Website Highlights:

• A library of resources on the immigration consequences of crime. (Membership required)
• A news page with recent news and events related to immigration and crimes.
• Upcoming trainings on immigration and crimes.

Recent Library Highlights:

• 2010 Update to the National Manual: Click here to download the Defending Immigrants Partnership National Manual on Representing Noncitizens, updated as of December 2010.

• Curriculum from the 2011 DIP National Training, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 10-11, 2011.

  • Training powerpoints and materials
  • Brochure describing the training and the nomination form

• Padilla v. Kentucky: Basic Materials
  On March 31, 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its watershed decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, holding that the Sixth Amendment requires criminal defense counsel to affirmatively and competently advise their clients of the immigration/deportation consequences of criminal charges and criminal pleas. Failure to do so constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel. To assist criminal counsel meet this duty, the Defending Immigrants Partnership is pleased to present the following resources:

  1. PowerPoint Presentation from May 12, 2010 webinar on Padilla and the Duty of Criminal Defense Counsel to Advise Clients of Immigration Consequences
  2. Padilla v. Kentucky Decision
  3. National Practice Advisory: Duty of Defense Counsel Representing an Immigrant Defendant After Padilla v. Kentucky, Appendix B includes a list of national, regional, and state resources on immigration consequences of crimes
  4. National Practice Advisory: Steps to Representing a Noncitizen Defendant Under Padilla v. Kentucky
  5. National Practice Advisory: How Much to Advise: What are the Requirements of Padilla v. Kentucky
  6. National Practice Advisory: Retroactive Applicability of Padilla v. Kentucky
  7. Padilla Sample Intake Form
  8. Immigration Consequences of Convictions Summary Checklist
  9. Protocol for the Development of a Public Defender Immigrant Service Plan
  10. Report: Ensuring Compliance with Padilla v. Kentucky Without Compromising Judicial Obligations: Why Judges Should Not Ask Criminal Defendants About Their Citizenship/Immigration Status. (If you have comments or suggestions about this report or judicial practices in general, please email Joshua Epstein at the Immigrant Defense Project at jepstein@immigrantdefenseproject.org.)
  11. Surviving Padilla: A Defender's Guide to Advising Noncitizens on the Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions is a 120-page easy-to-use handbook for criminal defense attorneys that offers a practical step-by-step method for analyzing the immigration consequences of criminal convictions and advising clients of them.

Learn more about DIP partner organizations:

Immigrant Defense Project

Immigrant Legal Resource Center

National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

National Legal Aid and Defender Association