Minor Drug Offense Can Lead to Deportation
Posted on Apr 10, 2010 4:00pm PDT
A man was found with a marijuana cigarette and was advised to plead guilty. However, the man is a legal permanent resident which means that his guilty plea can have serious consequences. As a result he has been spending three years behind bars and has had to fight deportation back to Haiti. The United States Supreme Court is now dealing with matters about how the government will interpret immigration laws about drug-related convictions.
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