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"A U.S. immigration court in a rare action granted asylum to a citizen of Mexico who fled Juárez after 11 of his relatives were killed by suspected drug cartel-sponsored extortionists, El Paso lawyer Carlos Spector said Monday. The court found...

"In March 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that a defendant's 6th Amendment right to counsel — and its implied right to effective counsel — is violated when defense lawyers fail to warn their noncitizen clients that a guilty...

" In Chaidez v. United States , the Court held that Padilla v. Kentucky , in which the Court held that the Sixth Amendment requires defense attorneys to inform criminal defendants of the deportation risks of guilty pleas, does not apply retroactively...

"Because Padilla did not announce a new rule under Washington law, it applies retroactively to matters on collateral review under Teague." - In re Tsai, May 7, 2015 .

" In Padilla v. Kentucky (2010), the Court held that an ineffective assistance of counsel claim under the Sixth Amendment could be based on an attorney’s failure to inform a criminal defendant of the risk of deportation resulting from a plea...

"Applicant below, Joel De Los Reyes, filed an application for writ of habeas corpus, in which he alleged that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to advise Applicant that he was almost certainly subject...

Chaidez v. U.S. Oral Argument Transcript - U.S. Supreme Court, Nov. 1, 2012. - Stanford Law Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher argued for Ms. Chaidez.

"In an important decision, the New Mexico Supreme Court held that Padilla v. Kentucky , 559 U.S. 356 (2010), applies retroactively to 1990. Ramirez v. State , No. 33,604, slip op. (N.M. June 19, 2014). The court’s decision departs from the...

"The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to settle a dispute among lower courts on whether to give more immigrants the benefit of a ruling that requires their lawyers to advise them more clearly on what can happen if they plead guilty to a crime...

Majority (Kagan) - "In Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U. S. ___ (2010), this Court held that the Sixth Amendment requires an attorney for a criminal defendant to provide advice about the risk of deportation arising from a guilty plea. We consider here...

Scroll down for five thoughtful essays on where we go from here. - crImmigration.com

" So I went up to the Supreme Court yesterday to hear argument in Chaidez v. United States , No. 11-820 . Chaidez concerns the straightforward question whether the Court’s decision in Padilla v. Kentucky , 130 S. Ct. 1473 (2010) , applies retroactively...

"In State v. Paredez, 2004-NMSC-036, ¶ 19, 136 N.M. 533, 101 P.3d 799, we held that a criminal defense attorney who represents a noncitizen client “must advise that client of the specific immigration consequences of pleading guilty”...

crImmigration.com, Nov. 1, 2012 : " The online symposium on Chaidez v. United States continues today with contributions by Christopher N. Lasch, Craig Siegel, and Carlos M. García. On Monday, the symposium will feature several analyses of...

"The argument was a lawyerly-like exercise in appellate advocacy, with the Justices skillfully probing the legal arguments concerning a collateral attack on a criminal conviction, as well as the policies implicated by the retroactive application...