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Practice Advisory for Criminal Defense Attorneys: The Biden Administration’s Interim Enforcement Priorities

The purpose of this advisory is to identify issues and advocacy strategies for defense counsel representing noncitizen clients in light of this administration’s interim enforcement priorities memo, specifically in the context of assessing risks of potential immigration enforcement during and after a criminal case.

National Immigration Project Practice advisory Mar 24, 2021 Direct PDF available

Why it matters

Useful as a practitioner-oriented overview from National Immigration Project on Crimes; review the source material for the most current authority and procedure.

Topics

Crimes and categorical approach

Workflows

Crim-imm screening

Forums

Cross-forum

Jurisdictions

National