Immigration: Deportation (removal) and Deportation (removal) Process |
Posted: March 8, 2017 |
An article posted by The Washington Post on March 3, 2017 had the caption; “After decades in America the newly deported return to a Mexico they barely recognize”. The article discusses the current wave of deportation by the U. S. of illegal immigrants who have lived in the U. S. for many years. This new wave may beg questions as to the immigration laws relating to the deportation of immigrants and the process entailed in deportation. This article will address what warrants the deportation of immigrants and the deportation process. Deportation is also known as removal from the U. S. Deportation or removal occurs when the Federal government formally removes an immigrant from the U. S. as a result of the immigrant having violated one or a number of immigration or criminal laws . The process of deportation is a legal proceeding which enforces the immigrant his or her legal rights before their removal or deportation. One such right an immigrant has is to challenge the procedural or constitutional grounds for removal from the U. S.
The process taken by deportation proceedings are as follows: 2.Hearing – on the first appearance the alien is asked if he or she is ready to proceed if he or she is not and requires time to get legal representation the hearing is scheduled for a later date. 3.Thereafter, once the information in the NTA is verified, the alien is given an opportunity to find relief so as not to be deported.
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