Related Issues
- Deportation Defense
- Cancellation of Removal
- Waivers in Removal Proceedings
- Reopening Removal Orders
- Stays of Removal
- Appeals of Removal Orders
Immigration News
Crimmigration
(Criminal + Immigration)
Are you facing criminal and immigration issues wondering if you are still eligible for green card?
Do you need criminal defense attorney to keep you from being deported?
Does your immigration case depend on the successful defense of your criminal case?
Were you charged with a crime where if plead guilty you would avoid jail time but do not know if the crime can get you deported?
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Criminal and immigration law are perceived and practiced, as mutually exclusive areas of law. However, there has been an increasing intersection between the two complicated areas of law. Often clients find themselves having a need to retain two separate attorneys, a criminal defense and an immigration law attorney, to resolve an issue arising out of the same set of facts.
A criminal history, however small, can ruin your chances for a green card or worse, land you in deportation proceedings, or permanently bar you from entering the U.S. Expungements and often rehabilitative relief, do not make your immigration implications go away; such crimes can still land you in deportation proceedings, inadmissiable or keep you outside of the U.S. The immigration implications of pleas, convictions, and admissions vary depending on federal law, where you reside and how that Circuit has interpreted the meaning and scope of the state statute for purposes of Federal immigration law under which you are convicted, the length of time you may have served in jail, and your criminal attorney’s and the criminal judge’s behavior through the case. You need a very experienced criminal attorney who will fight your criminal case so you can avoid deportation and obtain your U.S. permanent residency.
Our law firm brings together the expertise from these complicated areas of law to resolve our clients’ legal issues effectively and most importantly in a cost efficient manner. Call today to discuss your case.
Related Issues
- Deportation Defense
- Cancellation of Removal
- Waivers in Removal Proceedings
- Reopening Removal Orders
- Stays of Removal
- Appeals of Removal Orders
About Our Firm
The Law Offices of David S. Santee is a Philadelphia-based law firm that represents individuals and businesses in a variety of immigration matters, including family-based applications for permanent residency and naturalization, employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, asylum petitions, and removal defense. We have extensive experience with the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, having worked on more than 175 projects seeking EB-5 financing. Our firm’s founder, David S. Santee, Esquire, has nearly two decades of experience practicing law. A seasoned courtroom advocate, Mr. Santee is the former Director of Trial Advocacy Programs at Villanova University School of Law, where he continues to teach a course in Trial Advocacy as an Adjunct Professor. In addition to representing clients in immigration matters, Mr. Santee has also tried hundreds of criminal cases. He often represents individuals who are at risk of being removed from the United States due to pending or past criminal charges.
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More About Our Immigration Practice

Family Petitions
We represent individuals who are seeking to immigrate to the United States through a family member who is a United States Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident. This includes spouses, finances, children, siblings, and other family members.

Employment Petitions
We represent individuals who are seeking to travel or immigrate to the United States based on their employment status. This includes priority workers, skilled workers, professionals with advanced degrees, and foreign investors.

Removal Defense
We represent individuals in removal proceedings in Immigration Court. If you or a loved one has been served with a Notice to Appear in Immigration Court, contact us now to find out what defenses are available.
Based in Philadelphia
Serving all of Pennsylvania
Serving all of Pennsylvania
