United States v. Jimenez-DeGarcia

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

ADELMAN, District Judge.

Under so-called “fast-track” programs, aliens who illegally re-enter the United States after deportation are able to receive reduced sentences if they quickly plead guilty and agree to uncontested removal. See generally Jane L. McClellan and Jon M. Sands, Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the Policy Paradox of Early Disposition Programs: A Primer on “Fast-Track” Sentences, 38 Ariz. St. L.J. 517 (Summer 2006); Erin T. Middleton, Fast-Track to Disparity: How Federal Sentencing Policies Along the Southwest Border Are Undermining the Sentencing…