- Immigration issues are sensitive and every effort should be made to discuss these issues off-the-record and through counsel, if an attorney is available.
- Any on-the-record discussion of immigration status could be used against an individual in immigration court to facilitate removal/deportation.
Immigration authorities can discover information about an individual’s Family Court history in a number of ways:
- Applications for immigration benefits
- Interactions with immigration authorities (testimony, interviews, inspection at border or airport)
- Order of Protection Registry
- Arrest and incarceration
