Deportation and Removal Proceedings

If you are a foreign person, you can be put in deportation or removal proceedings to be deported to your home country under specific circumstances. For example, even if you have become a citizen of the United States, you may be deported if you obtained your green card or citizenship through deception.

You may be deported from the United States if you:

• you were condemned for specific crimes related to firearms, illegal drugs, or espionage
• you were convicted of escaping from an immigration checkpoint, i.e. escaping away
• you are presently a drug addict or abuser or become one at any time after your admission to the U.S.
• you were convicted of domestic brutality, stalking, child neglect, or child abuse or child abandonment, or you disobeyed the part of a protective order that was indicated to prevent potential threats of violence, bodily injury, or repeated harassment
• you failed to notify the immigration authorities, in writing, of a change in address within ten days of the move
• you were condemned for providing incorrect information in connection with mandatory registration with immigration authorities