Immigration consequences of DUI

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Dan Jaffe

DUI consequences are still for citizens, but they can be terrible for non-citizens who are not documented.

Chicago Progressive Examiner: The Rigo Padilla story: When is a DUI not just a DUI?: "So Padilla was placed in a lockup along with criminal offenders, and the next day ICE agents came for him and other undocumented detainees. On the way to the ICE detention center downtown, 'the driver kept saying,'your best bet is to request voluntary deportation,'' Padilla said. At the ICE facility he was given the choice of posting another bond or wearing a tracking bracelet on his ankle; he picked the latter, and by that point the DUI was no longer an issue. His next court appearance would be a deportation hearing.    "

You decide: Should somebody who is not licensed to drive and not in the country legally who choses to drive while impaired be treated the same as a licensed driver who is a US citizen or in the country legally and does the same thing?

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