Safe Havens
§ 2.12 1. Court Finding of Violation of Domestic Violence Protection Order
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One ground of deportation, added in 1996, applies to those, including juveniles, who suffer civil court findings of violation of a family violence protective order.[30] A person becomes deportable whom a civil or criminal court has found to have violated a domestic violence protective order, even without a criminal conviction. See § 7.158, infra.
[30] See INA § 237(a)(2)(E)(ii), 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(E)(ii).
