Legal Opinion
Villegas De La Paz v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 8, 2010No. 09-3229PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
Juana Villegas de la Paz has twice entered the United States without authorization. She now seeks review of a 2008 order that reinstated what the Department of Homeland Security says was an earlier order excluding Villegas from the country. We conclude that we have jurisdiction over her petition, notwithstanding the government’s argument that its own actions deprive us of it. But we conclude as well that her claims fail on the merits. We therefore deny the petition.
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Villegas is a citizen of Mexico. She attempted to enter the United States on March 3,…
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