LPR's Face Deportation With New Green Card Rule

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Does that mean they will also go through the FBI checks?

I would hope so. And if they find that you committed some felony 10 years ago that made you removeable under the law in effect at that time, and they didnt take action because they werent notified, etc., now is their opportunity to get him/her out of here.

I would be very surprised (though it could happen) that 20 years ago you could be a murderer or rapist and receive a green card. So I'm guessing (just guessing) that most of the crimes that would render people inadmissible are along the lines of the more ridiculous CIMT, so something like a drug conviction that would have been ignored in '79 but a problem post-war-on-drugs.

BTW there was a big Supreme Court case last year that simple possession of a drug is *not* grounds for automatic deportation. Possession with intent to distribute is, however.