New York Criminal Lawyers Blog

As a New York criminal defense lawyer with an active criminal defense practice in Westchester we commonly represent clients with immigration and deportation issues.Often clients ask my husband or a family member was arrested and they are illegally here what is going to happen.

The answer often depends on what happens at arraignment. The local Westchester town police departments do not often contact ICE or Immigration and Customs Enforcement. So our White Plains criminal defense lawyers can obtain a release or bail which can be posted at the Court which is advantageous.

Typically once a person goes to the Westchester County Jail at Valhalla then Immigration is notified immediately and there will be an immigration hold. This is dangerous for the illegal immigrant because once an immigration hold is put on someone they will not be released even if they are bailed out. So our White Plains criminal defense lawyers aggressively fight to get undocumented immigrants out of jail before they go to the Westchester County Jail to prevent them from ending up in deportation proceedings.

Our Westchester criminal defense lawyers often see these issues in the Westchester towns with heavy immigrant populations including White Plains, Port Chester, New Rochelle and Yonkers.

As a Westchester criminal defense lawyer, I get numerous calls from families of people who were arrested in Westchester and are being held at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla, New York. I often get calls asking "Why is my husband or son in jail" or How can I find out why my husband or son is in jail?

As a new service, the Law office of Michael H. Joseph PLLC, is proud to announce that it has began using the teleconference service with the Westchester County jail. This means that we can have a virtual conference with any inmate at the Westchester County Jail in as little as half an hour from our office in White Plains, New York. Our Westchester criminal defense lawyers are now able to provide legal consultations with inmates from our office and obtain the facts of a case on short notice.

This is especially useful for families in the New York City area which have family members in the Westchester County jail. It can often be difficult for New York City residents to travel to Valhalla to find out what has happened, now we can obtain this information almost immediately. This is especially useful when there are immigration or deportation related issues. Our White Plains criminal defense lawyers will continue to strive to provide the highest quality services to the Westchester and New York City communities.