Safe Havens

The core meaning of safe haven is as follows: A safe haven is a disposition in a criminal case that will not trigger deportation under any ground of deportation.  See Chapter 2, infra.  This book covers the identification and construction of dispositions of criminal cases in criminal courts that do not fall within any ground of deportation.  It offers tools counsel can use to make sure a given disposition or conviction does not establish a ground of inadmissibility.  It also covers “partial safe havens,” which do not cause deportation under one ground or another, even though they may trigger deportation under a separate ground.  See Chapter 7, infra.