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§ 9.2 II. Controlled Substances Offenses

 
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One of the most common categories of deportable offenses is the category of drug offenses.  It is particularly complicated to identify safe haven drug convictions, because a controlled substances conviction can trigger deportation under a number of grounds of deportation: an aggravated felony drug trafficking conviction, a controlled substances conviction, and the drug abuse/drug addiction conduct-based ground of deportation.  Some drug convictions also constitute convictions of crimes of moral turpitude.  The following convictions are believed not to trigger any of these four grounds of deportation.

 

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