 Legal immigrants, who are in the country on a visa, can be deported for minor legal infractions, such as traffic tickets or DWIs. And this is another misunderstanding.
The next important fact is that you do not have to be married to bring a child into the United States lawfully. Moreover, in spite of of your marital status, children are entitled to move to the United States under a Family Visa petition.
Many people think that once they come into the United States unlawfully, they cannot then become a legal immigrant. It is not true. You can still petition the government for a visa, green card, or a temporary worker visa even if you are an illegal foreigner.
Deportation
If talk about deportation, this is constant banishment from the United States. It means that a person can be deported unlawfully, or with a valid visa or green card. You will be not allowed to obtain visa again for at least five years, in case you have been deported. Be aware because if you try to re-enter before the end of the five years it will be a crime.
In case you have ever committed fraud or willfully misrepresented a material fact in order to get a visa then you will be deported and permanently excluded from the United States.
In most cases, that are connected with criminal activity foreigners will be deported. Nevertheless, there are several categories of crimes that can result in deportation, in particular aggravated crimes, offences involving moral baseness, drug crimes, and firearms crimes. Even domestic violence can be the reason for deportation.
INS judges do have some discretion in canceling removal. When the foreigner was a permanent occupant for at least five years or has lived in the United States for seven continuous years after having been admitted under any status, then annulment often happens. Having been convicted of an aggravated crime, deportation is a certainty. Besides, someone facing deportation can also, in extreme cases, apply for sanctuary.
You should know that even if you have a close family relative who is a U.S. citizen, it is not necessarily to keep a foreigner from being deported. This concerns mostly cases when the foreigner has been convicted of drug related or other very serious felonies.
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