Crimes and Deportation/Removal

Every day, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) devotes more resources to arresting and deporting immigrants (aka aliens) with criminal records and convictions. Some immigrants with criminal convictions (including some crimes involving moral turpitude) have defenses to deportation/removal. Others, such as those convicted of aggravated felonies, have little or no relief, except protection under the convention against torture. Even "green card holders" (lawful permament residents) can be deported for criminal convictions. See a recent Boston Globe article about 111 arrests of "criminal aliens" in New England.


If you are an immigrant and have criminanl convictions or arrests, our attorneys can review your record and help you understand whether you are deportable/removable, and if so, what if any defenses to deportation you may have.


Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigration matters, as well as other legal issues. Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil litigation, business litigation, business law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, same-sex parent adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Children Can Count Parents' Time in the US in Immigration Court

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether immigrant children can count the time that their parents were in the United States to establish the residency requirements to obtain relief from deportation in Immigration Court. Legal permanent residents in deportation proceedings generally must establish seven years residence before the Immigration Court proceedings commenced to be eligible for relief from deportation. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (California and the Northwest) has ruled that the time that an immigrant child's parents have been residents in the United States can be counted in determining the length of stay for the child's legal status. The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Massachusetts and New England) has not ruled on this question. The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from the Attorney General from the Ninth Circuit's decision. If upheld, some children of legal permanent residents will be eligible to remain in the United States who would otherwise be liable for deportation.
Contact the immigration attorneys of Glickman Turley LLP for a consultation regarding your elegibility for relief from deportation.  You may speak with an attorney in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

Congressmembers Urge Immigration Officials to Consider LGBT Family Ties in Deportation Cases

As reported by Immigration Equality (immigrationequality.org), some members of Congress urged immigration officials to consider LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transexual) family ties in deportation cases.

Under current immigration laws, US citizen and green card holders with same-sex spouses do not have the same right as heterosexual spouses in petitioning for marriage-based visas or other derivative based relief (for example, asylum) or using marital status as a positive equity in deportation/removal cases.

Glickman Turley's experienced attorneys represent individuals on a wide range of immigraiton matters, as well as LGBT issues. We represent families who need help in same-sex co-parent adoptions and non-traditional family estate planning.  Please contact our attorneys if you wish to discuss representation on immigration matters, real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil ligitation, business litigation, business law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, adoptions, guardianships, animal law, or LGBT legal matters.

U-Visa for Victims of Crime

Attorneys at Glickman Turley LLP represent a variety of clients on U-visa petitions. Our clients who have been victims of domestic violence, sexual crimes, and racially motivated attacks have been granted protection in the US in the form of a temporary 4-year U-visa and later permanent resident status.

You may be eligible for a U-visa if you have been the victim of a crime in the US, have suffered substantial physical or emotional injuries, and helped or will help law enforcement with the investigation or prosecution of the crime. Please contact our attorneys if you believe that you may be eligible for a U-visa or if you would like to discuss representation on other immigration matters. Our attorneys also represent clients on matters relating to real estate purchase and sales, condominium associations, criminal defense, non-profit law, civil ligitation, business litigation, business law, probate matters including wills, powers of attorney, health care proxy, adoptions, and guardianships, animal law, gay lesbian bisexual transgender law.

Also, please see a recent USCIS memorandum regarding its approval of 10,000 U-visa petitions in the past year.

Task Force Criticizes ICE Deportation Policies

A task force advising Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") criticized the ICE program, Secure Communities, which requires local law enforcement, including the police department to assist ICE in deporting immigrants who lack legal status in the United States. The Task Force stated that the policy resulted in the detention and deportation of immigrants arrested for minor traffic violations and did not apply, as intended, mostly to immigrants with serious criminal convictions. Under Secure Communities, anyone arrested by local or state police are checked with an FBI fingerprint database and if they are listed in the ICE database, ICE may initiate deportation proceedings. The Task Force advised that ICE should make fuller use of prosecutorial discretion and concentrate on those persons with serious criminal felonies.