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Immigration

Dec. 2, 2005

Immigrant Who Sought Jail Can't Be Guilty of Illegal Entry

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court held Wednesday that an immigrant cannot be guilty of attempted illegal re-entry to the United States when his destination is jail.

By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A federal appeals court held Wednesday that an immigrant cannot be guilty of attempted illegal re-entry to the United States when his destination is jail.
        Once he crossed the U.S. border, Mexican citizen Miguel Lombera-Valdovinos told a Border Patrol officer that he wanted to se...

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