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The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide to Representing Non-Citizens in State Court Proceedings

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The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide To Representing Non-Citizens In State Court Proceedings, 2023 Edition, Kevin Ruser Aug 2023

The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide To Representing Non-Citizens In State Court Proceedings, 2023 Edition, Kevin Ruser

The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide to Representing Non-Citizens in State Court Proceedings

PREFACE TO THE 2023 EDITION I promised myself, after the long-overdue revisions reflected in the 2021 edition, that I would do my best to update this Guide every year. This is the second installment on that pledge. Although there have been modest changes these past two years, there are still important updates incorporated into this year’s edition. I have also expanded on some of the topics that appeared in the 2021-2022 editions, as my thinking – and caselaw – continue to evolve.

On March 31, 2010, the lives of criminal law practitioners changed dramatically. On that day, the United States …


The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner’S Guide To Representing Non-Citizens In State Court Proceedings, 2022 Edition, Kevin Ruser Jul 2022

The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner’S Guide To Representing Non-Citizens In State Court Proceedings, 2022 Edition, Kevin Ruser

The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide to Representing Non-Citizens in State Court Proceedings

I promised myself after I did the long-overdue 2021 revisions to this Guide that I would try my dead level best to do annual updates. Here are the 2022 updates to my Guide.

The updates are not as major as the 2021 updates were. Nevertheless, there have been several important developments to the area of crimmigration law since last year, and I have incorporated those changes into this year’s version of my Guide. Additionally, my thinking continues to evolve on various issues, and this year’s version of the Guide includes that ongoing analysis. Finally, my faithful proofreaders/editors, Deanna Lubken and …


The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide To Representing Non-Citizens In State Court Proceedings: July 2021, Kevin Ruser Jul 2021

The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide To Representing Non-Citizens In State Court Proceedings: July 2021, Kevin Ruser

The Nebraska Criminal Law Practitioner's Guide to Representing Non-Citizens in State Court Proceedings

The goals of this Guide are to give Nebraska criminal law practitioners and judges an overview of the federal immigration system, acquaint them with immigration issues that may arise as the result of state criminal proceedings, and analyze various Nebraska criminal statutes in terms of their potential immigration consequences.

This Guide was last significantly updated in 2012 – nine years ago. In 2012, I wrote about how many developments there had been in the “crimmigration” field since the 2010 update to this Guide. Those developments pale in comparison to the developments that have occurred since 2012, however, both in terms …