Will PPP Fraud Charges Affect Immigration Status? You’re Getting DEPORTED and Can NEVER Return!

Will PPP Fraud Charges Affect Immigration Status? You’re Getting DEPORTED and Can NEVER Return!

So your probably thinking PPP fraud is just a financial crime that won’t affect your immigration status. Maybe you figure you’ll pay a fine and keep your green card or visa. Or maybe your hoping immigration won’t find out about federal charges. Look, we get it. You came to America for a better life and don’t want to lose everything. But here’s the absolutely devastating truth – PPP fraud is an AGGRAVATED FELONY that triggers MANDATORY deportation with a PERMANENT bar from ever returning to the United States!

Is PPP Fraud an Aggravated Felony?

YES! PPP fraud over $10,000 is automatically an AGGRAVATED FELONY for immigration! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services classifies any fraud causing losses exceeding $10,000 as an aggravated felony under INA § 101(a)(43). Since most PPP loans exceeded $10,000, nearly EVERY case triggers this catastrophic classification!

“Aggravated felony” sounds serious because it IS – it’s the WORST immigration classification! Despite the name, it doesn’t need to be “aggravated” or even a “felony” in criminal court. Congress labeled certain crimes this way to ensure AUTOMATIC deportation with NO relief options. Your misdemeanor PPP fraud? Still an immigration aggravated felony!

The $10,000 threshold includes EVERYTHING – loan amount, interest, investigation costs! Courts look beyond just the loan amount. They add penalties, lost opportunity costs, administrative expenses. Your $8,000 PPP loan becomes $11,000 in “losses” – BOOM, aggravated felony! Immigration judges use the BROADEST interpretation possible!

What Happens to Green Card Holders?

Green card holders with PPP fraud convictions face MANDATORY removal proceedings! Lawful Permanent Residents aren’t protected from aggravated felony deportations. You’ve had your green card 20 years? Doesn’t matter! Married to a U.S. citizen with American children? DOESN’T MATTER! Aggravated felony equals automatic deportation!

ICE detention is IMMEDIATE upon release from criminal custody! The Immigration and Customs Enforcement has mandatory detention policies for aggravated felons. You finish your prison sentence? ICE agents are waiting at the prison gates to transfer you to immigration detention. No bond, no release, just indefinite detention until deportation!

You’re PERMANENTLY barred from returning to the United States – FOREVER! Not 10 years, not 20 years – PERMANENT! Your entire family is here? Too bad! Own a business? Lost forever! Kids graduating college? You’ll miss it from abroad! The permanent bar has NO waiver, NO exception, NO hope of return!

Can I Still Become a Citizen?

ABSOLUTELY NOT – PPP fraud creates a PERMANENT bar to citizenship! Even if you somehow avoid deportation, you can NEVER naturalize. Been a green card holder 30 years? Doesn’t matter! Served in the military? Doesn’t matter! Your path to citizenship is DEAD forever!

The good moral character requirement is IMPOSSIBLE to meet with fraud convictions! Citizenship requires 5 years of good moral character. Aggravated felonies create PERMANENT bad character findings. There’s no waiting period, no rehabilitation, no forgiveness. One PPP fraud conviction = lifetime citizenship ban!

Your citizenship application triggers deportation proceedings instead! Apply for naturalization with a PPP fraud conviction? USCIS doesn’t just deny you – they refer you to ICE for removal! Your attempt to become American results in losing your green card and getting deported! The citizenship interview becomes an arrest!

What About Work Visas and Student Visas?

ALL non-immigrant visas are REVOKED immediately upon PPP fraud charges! H-1B, L-1, F-1, J-1 – doesn’t matter! The State Department automatically cancels visas when federal fraud charges are filed. You can’t leave the country because you’ll never get back in. You can’t stay because your status is terminated!

Employment authorization is TERMINATED instantly! Your work permit becomes invalid the moment charges are filed. Your employer must fire you immediately or face penalties for hiring unauthorized workers. Lost your job means losing your visa status. It’s a devastating domino effect!

The Department of State puts you on PERMANENT visa ineligibility lists! Even if charges are dropped, the arrest alone creates lifetime visa problems. Every embassy worldwide sees the fraud flag. Tourist visas? Denied! Business visas? Denied! Transit through U.S. airports? DENIED FOREVER!

Is This a Crime of Moral Turpitude?

YES! PPP fraud is absolutely a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT)! Fraud offenses are the CLASSIC example of moral turpitude crimes. This classification triggers additional immigration consequences beyond aggravated felony provisions. Double catastrophe!

CIMT makes you deportable AND inadmissible! Even one CIMT conviction within 5 years of admission with possible sentence of 1+ years makes you deportable. But you’re also inadmissible – can’t adjust status, can’t return if you leave, can’t get visas. Your trapped then deported!

Multiple CIMTs mean NO relief whatsoever! Two or more CIMT convictions not arising from single scheme = mandatory deportation with no waivers available. PPP fraud often involves multiple counts. Each false statement is separate CIMT. Your facing multiple moral turpitude convictions!

Can I Get Asylum or Other Relief?

NO! Aggravated felons are BARRED from ALL forms of immigration relief! No asylum, no withholding of removal, no cancellation of removal, no voluntary departure! The ONLY exception is if you prove you’ll be TORTURED by your government – not just imprisoned, actually TORTURED!

Immigration judges have ZERO discretion with aggravated felonies! They can’t consider your family ties, community service, rehabilitation, or hardship. The law REQUIRES deportation. Judges who show mercy get reversed on appeal. Your sob story means nothing against mandatory removal!

The Executive Office for Immigration Review fast-tracks aggravated felony cases! Normal removal proceedings take years. Aggravated felony cases? Months! They want you OUT quickly. Limited hearing time, rushed proceedings, predetermined outcome – deportation!

What If I Haven’t Been Convicted Yet?

Even CHARGES trigger immigration consequences before conviction! ICE can detain you during criminal proceedings. Your visa gets revoked upon indictment. Employers must terminate you. Your living in immigration limbo – can’t work, can’t travel, can’t plan!

Plea deals DON’T avoid immigration consequences! That “great” plea for probation with no jail? Still an aggravated felony for immigration! Deferred prosecution? Still triggers deportation! Your criminal lawyer’s “win” becomes your immigration disaster!

Pre-trial diversion programs DON’T help with immigration! Even if charges are dismissed after completing diversion, immigration sees admission of facts. The diversion agreement becomes evidence of fraud. You avoided criminal conviction but still face deportation!

What About My Family?

Your U.S. citizen spouse can’t save you from aggravated felony deportation! Marriage to American citizens provides ZERO protection against aggravated felony removal. No hardship waiver, no family unity provisions. Your spouse becomes single, kids lose a parent!

U.S. citizen children suffer but can’t prevent your removal! Immigration courts don’t consider children’s hardship for aggravated felons. Your kids’ American dreams destroyed by your deportation. They can visit you abroad or grow up without you – those are the ONLY options!

Family-based immigration petitions are DEAD forever! Your USC children can’t petition for you when they turn 21. Siblings can’t sponsor you. Parents can’t help. The permanent bar means your family relationships are legally meaningless for immigration!

Can I Ever Come Back?

NEVER! The permanent bar has NO waiver, NO exception, NO time limit! Presidents can’t pardon immigration consequences. Congress would need to change the law specifically for you. Death is literally the only thing that ends the permanent bar!

Even humanitarian parole is virtually IMPOSSIBLE! Dying parent in U.S.? Too bad! Child needs organ donation only you can provide? Maybe, but probably not! The bar is so absolute that emergency situations rarely qualify for temporary parole!

Illegal re-entry after aggravated felony deportation means 20 YEARS federal prison! If you sneak back, it’s a new federal crime with 20-year maximum sentence. Get caught at the border? Prosecuted! Found during traffic stop? Prosecuted! Your desperation becomes another federal crime!

IMMIGRATION DISASTER: PPP fraud = AGGRAVATED FELONY!
MANDATORY deportation! PERMANENT bar! ZERO relief options!
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Look, if your a non-citizen facing PPP fraud charges, this is an EXISTENTIAL crisis. Any fraud over $10,000 – which includes virtually all PPP cases – is an aggravated felony triggering mandatory deportation with permanent inadmissibility. No waivers, no relief, no hope of return. Your American dream becomes a permanent nightmare.

Green card holders lose everything – decades of building a life destroyed. Visa holders get detained and deported. Those seeking citizenship trigger there own removal proceedings. Families are torn apart with U.S. citizen children losing parents forever. The immigration consequences are often WORSE than the criminal sentence!

You need attorneys who understand BOTH criminal and immigration law immediately. Criminal defense lawyers who don’t know immigration consequences will negotiate pleas that guarantee deportation. Immigration lawyers who don’t understand federal criminal law can’t protect you. You need coordinated defense NOW! Call us at 212-300-5196 because your entire future in America depends on immigration-safe criminal defense strategies!