A man who illegally re-entered the United States from Mexico was sentenced on September 9, 2011, to 14 months in federal prison.

Miguel Garcia-Garcia, age 34, from Mexico, received the prison term after a June 14, 2011, guilty plea to one count of illegal re-entry. At the guilty plea,
Garcia-Garcia admitted he was deported from the United States on April 30, 2008. Garcia-Garcia came into Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) custody on April 12, 2011, the after the Denison, Iowa, Police Department dismissed identity theft charges against him.

Garcia-Garcia was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Garcia-Garcia was sentenced to 14 months’ imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed, and he must also serve a 2 year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Garcia-Garcia is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Kevin C. Fletcher and investigated by HSI and the Enforcement and Removal Office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau.

Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR11-4066.

 

 

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