Green card holders must follow rules to avoid deportation

Green card holders may face deportation if they indulge in criminal activities or withhold material information at the time of registration

Not only the citizens of United States of America, but also the green card holders have to follow rules and regulations set by the law. They have to function within the scope of the activity. They are not to indulge in any criminal activities such as murder, assassination, smuggling, prostitution, cyber crimes, assault etc. A person who is convicted under any of these crimes will face instant deportation, irrespective of whether the person is US citizen or just a green card holder.

Other than crimes of such severe nature, there are a lot of other grounds on which a green card holder may face deportation. The jury hearing the trials takes the decision for deportation. There would be clear intervention of USCIS if the matter were related to immigrant green card holders, naturalized or otherwise. Immigrants must be very careful of their conduct during their stay in the country. They know it firsthand that it is not easy to get the permanent resident status and they should understand that, once revoked, it would be very difficult to reapply for green card.

Deportation can happen at any point during an immigrant's stay in the country. If he or she is there in the country temporarily and does not intend to settle down permanently, then also if they commit any unlawful activities, they face instant deportation to their own country. They may either face trial before US jury or their national jury, depending upon the crime and the foreign policies.

In fact, the green card holder, who has permanent resident status in the country, can also face deportation and hence termination of the permanent status on various grounds. The grounds for revoking the permanent residence include criminal activities, fraud, misrepresentation, polygamy etc. In case of fraud, if a person fails to reveal material information at the time of immigration interview or registration, then the USCIS authorities will take him to task and in worst cases, he can be deported to his country.

Similarly, if an immigrant hides information regarding his marital status or marries someone in America without divorcing his first wife, then there are sure to legal charges. In this case also, there are high chances of deportment, if the authorities find that the person entered into marriage with the American citizen just to get the green card.