CAN PERMANENT RESIDENTS EVER BE DEPORTED?
YES. Permanent residents can be deported if they break the immigration laws. Probably the most common reason that permanent residents are deported is if they have ever been convicted of a crime. Even criminal charges that were dismissed after successful completion of probation can lead Immigration to deport a permanent resident. Permanent residents can also be refused reentry into the US after travel abroad, if they have been outside the US for more than 180 days, and particularly if they have stayed outside the US for more than one year. Immigration can consider long absences from the US to be proof that a person has voluntarily given up (“abandoned”) his residency, and in that case, the person can be denied entry. However, if Immigration denies entry to a person, the person can ask for a hearing in front of an immigration judge, to convince the judge that he did not abandon his residency. A permanent resident who Immigration believes lied to Immigration or to the State Department dur
