Ex parte Alfaro

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

We are asked to determine whether a defendant, to receive the effective assistance of counsel, present in the United States based on his Temporary Protective Status under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and before agreeing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, was required to be advised by his attorney that he would automatically be deported due to that conviction, his second. Fidel Alfaro challenged the validity of his plea by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus. He *679appeals from the trial court’s order denying his petition. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann.…