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Practice Advisory: Adjustment of Status Following an Admission Does Not “Re-Start” the Five-Year Clock for Purposes of the Moral Turpitude Deportation Ground

Publication Date

02/28/2011

Matter of Alyazji, 25 I&N Dec. 397 (BIA 2011), overruling in part Matter of Shanu, 23 I&N Dec. 754 (BIA 2005).

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Immigration Criminal Law Resources for California Criminal Defenders

Publication Date

11/19/2010

A description of critical resources available for California criminal defenders defending noncitizens:

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Practice Advisory by Katherine Brady on the Supreme Court Case Nijhawan v. Holder

Publication Date

11/19/2010

Practice advisory by Katherine Brady on the Supreme Court case Nijhawan v. Holder, which deals with the categorical approach and aggravated felonies.

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How to Defend Immigrants Charged with Drug Offenses, Including New Penal Code § 372.5

Drug offenses cause the harshest, most disproportionate immigration penalties of any offense. Criminal defenders and immigration advocates need information to work aggressively to defend immigrant clients. This advisory provides strategies to avoid a drug conviction, including how and when to use Penal Code § 372.5 (2023), along with practice tips, resources, and arguments to support negotiating for an immigration neutral plea or disposition in criminal court.