Press Release
Dominican National Charged with Illegal Reentry After Deportation
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
BOSTON - A Dominican national was charged today in federal court in Boston with a federal immigration crime.
Emerson Geraldo Garcia Alvarez, 35, was charged today with one count of illegal reentry after deportation. Garcia Alvarez was previously deported on June 17, 2014. On May 31, 2017, law enforcement encountered Garcia Alvarez in Boston and determined him to be illegally present in the United States.
Garcia Alvarez faces a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of $250,000, and will be subject to deportation upon completion of his sentence. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Matthew J. 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 is prosecuting the case.
Updated June 29, 2017
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Immigration
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