Immigration Crimes Archives - Federal Criminal Law Center

Foreign Students Charged With Crimes in the United States

On April 9, 2025
Criminal Defense, Deportation, foreign students, immigration law

Many foreign exchange students find that their time living in the United States is an invaluable opportunity to learn how people in our country operate. Students are able to experience life, culture, and American society in an unprecedented way. Foreign students, however, are subject to the same laws as anyone else living in the United […]

How are Illegal Immigrant Crimes Handled?

On January 23, 2019
Criminal Defense, Deportation, immigration law

Illegal Immigrant Crimes and How They Intersect with Criminal Law The intersection of immigration and criminal law is one of the most complicated areas of law in the United States. Illegal immigrants who are charged with many types of criminal offenses can end up being deported to their country by the Department of Homeland Security […]

What is Kate’s Law?

On August 8, 2017
criminal defense attorney, immigration law, kate's law

Kate’s Law (also known as the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015) was named after Kate Steinle, a young woman who was murdered in San Francisco by a man who had previously been deported from the United States but had returned multiple times. There has been much talk about Kate’s Law, but […]