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How to Use the California Chart and NotesJanuary 2013, www.ilrc.orgwhether to pursue defense against removal. An offense may be listed as an aggravatedfelony or other adverse category here even if there are very strong arguments (or in somecases even precedent) to the contrary that ought to prevail in immigration proceedings.Immigration attorneys should see Defending Immigrants in the Ninth Circuit(www.ilrc.org, 2013). This provides a detailed analysis of defense strategies andarguments for immigration proceedings. See also other ILRC publications there, and seeresources at www.nortontooby.com and at §N.17 Resources.Acknowledgements. Katherine Brady of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (SanFrancisco) is the principal author of the California Chart and Notes. Many thanks to SuYon Yi and Angie Junck of the ILRC, 2013 Update Editors, and to Ann Benson, HollyCooper, Raha Jorjani, Kara Hartzler, Dan Kesselbrenner, Chris Gauger, GracielaMartinez, Michael Mehr, Jonathan Moore, Norton Tooby, and other defenders andadvisors of the California Defending Immigrants Partnership for their many significantcontributions to this research, and the staff at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center fortheir support. We are grateful to our colleagues in the national Defending ImmigrantsPartnership, and to the Gideon Project of the Open Society Foundation, the FordFoundation, and the former JEHT Foundation for funding this national project.Copyright 2013 Immigrant Legal Resource Center. Permission to reproduce is granted tocriminal and immigration defense attorneys only. If you use these materials in a training,please let us know at chart@ilrc.org.California Chart and Notes: Table of ContentsCalifornia Quick Reference Chart-Notes:1. Overview2. Conviction3. Record of Conviction4. Sentences5. Immigration Holds and Detainers6. Aggravated Felonies7. Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude8. Drug Offenses9. Violence, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse10. Sex Crimes11. Burglary, Theft and Fraud12. Firearms Offenses13. Adam Walsh Act: Offenses that Prevent Citizens and Residents from Immigrating FamilyMembers14. [Reserved]15. Juvenile Delinquency16. Client Immigration Questionnaire17. Immigration Relief Toolkit18. Resourcesiii
Immigrant Legal Resource CenterQUICK REFERENCE CHARTFor Determining Key Immigration ConsequencesOf Selected California Offenses 1January 2013CALIF.CODESECTIONOFFENSEAGGRAVATEDFELONYCRIMESINVOLVINGMORALTURPITUDEOTHERDEPORTABLE,INADMISSIBLEGROUNDSADVICE AND COMMENTS(“CIMT”)Business& Prof C§4324Forgery ofprescription,possessionof any drugsMight be AF as:-Analogue to 21USC 843(a)(3)-Forgery, if 1 yr.Avoid 1 yrimposed on anysingle count. SeeNote: Sentence.See AdviceMight bedivisible:forgery isCIMT butposs of thedrug mightnot be.Deportable for CSconviction if theROC ID’s aspecific CS.Inadmissible andbarred from relieffor CS convictionregardless ofwhether ROC ID’sspecific CS.AF: To avoid CS AF, anddeportability & inadmissibility underCS ground, plead to straightforgery, false personation, PC 32,or other non-CS alternative. Toavoid AF, plead to straight possplus straight forgery.Deportable, Inadmissible CS: Seeother strategies in Note: Drugs.Business& Prof C§25658(a)Selling,giving liquorto a minorNot AF.Shd not beCIMT.No.If obtainable, great alternate toproviding drugs to a minor. KeepROC clear of mention of drugsBusiness& Prof C§25662Possession,purchase, orconsumptionof liquor by aminorNot AF. Not CIMT No, except seeAdvice reinadmissible foralcoholismMultiple convictions might beevidence of alcoholism, which is aninadmissibility grnd and a bar to"good moral character."Health &Safety C§ 11173(a)Prescriptionfor CS byfraudSee B&P C§4324CIMT, exceptmaybe (b)falsestatement, ifnot materialSee B&P C §4324 See B&P C §43241
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