Criminal Defense of Immigrants
§ 17.10 E. Eligibility for Relief
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Most forms of relief available in deportation proceedings, such as cancellation of removal[100] and political asylum,[101] effectively avoid both deportability and inadmissibility. Additional forms of relief effectively apply only to noncitizens seeking to avoid inadmissibility.[102] For more information on forms of relief, see Chapter 24, infra.
Conviction of an aggravated felony offense will, in most cases, bar any chance of obtaining relief from deportation.[103] Relief is generally available to avoid removability on the basis of the other crime-based grounds of deportation (not including the security-based grounds), as long as the other statutory requirements of the form of relief are met.
[100] See § 24.3, infra.
[101] See § § 24.7, 24.18, 24.31, infra.
[102] See § 18.9, infra.
[103] See § 19.98, infra.
