Legal Question in Immigration Law in California
If an immigrant goes to speak with a lawyer and they are not supposed to be here (have already been deported but came back) if they go to the lawyers office for a consultation is there a possibility of being deported again
3 Answers from Attorneys
A lawyer cannot deport them. Legal consultation with a lawyer is always confidential.
The government might be able to deport them, if they came back to USA illegally after deportation.
I agree with Mr. Smal's response. Additionally, if the lawyer notified the government that this person was in the US illegally it could subject the lawyer to a malpractice claim and/or problems with the State Bar.
Your discussions with your lawyer are confidential, and it would be a severe breach of confidentiality to notify the government or anyone else outside of the lawyer's office, of the information the person disclosed to him/her in these circumstances. It is the government that deports individuals, not the lawyer. And the government may deport the person again, if caught.
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