A deportation notice (called a Notice to Appear or an NTA) means the United States’ government wants to remove you from the country.
All deportation cases are handled by the Executive Office of Immigration Review, also known as Immigration Court.
Immigration Court
The USCIS will assign an experienced government trial lawyer to prosecute your case (i.e. prove that you should be deported) and an Immigration Judge (the “IJ”) will be assigned to hear the case.
If you do not raise an appropriate defense to the charges contained in the NTA and raise it in the proper manner, the IJ will issue a deportation order and you will be removed from the country regardless of whether or not you have a wife and children who are dependent on you.
The law of deportation and defenses to deportation is complex and subject to frequent changes.
Your Immigration Lawyer
For this reason, and because of the consequences to you and your family should you lose the case, it is essential that you consult with an experienced Immigration trial lawyer immediately upon receipt of the NTA.
A good deportation lawyer will be able to advise you on which of the many available deportation defenses are best for you as well as prepare the case and represent you at trial.
Deportation Defenses
The following defenses are available to aliens in deportation proceedings and are discussed in more detail on separate pages of this website.
