If you have not already done so, you must immediately hire a good criminal defense attorney. He must at the same time and without further delay, also hire a good immigration lawyer even though any immigration charges against your boyfriend is several months away. The immigration lawyer at this time will work with the criminal lawyer to advise about the immigration consequences of any outcome of the criminal proceedings. Based on the information you provided, it appears that the criminal charges against your boyfriend are very serious and if he is found guilty, his deportation from the U.S. is almost a foregone conclusion as these charges appear to qualify as crimes of domestic violence "CODV" aggravated felonies under s.101(43(F) INA. The best best outcome is a finding of not guilty or if the DA withdraws the charges without any finding or acknowledgement of guilty. But this is not realistic. You must instead assume that the DA would not have filed charges unless there is some evidence that a crime has been committed. From my experience the vast majority of criminal cases do not go to trial but are instead resolved by plea agreements. This is where the immigration lawyer is going to be helpful. He will advise the criminal defense lawyer to analyze and distinguish which plea offer will result in his deportation and which one is a "safe harbor plea" that will not. Whether your boyfriend will be deported or not depends on decisions made at the criminal court.
Answered on Aug 12th, 2013 at 7:29 PM