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Briefs, rulings, and practice tips to assist criminal defense lawyers in minimizing the impact of criminal proceedings on immigration status, by avoiding aggravated felony convictions, defending against the threat of deportation, and protecting future adjustments of status.
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DUTY OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE COUNSEL REPRESENTING AN IMMIGRANT DEFENDANT AFTER PADILLA V. KENTUCKY (Defending Immigrants Partnership)
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Practical Tips to Avoid Aggravated Felonies (The Bronx Defenders)
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Tips on How to Work with an Immigration Lawyer to Best Protect Your Noncitizen Defendant Client (Immigrant Defense Project, New York State Defenders Association)
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2nd Circuit Rules NY Felony Reckless Assault is a "Crime Involving Moral Turpitude" but Attempt is Not (NYSDA IDP)
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Practice Tip: US Supreme Court Grants Cert on Whether a State Drug Possession Offense Constitutes a "Drug Trafficking" "Aggravated Felony” (NYSDA Immigrant Defense Project )