Many non-citizens find themselves in this exact position at some point in their lives. Sometimes, they do not even know they have an order of removal or deportation until they apply for a green card or other immigration benefit. When you have an order of removal or deportation the last thing you should do is nothing. The first thing you should do is call an experienced immigration attorney about your options. Depending on how and why you were ordered removed or deported, you many have many different options available to you.
One of the options if you have an order of removal or deportation is to file a motion to reopen your immigration case. If you were ordered removed or deported because you did not show up for Immigration Court, you may be able to reopen your case if you can show that you did not receive notice or were not told that you were suppose to be in court. Many times, non-citizens end up in removal or deportation proceedings without even knowing it. This may happen because they are tricked into filing immigration paperwork through a Notario. If you did not know you were in immigration court an attorney may be able to file a motion to reopen for you. In this case, filing a motion to reopen will automatically stop the government from removing or deporting you while that motion is pending.
If you were ordered removed or deported and your attorney did something wrong, or failed to do something right in your immigration case, you may be able to file a motion to reopen and argue that your attorney was ineffective. You will need to be able to show that had your attorney been better, you would not have been ordered removed.