This book outlines a procedure – and provides resources – to aid both criminal and immigration counsel in identifying and constructing safe haven dispositions in criminal cases that will not trigger deportability.  This is useful (a) when counsel are faced with criminal charges before plea, and are seeking a safe haven; (b) when a criminal conviction has come into existence, and immigration counsel are attempting to discern whether it will trigger deportation; and (c) when post-conviction counsel are seeking to learn (1) whether a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel exists because original counsel missed an available safe haven, or (2) what safe havens might be available when the damaging conviction has been vacated and the original charges reinstated.

Safe Havens is also a fertile source of good news, suggesting many safe haven arguments that a given conviction does not trigger one ground of deportation, or any ground of deportation.  Counsel can easily locate applicable cases and arguments, since they are organized by topic, type of case, and ground of deportation, as well as through a table of authorities and subject-matter index.  These arguments can be raised before the Immigration Judge, on appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals, circuit court of appeals, or in district court on habeas corpus.  This book is indispensable for immigration and criminal defense lawyers representing noncitizens facing possible deportation on the basis of a criminal conviction.