UNITED STATES v. PEREZ-VELASQUEZ

Nos. 19-2118, 19-2134.

16 F.4th 729 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Magdaly Suleydy PEREZ-VELASQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jenifer Miladis Alvarado-Diaz, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed October 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gia McGillivray , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Margaret Katze , Federal Public Defender, and Stephanie Lynne Wolf , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Defendants-Appellants.

Dustin C. Segovia , Assistant United States Attorney ( Fred J. Federici , United States Attorney, with him on the briefs), Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, HARTZ, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


In this consolidated appeal, Jenifer Miladis Alvarado-Diaz and Magdaly Suleydy Perez-Velasquez appeal the district court's affirmance of their convictions for entering the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1325(a)(1). They contend they did not illegally "enter" the country, within the meaning of...

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