UNITED STATES ATTORNEY ALICE H. MARTIN NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE			CONTACT: KAREN NARAMORE
	MAY 1, 2009			PHONE: (205) 244-2001
	www.usdoj.gov/usao/aln			FAX: (205) 244-2171

MAN INDICTED ON ILLEGAL RE-ENTRY CHARGES

BIRMINGHAM, AL - COLIN-ALCANTARA, 29, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in U.S. District Court today.  United States Attorney Alice H. Martin of the Northern District of Alabama and Philip Miller, Acting Field Office Director, Office of Detention and Removal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced today that COLIN-ALCANTARA has been charged in a one-count indictment today for Illegal Re-entry after deportation.

The indictment charges COLIN-ALCANTARA with illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported in 2002. 

The maximum sentence for illegal re-entry after deportation is ten years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

“Failure to follow proper procedures to enter this country legally can result in federal prison time,” stated U.S. Attorney Alice H. Martin. 
“ICE is committed to upholding our laws and preserving the integrity of our nation's immigration system," said Philip Miller, Acting Field Office Director, of ICE’s Detention and Removal Office in New Orleans. "As a country, we welcome law-abiding immigrants, but foreign nationals who violate our laws and commit crimes in our communities should be on notice that ICE is going to use all of the tools at its disposal to find you and send you home."
U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents successfully worked this case. Special Agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Deputies with the Walker County Sheriff’s Department worked together in the investigation of this case.  Assistant United States Attorney Michael W. Whisonant is prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.

Members of the public are reminded that the indictment contains only charges.  A defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government’s burden to prove a defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.

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