Head-scratching facts about Removal Proceedings: Removal proceedings is another word for immigration court or deportation proceedings. Immigration courts are a part of executive branch and are administrative courts who hear removal cases and non-citizen's claims for relief. Here are a few of the things that, as an attorney, I find fascinating about Removal Proceedings: 1) Deferred sentences and expunged criminal records can count as "convictions" in immigration court. (And wh