Safe Havens
- §4.1 I. Introduction
- §4.2 II. Checklist of Conviction-Based Grounds of Deportation
- §4.3 III. Checklist of General Safe Havens
- §4.4 IV. Alienage
- §4.5 A. United States Citizens
- §4.6 B. Nationals of the United States
- §4.7 C. American Indians Born in Canada
- §4.8 V. Non-Conviction Dispositions In General
- §4.9 VI. Dispositions That Are Not Crimes
- §4.10 A. Juvenile Delinquency Findings
- §4.11 B. The Conviction Must Be for a Crime
- §4.12 C. Foreign Convictions
- §4.13 VII. Dispositions That Are Not Convictions
- §4.14 A. Immigration Law Definition of Conviction
- §4.15 B. Acquittal
- §4.16 C. Dismissal Before Conviction
- §4.17 D. Deferred Prosecution
- §4.18 E. Deferred Verdict
- §4.19 F. Deferred Sentence
- §4.20 VIII. Convictions That Are Not Final
- §4.21 A. Direct Appeal
- §4.22 B. Slow Plea Dispositions
- §4.23 C. Late Appeal
- §4.24 IX. Convictions Eliminated by Post-Conviction Relief
- §4.25 A. Judicial Recommendations Against Deportation
- §4.26 B. Pardoned Offenses
- §4.27 C. State Rehabilitative Relief
- §4.28 D. Convictions Vacated as Legally Invalid
- §4.29 E. Sentences Eliminated by Post-Conviction Relief
- §4.30 X. Defective Convictions
- §4.31 A. Convictions by Court Without Jurisdiction
- §4.32 B. Convictions in Absentia
- §4.33 C. Other Defects
- §4.34 XI. Convictions that Do Not Follow “Admission”
- §4.35 XII. Foreign Convictions
§ 4.5 A. United States Citizens
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If the client is a United States citizen, no ground of deportation can be applied. A person can acquire United States citizenship in several ways:
