Thread: ME -Mexican man gets 100 days in jail for illegal re-entry

3/4/09 | 3 comments
Mexican man gets 100 days in jail for illegal re-entry

By Judy Harrison


BANGOR, Maine — A Mexican national was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to 100 days in jail, or time served, for being in the country illegally.

Israel Cervantes-Medina, 26, was one of five Mexican nationals taken into custody on Nov. 24 at a Houlton motel.

Cervantes-Medina was charged with re-entry after deportation. He waived indictment and pleaded guilty to the charge on Dec. 2.

He is expected to be deported again.

Cervantes-Medina was ordered removed in September 2007 by an immigration judge in El Paso, Texas, according to court documents. When he was arrested in Maine, Cervantes- Medina told agents with the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that he returned to the U.S. illegally in July.

The four other Mexicans, who worked as carpet and tile layers, according to a report previously published in the Bangor Daily News, did not face criminal charges but were turned over to immigration officials for deportation. If they return to the U.S. illegally, they could be charged with re-entry after deportation as their com-panion was.

The five illegal aliens, according to court documents, were spotted on Nov. 24 by a border patrol agent who reported seeing them “loiteringâ€

Can we release him in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico? lol

JK

The four other Mexicans, who worked as carpet and tile layers

Aha, more jobs Americans won't do.

Tbow, that's such are harsh thing to do...after all, only SOME of us are killed routinely by IA's. Perhaps a night or two at the Hilton will persuade them to return peacefully to their homeland

Originally Posted by Tbow009

Can we release him in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico? lol

JK

Nice choice of boyfriends, chick. And why wasn't she charged for aiding and abetting?

Originally Posted by vortex

Nice choice of boyfriends, chick. And why wasn't she charged for aiding and abetting?

She should have been charged with human smuggling and aiding and abetting!

So he pretty much got a slap on the wrist. He will get fed well and rested in jail and be in good shape to return as soon as they drop him off in Mexico.

bigtex wrote:

So he pretty much got a slap on the wrist. He will get fed well and rested in jail and be in good shape to return as soon as they drop him off in Mexico.

Yep, you're right. This was nothing more than simple slap on the wrist. We need to send a strong message to those who might be considering re-entering the country after a deportation that there will be serious consequences for their actions. Unfortunately too many liberal judges do little more than 'wink and nod' at illegals for felony re-entry.