... 924. ¶ 12 Admittedly, the power to regulate immigration is exclusively a federal power. ... 933. In
DeCanas, the Supreme Court outlined three ways in which state statutes related to immigration
may be preempted: 1) if the state statute actually regulates immigration, id. ...
... Poblete, who is a noncitizen, legal resident of the United States, later consulted an
immigration attorney in 2009, and the attorney informed him that, as a result of his
conviction, he was subject to deportation under 8 USCA § 1227. ...
... and in his affidavit in support of his petition, Cabanillas confirmed that his counsel had been aware
he "was a Mexican National here legally," and had advised him only that "the conviction
contemplated in the plea agreement could, possibly, affect his immigration status." He ...