"Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t know about these consequences,” said Mony Ruiz-Velasco, executive director of PASO West Suburban Action Project, a social justice organization, underscoring that the warning applies to green card holders and others who have legal status to be in the U.S. “... Just admitting use makes you a potential target for deportation. So you don’t have to have a criminal arrest or conviction, you just have to admit to use.”