Under provisions corresponding with earlier INA provisions concerning suspension of deportation, the Attorney General may cancel the removal of certain otherwise inadmissible or deportable non-LPRs if they have been in the United States continuously for at least 10 years and their removal would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for immediate family members. However, certain criminal activity makes an alien ineligible for cancellation of removal despite whatever roots the alien has established in the United States. Disqualifying criminal activity includes convictions of crimes that preclude a finding of good moral character and crimes that fall within the criminal grounds for inadmissibility or deportation. Civil immigration document fraud also precludes relief.
Additionally, “continuous residence” for purposes of qualifying for relief stops on the commission of an offense that would render the alien inadmissible.