If you are not a United States citizen and you commit criminal acts, you may be subject to deportation. Just about any drug offense makes an individual immediately deportable and subject to exclusion from (other than simple possession of small quantity of drugs) the United States for life. Unfortunately, many attorneys never inform or misinform their clients of the immigration consequences of a criminal conviction.

Often, an attorney can help you avoid deportation by arranging for a charge and sentence that will not make you deportable.