Crimes
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This page offers resources on “crim/imm,” the law governing the intersection of immigration and crimes, especially as it applies to California law. The Notes below cover different crimes-related grounds of inadmissibility and deportability in immigration law.
Immigration advocates and criminal defenders register to access the full California Quick Reference Chart at this link.
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§ N.1 Overview (2013)
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§ N.2 Definition of Conviction (April 2019)
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§ N.3 How to Use the Categorical Approach Now (October 2021)
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§ N.4 California Sentences and Immigration (November 2020)
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§ N.5 SB 54 and the California Values Act (February 2018)
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§ N.6 Aggravated Felonies
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§ N.7 Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude (October 2018)
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§ N.8 Controlled Substance (March 2019)
- § N.8A How to Defend Immigrants Charged with Drug Offenses, Including New Penal Code § 372.6 (January 2023)
- § N.8B Immigrants and Marijuana (May 2021)
- § N.8C (1) Immigrants and Substance and Alcohol Use Disorder-A Legal and Medical Perspective (August 2023)
- § N.8C (2) Immigrants and Substance and Alcohol Use Disorder-A Legal and Medical Perspective (August 2023)
- § N.8D Pereida v. Wilson and California Offenses (April 2021) (focusing on categorical approach and drugs)
- § N.8A How to Defend Immigrants Charged with Drug Offenses, Including New Penal Code § 372.6 (January 2023)
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§ N.9 Violence, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse (3/25/2014)
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§ N.10 Sex Offenses (3/27/2014)
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§ N.11 Burglary, Theft and Fraud (1/7/2019)
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§ N.12 Firearms (2024)
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§ N.13 Convictions that Bar the Defendant from Petitioning for Family Members: the Adam Walsh Act
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§ N.14 Overview of California Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants (July 2022)
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§ N.15 Delinquency (June 2019)
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§ N.16 Client Questionnaire (July 2020)
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§ N.17 Immigration Relief Toolkit (August 2018)
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§ N.18 Additional Resources
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§ N.19 Summary California Chart (January 2018)