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Judge Dismisses 'Unfair' Charge of Illegal Re-entry: U.S. v. Gonzalez

June 04, 2015 (1 min read)

"The failure to tell an immigrant who was in the country illegally about his right to seek voluntary departure from the United States has led a federal judge to dismiss a charge of illegal re-entry.  Southern District Judge Jesse Furman ruled that it was "fundamentally unfair" that Teodoro Gonzalez was charged with illegally re-entering the country when he was never informed of the voluntary departure option before he was deported.  Furman made that ruling in United States v. Gonzalez, 15-cr-00021, finding that both an immigration judge and Gonzalez's counsel should have informed Gonzalez about his options, and counsel was ineffective for failing to do so." - NYLJ, June 2, 2015.