Diana Cojocari may face deportation after plea change and release from jail

The judge told Diana, who is not an American citizen, she was likely to be deported when she changed to this guilty plea.

"If it was a felony, then there's a decent chance that they might come after," David Concha, an immigration attorney, told WCNC Charlotte

The immigration attorneys, neither of whom are involved in this case, said with the backlogs in the immigration courts across the United States, deportation is not something that happens overnight.

"It depends on a case-by-case basis, but in general cases do take quite a while in immigration court," Concha said.

"We have wait times that we have seen years," Kenneth Pham, another immigration attorney, said.

Concha said even though each immigration case is different, the ultimate goal is to determine if a person should be removed.

"We have an immigration law called aggravated felonies, usually those are going to result in someone being eligible to be removed," Concha said.

He added that everyone has the right to defend themselves against allegations and can find ways to make it work in their favor.

"If you've been here more than 10 years, you might have a defense called 'cancellation of removal,' or they look at whether you have ever been the victim of a crime and helped in the prosecution of that crime."

The federal government has a different set of criteria and even if a person does time on the state level, they can still be removable on the federal level.

ICE released a statement saying they’re committed to enforcing immigration laws humanely and assessing whether an enforcement action is warranted.

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