Chattanooga, TN

Man Who Has Been Deported At Least 5 Times Gets 11-Month Term
posted January 4, 2010

A man who has been deported at least five times to Mexico and keeps returning to the U.S. was given an 11-month federal prison sentence on Monday morning.

Gumercindo Ramirez-Roblero is set to be sent out of the country once again after he completes the sentence.

Ramirez-Roblero told Federal Judge Sandy Mattice he keeps coming back because he has four children here and he is supporting them along with nieces and nephews and his parents in Mexico.

Judge Mattice said he should be sentenced at the high end of his range of 8-14 months because he is "taking up a lot of the government's resources." However, he said the defendant "has shown genuine remorse."

He said he could not give Ramirez-Roblero "a get-out-of-jail-free card."

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_165999.asp