after admission has been convicted of a violation of (or a conspiracy or attempt to violate) any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in Section 802 of Title 21), other than a single offense involving possession for one’s own use of 30 grams or less of marijua na....” (Emphasis added). 8 U.S.C.A. § 1227(a)(2)(B)(i) (1999). Adjudications are not convictions. See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 51.13(a) (Vernon 1996) (providing that "an order of adjudication or disposition in a proceeding under this title is not a conviction of crime”). Because this statute addresses convictions and not adjudications, it is certainly arguable that this statute does not apply to juvenile defendants. 30 . See Jimenez, 987 S.W.2d at 888-89 (<HOLDING>). 31 . See Hernandez, 986 S.W.2d at 821. 32 .
recognizing detention during deportation proceedings as a constitutionally valid aspect of the deportation process holding the article 2613a admonishments are not constitutionally mandated but rather are designed to assist the trial judge in making the determination that the guilty plea was voluntary holding that deportation is collateral consequence and deportations admonishments are not constitutionally required holding that the court had no duty to warn defendants about the possibility of deportation as a collateral consequence of conviction holding that the sanction of deportation is a collateral not direct consequence of a guilty plea