The US law is very tough on non-citizens and if they commit one of the deportable crimes they may be in big trouble, as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may deport someone without caring how well-established his/her life is or the time he/she has lived in the US. There are five major types of deportable crimes for California including domestic violence, firearms offences, state controlled drug (substance) offences, aggravated felonies, and crimes of moral turpitude. The federal Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows for deportation of any non-citizen living in any state if they committed these crimes regardless of whether they are legal permanent residents, refugees that have been granted asylum, or visa holders (be they work, student visas etc.). The immediate former leadership had a priority enforcement program which directed the DHS to focus its attention on deportable immigrants who had committed more serious deportable crimes including being …