N.C. - He was deported 10 times after committing crimes. Now he’s going to prison

BY THOMASI MCDONALD
Updated August 29, 2018 09:15 PM

RALEIGH
An El Salvadoran man who has been deported 10 times after criminal convictions was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison Wednesday for illegally entering the United States again.

Jose Alfonso Rodriguez-Garcia, 54, was sentenced in a Raleigh federal court to 115 months behind bars after he was convicted of illegal re-entry of an aggravated felon.

A federal grand jury handed up a one-count indictment against Rodriguez-Garcia on May 3, 2017. Days later, on May 22, Garcia pleaded guilty to the offense, U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr. said in a news release.

Federal authorities found Rodriguez-Garcia in Wake County following his arrest on charges of second-degree forcible rape.

Higdon said previous deportations followed convictions for burglary, receiving stolen property, grand theft, theft, attempt to distribute a controlled substance, resisting a public officer, trespassing, possession of controlled substances, auto theft, evading arrest, assault on a female, deported alien found in the United States, illegal re-entry of a previously deported alien and illegal re-entry by a previously deported aggravated felon.

Rodriguez-Garcia disregarded the laws of the United States for years, despite multiple deportations and “conviction after convictions,” Higdon said in the news release.

“With this 115-month sentence, the American citizens, and in particular those of the Eastern District, are safer today because it has put a stop to Rodriguez-Garcia’s treating our borders as a revolving door,” Higdon said.

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/lo...217545165.html

Wow, 10 deportations and "conviction after conviction" and this is the first time he's went to prison for felony reentry?

Should have happened a long time ago.. The illegal criminals don't do well when we enforce our laws

Are we seeing a pattern emerge? Hope so!

Mexican citizen deported 4 times gets prison for US re-entry
https://www.alipac.us/f12/mexican-ci...-entry-362028/

The Eastern District of North Carolina has been busy since Trump appointed Robert J. Higdon, Jr.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018



Ten-Time Previously Deported Alien Sentenced for Illegal Reentry of an Aggravated Felon Subsequent to Multiple Convictions

RALEIGH – Robert J. Higdon, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announces that JOSE ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA, age 54, of El Salvador, was sentenced in Raleigh by Senior United States District Court Judge W. Earl Britt to 115 months imprisonment for illegal reentry of an aggravated felon.

RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA was named in a one-count Indictment returned by a grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of North Carolina on May 3, 2017. The indictment charged him with illegal reentry of an aggravated felon, and RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA pled guilty to the same on May 22, 2018.

As detailed in the public record, RODRIGUEZ-GARCIA was found in Wake County due to his arrest for second degree forcible rape. He was arrested after having been previously deported ten (10) times, subsequent to multiple convictions, including:

• burglary,
• receiving stolen property,
• grand theft from a person,
• theft,
• attempt to distribute a controlled substance,
• resisting public officer,
• trespassing,
• possession of controlled substances,
• auto theft,
• evading arrest,
• assault on a female,
• deported alien found in the United States,
• illegal reentry of a previously deported alien, and
• illegal reentry by a previously deported aggravated felon.

United States Attorney Higdon said, “For years, Jose Alfonso Rodriguez-Garcia disregarded the laws of the United States having been previously deported ten times and racking up conviction after convictions including assault and narcotics offenses. With this 115 month sentence, the American citizens, and in particular those of the Eastern District, are safer today because it has put a stop to Rodriguez-Garcia’s treating our borders as a revolving door.”

The case was investigated by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/<acronym title="Google Page Ranking">pr</acronym>/ten-time-previously-deported-alien-sentenced-illegal-reentry-aggravated-felon

Considering the long list of violations, it seems clear that Rodriguez-Garcia has a learning disability, and should be permanently removed from society for the protection of society. What ever happened to Three Strikes laws?