Entering a guilty plea to a crime can have immigration consequences. Recently the Utah Court of Appeals addressed whether an attorney was deemed to have given ineffective assistance of counsel to a non-U.S. citizen. In State v. Aguirre-Juarez, the defendant plead guilty to one count of attempted identity fraud, a class A misdemeanor. She had allegedly used a fake green card,…
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Crimes of Moral Turpitude and Immigration Status
How Crimes of Moral Turpitude Affect One’s Immigration Status – Utah Criminal Defense and Immigration Lawyer Many nonresident immigrants do no understand the consequences of committing a crime, no matter how insignificant, on one’s immigration status. Federal law makes anyone who has committed a crime of moral turpitude inadmissible to gain resident status. Such persons will also likely be deported. …