Immigration Law Basics

Your Rights as an Unrepresented Immigrant in Removal Proceedings

Many people receive hearing notices to appear before judges even after they have received their green cards. It could be a clerical error involving your name, alias, or alien registration number. Or you pled to some misdemeanor with long-term immigration consequences that you did not understand. Whatever the reason, it is important to be realistic about the time it will take to get through removal proceedings and to formulate a plan to get through them successfully.