Any person who is not a citizen can be deported from the U.S. Certain immigrants are particularly at risk for deportation.
Immigrants with certain convictions can be deported, barred from adjusting their status to lawful permanent residency or prohibited from returning to the U.S. after a trip abroad. This includes:
- Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs, or green card holders)
- Asylees and refugees
- People who have been granted withholding of removal or temporary protected status (TPS)
- People who have applied to adjust their status
- People on tourist, student, business, and other visas
The types of convictions leading to deportation are very broad and even include offenses that the criminal judge considered minor enough to warrant no time in jail. This deportation is like a second punishment that happens after immigrants finish their criminal sentence and can happen years after the conviction.