Re: Regular MSNBC Guest: All Laws Passed Before 1965 Should Be "Presumptively Unconstitutional"

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:30:24 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

Does the US have a clause saying all non-citizens convicted of an
offense with a maximum sentence over ___ years (in Canada it's 5
years) are automatically deported at end of sentence (which may not be
actually _____ years given early release or parole rules)?

Deportation isn't automatic. There's a hearing.

The two main categories of crimes that can put you at risk of
being deported are aggravated felonies and crimes involving
moral turpitude. The Immigration and Nationality Act also
enumerates certain crimes that serve as independent grounds of
deportation, even if they are not classified in one of those two
categories.

https://www.justia.com/immigration/deportation-removal/criminal-grounds-for-deportation/

Am surprised - usually US courts are more bloody minded that Canadian
courts where the judge does not have authority to deny a deportation
order for someone convicted of a major offence (which I >think< is any
crime carrying a sentence of 3 years or more).

Now getting the order and actully executing the order are two
different things....

Just to clarify: It's not a federal court. Congress didn't give
jurisdication over immigration to federal courts. Deportations are
ordered at administrative hearings.