to thank Ann Benson, Chris<br />
Gauger, Kara Hartzler, Raha Jorjani, Dan Kesselbrenner, Jonathan Moore, <strong>and</strong> Norton<br />
Tooby, <strong>and</strong> in particular full-scale readers Angie Junck, Holly Cooper, Michael Mehr <strong>and</strong><br />
Graciela Martinez. Thanks to these <strong>and</strong> the other defenders <strong>and</strong> advisors of the<br />
Defending Immigrants Partnership <strong>for</strong> their many significant contributions to this<br />
research, <strong>and</strong> the staff at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center <strong>for</strong> their support. We are<br />
grateful to our colleagues in the national Defending Immigrants Partnership <strong>and</strong> to the<br />
Gideon Project of the Open Society Institute, the Ford Foundation <strong>and</strong> the <strong>for</strong>mer JEHT<br />
Foundation <strong>for</strong> funding this national project.<br />
Copyright 2010 Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Permission to reproduce these<br />
materials is granted to criminal <strong>and</strong> <strong>immigration</strong> defense attorneys only. If you use these<br />
materials in a defense training or distribute them widely, please provide <strong>chart</strong>@ilrc.org<br />
with in<strong>for</strong>mation about the training (date, number attending, topic, <strong>and</strong> type of audience,<br />
<strong>for</strong> example, <strong>immigration</strong> versus criminal defenders) or the distribution.<br />
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