OPINION
O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the Confrontation Clause or the Federal Rules of Evidence prohibit the government from introducing at trial a defendant's admissions to a police officer because the translator who facilitated them, while conversationally fluent, would not qualify as a court interpreter.
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Claudio Romo-Chavez is a citizen and national of Mexico. In May 2009, he attempted to enter this country at...
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