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I. INTRODUCTION

Haifa and Mohamad Bedier (defendants) appeal from May 18, 2012 orders denying their nonstatutory motions to vacate their guilty pleas. Defendants challenge convictions entered in 2006 in order to eliminate them as a basis for deportation. We affirm the trial court’s orders.

II. PROCEEDINGS IN THE TRIAL COURT

Defendants are Lebanese citizens who were legal residents of the United States. Defendants each pleaded guilty on August 14, 2006, to one count of welfare fraud. (Former Welf. & Inst. Code, § 10980, subd. (c)(2), Stats. 2002, ch. 1022, § 23.5.) Defendants were represented by counsel and assisted by Arabic language interpreters when they entered their pleas. The trial court advised them, “If you are not a citizen of the United States, a plea in this case will result in deportation, denial of naturalization, denial of re-entry into this country as well as exclusion from admission.” The trial court placed defendants on three years’ formal probation. Four years later, on March 31, 2010, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) 559 U.S. 356, __ [130 S.Ct. 1473, 1486-1487]. Padilla held that before pleading guilty a…