Q: Hi, question I was arrested in 2005 charged in 2006 with felony, I was not told about immigration reprocations, help
I did 16 weekends of jail 5 years of Probation, I have tried to apply for immigration green card but it’s denied due to my felony case they say it’s Moral Turpitude, the DJ was hitting my brother because he fell on his equipment and I tried to defend him, I never wanted to hurt him, can you help me?, I was never told that my plea of guilty was going to bar me from apliying for residency, I also didn’t speak English and everything was trough interpreter
A: Contact a criminal defense attorney and ask if a Padilla motion may be an option. That's a case that sometimes allows a criminal conviction to be reopened and readjudicated when the defendant was not advised on the immigration consequences of the plea.
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