Can PPP Loan Fraud Affect My Immigration Status? It’s a One-Way Ticket to DEPORTATION!
Can PPP Loan Fraud Affect My Immigration Status? It’s a One-Way Ticket to DEPORTATION!
So your probably terrified that this PPP loan situation will affect your immigration status, wondering if you’ll lose your green card or citizenship over financial fraud.
Maybe you think economic crimes don’t trigger deportation like violent crimes do.
Or maybe your hoping immigration authorities won’t find out about federal fraud charges.
Look, we get it.
Your desperately trying to protect the life you’ve built in America.
But here’s the absolutely catastrophic truth – PPP loan fraud is considered a crime of moral turpitude!
That can get you DEPORTED!
Banned for life!
And destroy your entire family’s immigration future!
Your entire family!
Is PPP Fraud a Deportable Offense?
YES, PPP fraud is ABSOLUTELY a deportable offense! It’s classified as a “crime involving moral turpitude” (CIMT) which triggers automatic deportation proceedings for green card holders and visa holders! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services considers fraud one of the most serious immigration violations!
Under immigration law, ANY fraud conviction involving more than $10,000 makes you deportable – and every PPP loan exceeded that amount! Even a $20,000 PPP fraud conviction triggers removal proceedings. There’s no minimum safe amount – any PPP fraud equals deportation risk!
We’re seeing immigrants who’ve lived here 20+ years getting deported for PPP fraud! A green card holder of 15 years just got removal proceedings started after pleading guilty to $50,000 in PPP fraud. Another permanent resident with U.S. citizen children faces deportation for a single fraudulent loan. Your immigration status offers ZERO protection!
Can I Lose My Green Card?
Green card holders face IMMEDIATE revocation for PPP fraud convictions! Under INA Section 237, fraud convictions make lawful permanent residents deportable. It doesn’t matter if you’ve had your green card for decades – one PPP fraud conviction and its GONE!
The immigration consequences are AUTOMATIC! The moment you’re convicted of PPP fraud, ICE gets notified through criminal databases. Your name goes on deportation priority lists. Your green card becomes worthless paper. Removal proceedings begin immediately after your criminal sentence!
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement has specific units targeting immigrants with fraud convictions. PPP fraud is considered an “aggravated felony” if the loss exceeds $10,000, which means MANDATORY deportation with no possibility of relief! No cancellation of removal, no waivers, no second chances!
Will This Prevent Citizenship?
PPP fraud PERMANENTLY bars you from U.S. citizenship! The naturalization application requires “good moral character” – fraud convictions automatically disqualify you FOREVER! Even if charges get dismissed or expunged, USCIS still sees them and denies citizenship!
Current citizenship applications are being denied for PPP issues! USCIS runs FBI background checks that reveal PPP investigations even without convictions. Just being under investigation for PPP fraud triggers application holds and eventual denials. People waiting years for citizenship are getting denied overnight!
The Form N-400 specifically asks about crimes involving “fraud or false representation.” Lying about PPP fraud on your citizenship application? That’s immigration fraud – a separate federal felony that guarantees deportation! You can’t hide it, can’t lie about it, can’t get around it!
What About My Family’s Status?
Your PPP fraud destroys your ENTIRE FAMILY’S immigration future! If your the primary petitioner for family members, your conviction invalidates there applications! Wives, children, parents waiting for green cards through you? All denied because of your fraud!
U.S. citizen children can’t prevent your deportation for PPP fraud! The hardship to your American children is considered but rarely stops removal for fraud convictions. We’ve seen parents of three U.S. citizen children deported for PPP fraud, leaving families destroyed!
Your spouse’s immigration status gets scrutinized too! Immigration assumes spouses knew about fraud, making them accomplices. Joint tax returns showing fraudulent PPP income? Your spouse faces removal proceedings too! One person’s PPP fraud becomes the whole family’s deportation nightmare!
Can I Get a Waiver?
Waivers for PPP fraud are NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE to get! The INA Section 212(i) waiver requires proving “extreme hardship” to U.S. citizen family members – but courts almost never find sufficient hardship for fraud cases! Financial hardship doesn’t count. Emotional hardship isn’t enough. You need extraordinary circumstances that don’t exist!
The waiver process itself triggers scrutiny that makes things WORSE! Applying for a fraud waiver alerts immigration to examine everything about you. They investigate your entire history, looking for other violations. Many waiver applicants end up in removal proceedings they wouldn’t have faced otherwise!
Recent waiver denials for PPP fraud are brutal. 99% denial rate for fraud waivers involving government program theft. Judges saying “stealing from pandemic relief programs shows such moral turpitude that no waiver is appropriate.” The few approved had terminal illnesses or severely disabled citizen children!
Do They Really Check Criminal Databases?
Immigration has REAL-TIME access to ALL criminal databases! The moment your arrested for PPP fraud, ICE knows. When your convicted, USCIS knows. When you apply for any immigration benefit, they run comprehensive criminal checks that reveal EVERYTHING!
The Department of Justice shares all PPP fraud data with immigration authorities. There’s automatic data sharing between FBI, DOJ, and DHS. Your PPP case file goes straight to immigration enforcement. There’s no hiding federal fraud from immigration!
Even traveling triggers checks! Every time you reenter the U.S., CBP runs criminal database checks. Green card holders convicted of PPP fraud are being denied reentry at airports! Imagine flying back from vacation and being told you can’t enter America – that’s happening RIGHT NOW!
What If Charges Get Dropped?
Dropped charges still DESTROY immigration cases! USCIS looks at arrests, not just convictions, for moral character evaluation. PPP fraud arrests alone trigger citizenship denials and visa revocations. The accusation is enough to ruin your immigration future!
Immigration uses a lower standard than criminal courts – they only need “reasonable belief” you committed fraud. Criminal charges dropped for insufficient evidence? Immigration can still find you deportable! Plea deals to lesser charges? Immigration sees through it and treats it as fraud anyway!
Expungement means NOTHING to immigration! State expungement doesn’t erase federal immigration consequences. USCIS sees expunged records and treats them as convictions. Sealing records doesn’t work – immigration has access to everything. Your PPP fraud follows you forever in immigration systems!
Can I Leave and Come Back?
Leaving the U.S. with PPP fraud issues is SUICIDE! The moment you leave, you might be banned from returning for 10 years, 20 years, or LIFE! Advance parole won’t save you. Valid visas get cancelled. Green cards become worthless at the border!
The “unlawful presence” bars combine with fraud bars to create PERMANENT inadmissibility! Even if you leave voluntarily, you face 3-year, 10-year, or permanent bars from reentry. PPP fraud makes you inadmissible under multiple grounds – there’s no way back!
We’ve seen green card holders leave for emergencies and get stuck overseas FOREVER! One client went to his mother’s funeral – banned for life at the airport return. Another visited sick family – denied reentry, green card cancelled. Leaving with PPP fraud issues means never coming back!
How Fast Does Deportation Happen?
PPP fraud triggers EXPEDITED removal proceedings! While your serving your criminal sentence, ICE prepares your deportation. The day you finish prison, they’re waiting to deport you. No time to say goodbye, pack belongings, or arrange affairs!
The immigration detention is BRUTAL! After criminal custody, you go straight to ICE detention – essentially more prison! Detention centers are sometimes worse than prison. No release on bond for fraud convictions. You sit in detention until deportation, which could be months!
Recent PPP fraud deportations are happening at lightning speed! One green card holder: convicted Monday, sentenced Wednesday, deported Friday! Another: finished 18-month sentence, deported same day! The system is streamlined for quick removal of fraud convicts!
CRITICAL: PPP fraud = AUTOMATIC deportation for immigrants!
Green cards REVOKED! Citizenship DENIED! Families SEPARATED!
Call 212-300-5196 NOW before fraud charges destroy your American dream!
Look, we need you to understand the catastrophic immigration consequences of PPP fraud. This isn’t just about criminal penalties – its about losing everything you’ve built in America. Green cards get revoked, citizenship becomes impossible, and deportation is virtually guaranteed. Your family’s immigration future gets destroyed along with yours.
The intersection of criminal fraud and immigration law is devastating. Fraud is considered so morally reprehensible that immigration law provides almost no relief. Waivers are nearly impossible. Good moral character is permanently destroyed. Even dropped charges or expunged convictions haunt you forever in immigration proceedings.
Don’t make the fatal mistake of handling PPP fraud without considering immigration consequences. Criminal defense attorneys who don’t understand immigration law can negotiate plea deals that guarantee deportation. You need specialized counsel who understands both criminal and immigration law. Call us immediately at 212-300-5196 and let us protect not just your freedom, but your right to remain in America with your family!
NJ CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS