The following convictions render a lawful permanent resident inadmissible as well as are subject to mandatory detention by the immigration authorities:
- Conviction or sufficient admission of a crime involving moral turpitude subject to a juvenile offense and petty offense exceptions;
- Any controlled substance offense conviction or violation of a law relating to a controlled substance (no exceptions);
- Any two or more criminal offenses with aggregate sentence of over 5 years;
- “Reason to believe” drug trafficking;
- Prostitution and commercialized vice.
- Certain aliens involved in serious criminal activity who assert immunity to prosecution
- Foreign officials who engaged in particularly severe violations of religious freedoms
- Human trafficking
- Money laundering
- Terrorism grounds