Criminal Defense of Immigrants
Chapter
- §6.1 I. Introduction
- §6.2 II. Strategy
- §6.3 III. Release from Criminal Custody
- §6.4 A. Working with Immigration Counsel
- §6.5 B. Whether to Obtain Release from Criminal Custody
- §6.6 C. Due Process Presumption in Favor of Release
- §6.7 D. Effect of Noncitizen Status on Release Decision
- §6.8 1. Federal Courts
- §6.9 2. State Courts
- §6.10 IV. Criminal Defense to Minimize Immigration Detention
- §6.11 A. Immigration Holds in Criminal Cases
- §6.12 1. Nature of the Immigration Hold
- §6.13 2. Lifting an Immigration Hold
- §6.14 3. Duration of Immigration Hold
- §6.15 a. 48 Hours After Criminal Release
- §6.16 b. Habeas Corpus
- §6.17 c. False Imprisonment Liability
- §6.18 B. Plea Negotiations
- §6.19 C. Criminal Custody Conditions
- §6.20 D. Accepting Early Removal
- §6.21 1. General Rule
- §6.22 2. Judicial Removal
- §6.23 3. Stipulated Removal
- §6.24 4. Suspended Execution of Sentence
- §6.25 5. As Condition of Probation
- §6.26 6. Early Release to Deportation
- §6.27 7. Prisoner Transfer
- §6.28 8. Removal Proceedings for Noncitizens in Prison
- §6.29 V. Arrest by Immigration Authorities
- §6.30 VI. Arrest by DHS on Criminal Charges
- §6.31 A. Arrest on Immigration-Related Crimes
- §6.32 B. DHS Enforcement of Criminal Arrest Warrants
- §6.33 VII. Immigration Detention
- §6.34 A. Importance to Immigrant Defendants
- §6.35 B. Detention Priorities
- §6.36 C. Detention Locale
- §6.37 D. Mandatory Detention
- §6.38 1. Effective Date
- §6.39 2. Direct Release Not Required
- §6.40 3. Avoiding Mandatory Detention
- §6.41 4. "Arriving Aliens"
- §6.42 5. Indefinite Detention
- §6.43 E. Non-Mandatory Immigration Detention
- §6.44 1. Bond
- §6.45 2. Juvenile Detention
- §6.46 F. Automatic Stay on Appeal
- §6.47 G. Habeas Review
- §6.48 VIII. Bringing Client from Immigration to Criminal Custody
- §6.49 A. During Pretrial Criminal Proceedings
- §6.50 B. After Deportation
- §6.51 C. Entry into the United States to Attend Criminal Proceedings
- §6.52 IX. Resources
§ 6.2 II. Strategy
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The essential strategies for protecting a noncitizen defendant against immigration custody during the criminal case are somewhat different for defendants prior to sentence, see § 6.2(A), infra, and those in criminal custody after sentence. See § 6.2(B), infra.
