United States v. Guillermo Rhodes Cruz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
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, be performed with due regard to the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, which affords citizen and alien alike protection…
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2Cases cited53 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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