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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 723443" data-attributes="member: 12952">[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Immigration&nbsp; law has used the term ‘moral turpitude’ in its criminal grounds for&nbsp; exclusion since 1891. What constitutes moral turpitude for criminal&nbsp; purposes has been determined by judicial and administrative case law&nbsp; rather than a statutory definition. In general, if a crime manifests an&nbsp; element of baseness or depravity under current societal mores — if it&nbsp; evidences an evil or predatory intent — it involves moral turpitude.&nbsp; Thus, certain crimes such as murder, rape, blackmail, and fraud are&nbsp; considered crimes involving moral turpitude, whereas crimes such as&nbsp; simple assault have not been considered to involve moral turpitude.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Deportation:You&nbsp; may be removed from the US, no matter what your immigration status&nbsp; (permanent residence (a green card), a student visa, a temporary worker&nbsp; visa, or asylum or refugee status). Deportability means the same thing&nbsp; to nonimmigrants and residents, yet very different consequences may&nbsp; ultimately arise from the same criminal conduct. Your status as a&nbsp; permanent resident or nonimmigrant will determine whether you are&nbsp; eligible for a waiver or cancellation of removal.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 723443, member: 12952"] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2]Immigration law has used the term ‘moral turpitude’ in its criminal grounds for exclusion since 1891. What constitutes moral turpitude for criminal purposes has been determined by judicial and administrative case law rather than a statutory definition. In general, if a crime manifests an element of baseness or depravity under current societal mores — if it evidences an evil or predatory intent — it involves moral turpitude. Thus, certain crimes such as murder, rape, blackmail, and fraud are considered crimes involving moral turpitude, whereas crimes such as simple assault have not been considered to involve moral turpitude. [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2][B]Deportation:[/B]You may be removed from the US, no matter what your immigration status (permanent residence (a green card), a student visa, a temporary worker visa, or asylum or refugee status). Deportability means the same thing to nonimmigrants and residents, yet very different consequences may ultimately arise from the same criminal conduct. Your status as a permanent resident or nonimmigrant will determine whether you are eligible for a waiver or cancellation of removal. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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