If a green card holder has been convicted of felony and is now being summoned to jury duty, will it lead to deportation?
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If a green card holder has been convicted of felony and is now being summoned to jury duty, will it lead to deportation?
My boyfriend held a green card 10 years before being convicted of a felony at age 22 over drugs I believe and served a year in jail. It’s now been close to 8 years since then and he is being summoned to jury duty. If the court sees that he is not a citizen and has had a felony will they try to deport him? His mom married a US citizen who adpoted him but they never filled out anything regarding his citizenship before he turned 18.
Asked on January 19, 2012 under Immigration Law, Georgia
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SB, Member, California / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
He does not need to show up for jury duty since he is not a US citizen and, thus, not PERMITTED to serve on a jury. He needs to return the jury duty card to the court stating that he is NOT a US citizen and that should be the end of that. He may still be deportable, however, and I cannot comment on this likelihood or not but it will not be because of this since he should not appear.
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