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UNITED STATES v. CRUZ

No. 76-3527.

581 F.2d 535 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guillermo Rhodes CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo L. Acevedo, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Laredo, Tex., Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Karen K. Friedman, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

J. A. Canales, U.S. Atty., Mary L. Sinderson, George A. Kelt, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Rene Gonzalez, Asst. U.S. Atty., Laredo, Tex., James R. Gough, Anna E. Stool, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, MORGAN, CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Because the economic opportunities and political freedom offered by the United States irresistibly attract illegal immigrants across the longest unfortified borders in the world, law enforcement authorities are faced with a continuing duty to stem the illicit influx that violates our laws, deprives domestic workers of jobs, and creates innumerable other problems that the immigration laws were designed to prevent. This task must, however...

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