Deportable Offenses

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Aggravated and violent felonies are deportable crimes

An immigrant is deported from the U.S. because they have been convicted of an Aggravated Felony.

Under federal law, there are certain types of aggravated felonies, which are classified as deportable offenses. They include the most violent felonies, such as:

  • Armed Robbery
  • Burglary
  • Child Pornography
  • Manslaughter
  • Child Molestation
  • Murder
  • Sexual Assault

As you will see below, a crime does not need to be an aggravated felony to be a deportable offense:

There Are Five Major Categories Of Deportable Offenses 

  • Aggravated felonies (see above)
  • Crimes of moral turpitude
  • Drug crimes
  • Weapons-Firearms offenses
  • Crimes of domestic violence
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