Immigration Consequences of a Conviction For Shoplifting
Shoplifting can occur in every socio-economic class, including legal immigrants, whether they be legal permanent residents, visa holders (such as on student visas or work visas), asylees or refugees.
Sometimes the shoplifting is by simply carrying out an item or items from the store without paying. Other times, it involves changing price tags to pay a lesser amount. Other times, an employee of the store at issue embezzles items they were entrusted with selling.
Shoplifting, also known as petty theft (California Penal Code
