Brazilian National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry After Deportation

BOSTON – A Brazilian man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for illegally reentering the United States after being deported.  He was previously deported four times between 2003 and 2013. 

Waldier Desouza-Gomes, 35, a Brazilian national residing in Newton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 16 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release. Desouza-Gomes will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. On Dec. 12, 2016, Desouza-Gomes pleaded guilty to one count of illegal re-entry of a deported alien.

Between 2003 and 2013, Desouza-Gomes was deported from the United States on four occasions and sometime after each deportation, Desouza-Gomes illegally re-entered the United States.  Desouza-Gomes was convicted in federal courts of illegal re-entry of a deported alien in 2010 and 2012.  After his fourth removal in March 2013, Desouza-Gomes again illegally re-entered the United States

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Boston, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Suzanne Sullivan Jacobus of Weinreb’s Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.