Judge: Immigrant’s ouster ‘draconian,’ but must stand
By Cy Ryan
Tue, Aug 26, 2008 (2 a.m.)

Carson City — By all appearances, Erika Garcia was a typical, law-abiding Las Vegan.

She worked and stayed out of trouble. In 1997, she married Alberto Rincon, a permanent U.S. resident, and the couple had a child.

But because Garcia de Rincon twice entered the United States illegally from her native Mexico, federal officials have been trying for years to deport her.

An appeal to stop her deportation was rejected last week by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which cited a lack of jurisdiction.

“Other than her unlawful entries into the United States, de Rincon has been law-abiding and productive,â€