Criminal convictions and how they impact your immigration status
Immigration-Related Criminal Defense | Posted on September 21, 2017 at 8:33 pm by ozmentlaw
Criminal convictions and how they impact your immigration status As long and as involved of a process as it might have been to get a visa or permanent residency permit issued to you, you probably don’t want to do anything that would put that hard work to waste. If you commit either a misdemeanor of […]
Community activists try to head off immigration arrests
Civil Rights Law | Posted on August 3, 2017 at 8:27 pm by ozmentlaw
Community activists try to head off immigration arrests In recent years, as long as an undocumented immigrant stayed out of trouble with the law, he or she could generally rest easy without wondering if an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was behind every knock on the door. That’s all changed — ICE is currently […]
What every immigrant needs to know about crime and deportation
Immigration-Related Criminal Defense | Posted on July 28, 2017 at 7:51 pm by ozmentlaw
What every immigrant needs to know about crime and deportation Essentially, there’s one thing every immigrant without citizenship in this country needs to know: Almost any criminal act — no matter how trivial — could make you a target for removal by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The list of deportable crimes keeps changing as […]
Do I have to leave the country after being convicted of a crime?
Immigration-Related Criminal Defense | Posted on May 3, 2017 at 7:12 pm by ozmentlaw
Do I have to leave the country after being convicted of a crime? Several months ago, our Nashville immigration law firm was featured in the media. Specifically, we offered our opinion regarding the Trump administration’s recent executive orders on immigration, including the travel ban and suspension of the refugee program. Our advice was to not expect […]