However, importantly, ICE (counter-intuitively) does not honor these vacaturs and the original convictions count for deportation purposes. 11 In re Pickering, 23 I & N. Dec. 621 (BIA, 2003) rev'd on other grounds, 465 F.3d 263 (6th Cir. 2006); Kurzban, Immigration Law Sourcebook (13 th Ed., 2012), Chapter 3, Section 9B, pp. 251-52. 12 Many attorneys who expect the pleas to be vacated are not careful in what count they plead to, and they may 11 It is for this reason that the Legislature passed CPL § 216.

Indeed, the rehabilitative natureof section 1203.4 is what makesit ineffective for granting relief from immigration consequences in mostcases. (Nunez-Reyes v. Holder (9th Cir. 2011) 646 F.3d 684 (en banc); Matter of Roldan (BIA 1999)22 I. & N. Dec. 512; Matter ofPickering (BIA 200 3) 23 I. & N. Dec. 621.) By contrast, a section 1385 dismissal voids the conviction for all purposes.