Immigration, Criminal Defense, and Habeas Corpus Law in the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, California
Habeas Corpus Petitions for Immigration Detainees
If you or a loved one is being held in immigration detention, we file federal habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. §2241 to challenge unlawful detention and fight for release. We represent detainees held at facilities throughout California, including Mesa Verde, Golden State Annex, and other ICE detention centers. Our attorneys move to secure emergency hearings and obtain bond or release for detained individuals.
Post-Conviction Relief: A Path Out of Detention
For individuals currently in immigration detention, a past criminal conviction is often the reason they are being held. Post-conviction relief under California Penal Code §1473.7 and §1016.5 can vacate that conviction and remove the very basis for detention. This is one of the most powerful tools available to get someone out of ICE custody. If your loved one is detained because of an old criminal case where they were never properly advised of the immigration consequences of their plea, we can move to vacate that conviction in criminal court. Once the conviction is vacated, it eliminates the grounds for deportation and detention, opening the door to release and lawful status.
You don’t have to wait for the worst to happen. If you or someone you love is a noncitizen with a past conviction, now is the time to act — before detention, before deportation proceedings, before a routine encounter with immigration turns your world upside down. Our attorneys can review old convictions and pursue post-conviction relief proactively, clearing the path to a secure future and peace of mind.
Top-rated Pacifica Law Group APC
Eliminate your immigration problems with an experienced legal team providing you both immigration and criminal law expertise. Find out why you may be eligible to file motions to vacate, modify or dismiss criminal convictions.
Take advantage of our filing motions to terminate your removal proceedings in the Immigration Courts after we obtain post-conviction relief. Don’t face removability and deportation from the U.S. without consulting the best immigration and criminal lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
If you are a non-citizen with a criminal record, then you will need the top-rated lawyer, Ben Hall, Sacramento, and Benicia. Vacate and dismiss your criminal convictions in the California State superior courts. We then can file motions to terminate your removal proceedings in the immigration courts.
If you are a lawful permanent resident, then you will likely be eligible to file for your U.S. citizenship through Naturalization.
Representing non-citizens for more than 10 years
If you have a need for legal representation, then you need competent and aggressive lawyers who are skilled in both immigration and criminal defense law to represent you. Since January 2025, with the re-election of President Donald J. Trump, non-citizens have come under attack like never before seen in America.
Our proven track record for approved motions and cases won show why our clients say the Pacifica Law Group APC is the “best immigration and criminal defense law firm in Northern California”
Rock Solid Representation
We are Northern California Immigration Lawyers and Criminal Defense Attorneys who actively practice both immigration and criminal law in Northern California. Our law office emphasizes representing non-citizen clients who require legal assistance in any of the following important areas of immigration and criminal law.
These areas are where we provide our expertise in making the critical difference as your immigration and criminal defense attorneys as to whether you will remain in the U.S. or be deported:
Post Conviction Relief
Criminal Defense
California State Superior Courts
Removal/Deportation Defense
Deferred Inspection
Naturalization and Citizenship
Adjustment of Status to
Lawful Permanent Residency
Asylum Relief
Motions to Reopen
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