How a green card can be revoked — and where Trump’s new review order fits into the process

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After an Afghan asylee allegedly shot two West Virginia National Guardsmen on Wednesday, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Edlow to commence a "full-scale, rigorous reexamination" of g reen-card holders from "countries of concern." The directive highlights the legal avenues through which a green card — lawful permanent residence granted through an Adjustment of Status application — can be withdrawn, and those through which it cannot. There are several major ways lawful permanent residency can be revoked. Several immigration law firms — including Sedki and Rebecca Black — cite similar orders and descriptions on their sites, and related details appear across various federal webpages, but Fox News Digital did not find any single official source that consolidates them. First, green-card holders can be placed in removal proceedings if they are convicted of certain crimes – including "aggravated felonies" such as murder, some serious sex and drug-trafficking offenses, as well as crimes involving moral turpitude like certain theft, fraud or violent-offense convictions, depending on the sentence and timing. TRUMP BANS TRAVEL TO US FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES TO BLOCK ‘DANGEROUS FOREIGN ACTORS’ They can also lose their green cards over convictions connected to terrorism or espionage for foreign governments. Green-card holders also cannot vote in federal elections, and convictions connected to attempts to do so can also result in revocation of their residency status. A second basis for withdrawal is evidence that the noncitizen obtained the green card through fraud or misrepresentation. HOMELAND SECURITY TO SCAN MIGRANTS' SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FOR ANTISEMITISM: 'NO ROOM FOR TERRORIST SYMPATHIZERS' Examples include foreign nationals who used identity theft, lied on their applications, or omitted parts of their criminal history or prior contact with U.S. immigration authorities. USCIS may also revisit Adjustment of Status applicat…