Solution: A guided crimmigration triage engine: (1) Structured input — exact statute/subsection of the charge, state, disposition (conviction, plea, deferred, dismissed, vacated), sentence length, and current immigration status; (2) Categorical-approach mapping — a maintained database matching state criminal statutes to the federal 'generic' removal-ground definitions (crime of moral turpitude, aggravated felony, controlled-substance offense, crime of violence) with the INA cites and key BIA/circuit case law; (3) Plain-English exposure read — 'this likely triggers deportability AND mandatory detention' vs. 'there are strong categorical arguments this does NOT match — see an attorney immediately'; (4) Relief-eligibility flags — whether it bars cancellation, asylum, 212(h) waiver, good moral character for naturalization; (5) Vacatur/PCR signposting — flags when post-conviction relief might help; (6) Urgent attorney match — routes to a vetted crimmigration specialist with the assessment as an intake packet. ICP: Two groups. Primary: non-citizens (lawful permanent residents, visa holders, DACA recipients, undocumented people) who have just been arrested, charged, or offered a plea deal and are terrified about what it means for their status — they don't know if their specific charge is a 'crime of moral turpitude,' an 'aggravated felony,' or a 'crime of violence,' and the stakes are deportation. Secondary: criminal-defense attorneys (not immigration specialists) who must advise non-citizen clients on plea consequences under Padilla v. Kentucky but lack crimmigration expertise.

The maintained statute-to-removal-ground database is a deep, defensible moat — mapping thousands of state criminal statutes to federal generic definitions with current case law is exactly the work that makes this hard to copy and valuable. The 2025 Laken Riley Act (mandatory detention on mere arrest/charge) dramatically expanded both the affected population and the urgency, and no consumer tool reflects it.

“Similar to a symptom-checker triage model: not a diagnosis, but a structured risk read that tells you how urgently you need an expert and which kind. More precisely, it turns narrow, rules-based legal analysis into consumer self-serve products — for the highest-stakes version.”