Can I get deported for petty theft if I’m an underage illegal immigrant?

Can I get deported for petty theft if I’m an underage illegal immigrant?

A group of friends and I took $67 of clothes at a department store. We got caught by store security, not a cop and we have to go to court for petty theft. My friends are going to plead guilty. They have a video, they said if we plead guilty we would have to pay a fine and do community service to take it off our record. Is it different from me? Will or can I get deported? Is there something I can do so I won’t get deported? I am in high school and a straight student never before been in trouble with the law before and first time offender.

Asked on March 12, 2012 under Immigration Law, California

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