4x deported illegal alien found in West Virginia jail, faces prison time, deportation

The United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of West Virginia announced Wednesday that an illegal alien from Mexico plead guilty to the felony offense of Reentry of a Removed Alien.

According to the press release announced by United States Attorney Mike Stuart, the Mexican national found not lawfully present in the United States was deported from the U.S. on four prior occasions; in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012. 

"On June 17, 2019, Camarena-Jacinto was found in the South Central Regional Jail  located in Charleston, West Virginia by members of ICE after he was arrested by Ripley police officers for the state offense of obstruction.  ICE agents traveled to the jail to confirm his legal status.  The defendant admitted to agents that he was in the United States illegally.  Camarena-Jacinto  was arrested and ICE agents matched his fingerprints to previous removals from the United States.  ICE agents further spoke to the defendant to confirm his identity. Camarena-Jacinto again admitted being in the United States illegally.  Camarena-Jacinto had no identification documents permitting him legal status in the United States."

News of securing the guilty plea comes on the heels of a controversy in nearby Huntington, West Virginia and a grant deal where some community members do not want local law enforcement officers working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

From the Herald-Dispatch:

HUNTINGTON — What is normally a routine request for federal grant money has turned into a point of controversy for Huntington City Council.

For at least the past decade, the city has applied and received money for the Huntington Police Department through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. The program is used to pay for officers performing drug interdiction patrols and for community education programs.

However, new language added to the grant application this year has some people questioning whether accepting it will open the city up to illegal immigration raids conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency.

City officials said the grant's wording is merely a promise to comply with all federal laws, and the grant itself has nothing to do with immigration or ICE.
Still, a group of people are asking the city not to follow through with the grant application and to take measures to prevent local officers from working with ICE agents.

Not Lawfully Present: previously convicted child sex offender from Mexico sentenced to 4 years in prison

Authorities discovered Ramos in New Caney, Texas during a traffic stop in January 2019. 

During his prosecution in Houston for illegal re-entry into the U.S. the court heard of his 2007 conviction in Los Angeles, California for continuous sexual abuse and lewd act upon a child.

From ICE.gov:

Previously convicted child sex offender from Mexico sentenced to 4 years in prison for illegally reentering US

HOUSTON – A 40-year-old Mexican man who was previously convicted of multiple sex offenses on a 7-year-old, and was removed from the country in 2013, was sentenced to four years in federal prison, Aug. 16.

The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Houston, Texas, and the U.S. Marshals Service.

Martin Mejia Ramos, aka Ricardo Morales Rodriguez and Martin Jose Romes-Ramirez, pleaded guilty May 10, 2019, to illegally reentering the United States following an aggravated felony conviction.

Mejia Ramos is expected to face removal proceedings following completion of his prison sentence.

At the hearing, the court heard that in 2007, Ramos was convicted in Los Angeles, California, for continuous sexual abuse and lewd act upon a child. He was ordered to serve six years in prison and required to register as a sex offender for life. He was removed from the country in 2013.

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Honduran national pleads guilty to illegal reentry

A Honduran national pleaded guilty to the felony offense of illegal reentry after deportation, court records show.

Public records reveal after being deported on three prior occasions, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) encountered the individual in Lee County, Florida on May 30, 2019.  Court documents filed July 23 disclose the Honduran national was found to have illegally reentered the United States on an unknown date.

The penalties for violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) include up to two (2) years in jail and a fine not to exceed $250,000.

A sentencing date is scheduled for October 22,2019. 

Mexican national to serve 18 months in jail for 3rd illegal reentry to US

The flagrant disregard for U.S. sovereignty continues to be taken seriously by Texas courts and the U.S. Attorney's Office. For those of you from Rio Linda, Quinlan is in Hunt County, Texas, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Fernando Antonio Garcia-Bonilla, 27, of Quinlan, Texas, was sentenced to eighteen months in federal prison by United States District Court Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg.  The defendant was convicted of re-entering the United States illegally after being deported on two prior occasions and after having committed three DUIs while in the country unlawfully.  After he serves his sentence, the defendant will be deported to Mexico.

On August 16, 2018, the defendant, an illegal alien, native and citizen of Mexico, was charged in an indictment with one count of re-entry into the United States after previously being deported and removed from the country on or about March 2, 2017 and February 15, 2018.  On March 18, 2019, the defendant pleaded guilty to the indictment.

While illegally present in the United States, the defendant was convicted of driving while intoxicated by three different Texas courts, the last of which sentenced him to serve ten years in prison, all but two of which were suspended.  Additionally, this federal conviction is the defendant’s third conviction for violating this nation’s immigration laws, as he was previously federally convicted of illegal entry into the United States on February 17, 2017, in the District of New Mexico, and then convicted of illegal re-entry into the United States on August 11, 2017 in the same district.  He was sentenced to serve ten months’ imprisonment following his most recent federal conviction.(read the rest here)