Opinion ID: 220779
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Text: Mr. Vasquez-Alcarez was born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States illegally. At age 20, he was convicted of cocaine trafficking in southern California and sentenced to 150 days in jail in 1995. He was deported for that offense later that year. He returned to southern California, and, in 2000, he was convicted of driving under the influence and deported for that offense. He entered the United States a third time shortly thereafter and lived in Colorado. In 2009, Mr. Vasquez-Alcarez pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault in Colorado state court. He allegedly threatened his wife and put a knife to her stomach. A federal grand jury in the District of Colorado indicted Mr. Vasquez-Alcarez for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation following a conviction for an aggravated felony in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). Mr. Vasquez-Alcarez pleaded guilty to that charge.