Legal advice

[LittleBoyBlue]

I have a friend in need of some help and i know i would be able to get some advice from this forum. This is story he is out of status and does not qualify to become legal however he was been a good samaritan and drove a drukin friend home and ended up meeting in a accident, the owner of the car gave him the keys and told him to bring him home been that they live a street apart. They both obtain real serious injures but because( the owner) the passanger suffered alot of injury my friend is been charged with aggravated assualt the lowest form of felony but yea i know a felong is a felong, my friend was drinking earlier in the night but stop drinking when he saw that the passenger was getting rediculously drunk. However long story short they put a warrant out for his arrest, he is scared out of his mind and dont know if he should turn himself in. My questions is it possible for him to turn himself in without been sent back home? 2 How do they know the difference between someone who is a citizen and a illegal during the whole processing at the police station 3 And if he gets a lawyer how good is his chances of still staying here, this is his first time getting into any trouble and hes been here for a while.. Thank you in advance for your reply i trully appreciate it..

 

[BigJoe5]

They will run his fingerprints and see what comes up. It depends on where this happens as to his status coming into question.

 

[praxx]

There are some cities where the police force is forbidden to ask the immigration status of anyone they arrest, detain or question. They are known as "sanctuary cities" and are spread out all over the US. Most large cities are like that including Chicago, NY, DC, LA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_city

If he ends up going through the prison system or perhaps even the jail system though then ICE will get info on him if the crime is considered serious enough for the data to be uploaded to NCIC. He may still survive the initial court proceedings especially if he takes a plea bargain but if that happens there could still be future immigration consequences.