What are the Immigration Consequences of Delinquency?

From the introduction:

“Addressing juvenile conduct in applications for immigration relief can raise legal and even ethical issues. Some questions advocates frequently have in the course of filing such immigration relief applications for their youth clients include: “What constitutes an arrest? What is a crime? Are youth treated differently than adults for purposes of criminal activity?” “Does my client have to admit conduct for which they were never arrested? What if the information is confidential under state law?” These and other related questions arise as a result of questions in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) applications and petitions, such as the I-485 (adjustment of status), I-918 (U Visa), I-589 (asylum), I-914 (T Visa), and others. Clients who are adults now, but who had contact with the juvenile justice system when they were minors, also must decide how to respond to these questions. This may come up in the above applications as well as the N-400 (application for naturalization).”