Grounds for Deportation:

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(2) Criminal offenses.

    (A) General crimes.

   (i) Crimes of moral turpitude.

      Any alien who--

      (I) is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude committed within five years (or 10 years in the case of an alien provided lawful permanent resident status under section 245(j) of this title [8 USC §1255(j)] after the date of admission, and

      (II) is convicted of a crime for which a sentence of one year or longer may be imposed,is deportable.

   (ii) Multiple criminal convictions. Any alien who at any time after admission is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude, not arising out of a single scheme of criminal misconduct, regardless of whether confined therefor and regardless of whether the convictions were in a single trial, is deportable.

    (iii) Aggravated felony. .Any alien who is convicted of an aggravated felony at any time after admission is deportable. [8 USC §1101(a)(43)]

   (iv) High speed flight. Any alien who is convicted of a violation of section 758 of title 18, United States Code (relating to high speed flight from an immigration checkpoint), is deportable.

   (v) Failure to register as a sex offender. Any alien who is convicted under section 2250 of title 18, United States Code [18 USC §2250], is deportable.

    (vi) Waiver authorized. Clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) shall not apply in the case of an alien with respect to a criminal conviction if the alien subsequent to the criminal conviction has been granted a full and unconditional pardon by the President of the United States or by the Governor of any of the several States.

   (B) Controlled substances.

    (i) Conviction. Any alien who at any time after admission has been convicted of a violation of (or a conspiracy or attempt to violate) any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 802 of Title 21 [21 USC §802], other than a single offense involving possession for one's own use of 30 grams or less of marijuana, is deportable.

    (ii) Drug abusers and addicts. Any alien who is, or at any time after admission has been, a drug abuser or addict is deportable.

    (C) Certain firearm offenses. Any alien who at any time after admission is convicted under any law of purchasing, selling, offering for sale, exchanging, using, owning, possessing, or carrying, or of attempting or conspiring to purchase, sell, offer for sale, exchange, use, own, possess, or carry, any weapon, part, or accessory which is a firearm or destructive device (as defined in section 921(a) of Title 18 [United States Code] in violation of any law is deportable.

   (D) Miscellaneous crimes. Any alien who at any time has been convicted (the judgment on such conviction becoming final) of, or has been so convicted of a conspiracy or attempt to violate--

    (i) any offense under chapter 37 [18 USC §791 et seq.] (relating to espionage), chapter 105 [18 USC §2151 et seq.] (relating to sabotage), or chapter 115 [18 USC §2381 et seq.] (relating to treason and sedition) of Title 18, United States Code, for which a term of imprisonment of five or more years may be imposed;

    (ii) any offense under section 871 or 960 of Title 18 [United States Code; ( §871 Threats against President; §960 Expedition against friendly nation)];

    (iii) a violation of any provision of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.) or the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.); or

    (iv) a violation of section 1185 or 1328 of this title [8 USC §1185 or §1328], is deportable. [Relating to reentry and entry for prostitution.]

    (E) Crimes of domestic violence, stalking, or violation of protection order, crimes against children and

    (i) Domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. Any alien who at any time after admission is convicted of a crime of domestic violence, a crime of stalking, or a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment is deportable. For purposes of this clause, the term "crime of domestic violence" means any crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of Title 18 [United States Code] against a person committed by a current or former spouse of theperson, by an individual with whom the person shares a child in common, by an individual who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the person as a spouse, by an individual similarly situated to a spouse of the person under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction where the offense occurs, or by any other individual against a person who is protected from that individual's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the United States or any State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government.

    (ii) Violators of protection orders. Any alien who at any time after admission is enjoined under a protection order issued by a court and whom the court determines has engaged in conduct that violates the portion of a protection order that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued is deportable. For purposes of this clause, the term "protection order" means any injunction issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts of domestic violence, including temporary or final orders issued by civil or criminal courts (other than support or child custody orders or provisions) whether obtained by filing an independent action or as a pendente lite order in another proceeding.

A conviction of an aggravated felony is grounds for deportation.

Under 8 USC §1101, subd.(a)(43), the term aggravated felony means:

(A) Murder, rape, sexual abuse of minor.

(B) Illicit traffic of controlled substances.

(C) Illicit traffic of firearms, destructive devices, explosives.

(D) Money laundering if funds over $10,000.

(E)(i) Traffic in stolen explosive materials.

    (ii) Prohibits specified persons from possessing firearms. Includes felon in possession of firearm conviction.

    (iii) Prohibits manufacture or transfer of firearms without paying tax.

(F) Violent crime with sentence of at least one year.

(G) Theft/Burglary with sentence of at least one year.

(H) Offense demanding/receiving ransom.

(I) Offense relating to child porn.

(J) Offense relating to racketeering.

(K)(i) Offense relating to owning a prostitution business.

    (ii) Transportation for prostitution purposes.

    (iii) Trafficking in persons.

(L)(i) Offense relating to treason.

    (ii) Revealing the identity of undercover intelligence agent.

    (iii) Revealing the identity of an undercover agent.

(M)(i) Offense of fraud or deceipt where loss is over $10,000.

    (ii) Tax evasion of over $10,000.

(N) Alien smuggling. Except first offense if it involves immediate family member.

(O) Illegal entry into country after prior deportation.

(P) Falsely making, forging, counterfeiting, mutilating, altering passport where sentence is at least one year. except where first offense is in aid of immediate family.

(Q) Failure to appear to serve sentence, where underlying offense carries a term of 5 years or more.

(R) Commercial bribery, counterfeiting, forgery, trafficking in vehicles with altered VINS where sentence is at least one year.

(S) Obstruction of justice, perjury, suborning perjury, bribery of witness, where sentence is at least one year.

(T) Failure to appear in court per court order in felony case where sentence of 2+ years may be imposed.

(U) An attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the above offenses.

A conviction of crime for which a sentence of one year or longer may be imposed, is deportable. (8 USC §1227(a)(2)(A)(iii)).

The offenses listed below are aggravated felonies under 8 USC §1101 (a)(43) ONLY if a sentence of one year (365 days) custody time is imposed:

Crimes of violence: 8 USC §1101 (a)(43)(F)

Theft/receiving/burglary: 8 USC §1101 (a)(43)(G)

RICO/gambling: 8 USC 1101 § (a)(43)(J)

Document fraud: 8 USC 1101 § (a)(43)(P)

Counterfeiting, forgery, trafficking in vehicles with an altered VIN: 8 USC 1101 § (a)(43)(R)

Perjury/obstruction witness bribery: 8 USC §1101 (a)(43)(S)

A noncitizen is deportable under 8 USC §1227(a)(2)(A) if they are convicted of:

Two crimes involving moral turpitude not arising from a single scheme of misconduct; OR,

One crime of moral turpitude when the person committed the offensewithin five years after the last admission into the U.S. and the maximum possible sentence was one year or more. (8 USC §1227(a)(2)(A)(i).)

The crime of moral turpitude is commonly defined in case law as base, vile, or depraved acts affecting in one's duties to society.

Whether a crime is turpitudinous is decided by the case law of the US Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.