Criminal Defense of Immigrants

(C)  “Reason to Believe.”  Possession of drug paraphernalia does not implicate drug trafficking, and therefore a conviction should not trigger this ground of inadmissibility.  Remember, however, that this is a conduct based ground, and the noncitizen may be inadmissible if s/he in fact engaged in drug trafficking.[189]

[189] See § 21.6, supra.