Dominican Republic National Was Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Illegal Reentry

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Rafael Polo-Sanchez, age 43, a Dominican Republic national residing in Patterson, New Jersey, was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment by Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann for illegal reentry.

According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Jose Rafael Polo-Sanchez, a citizen and national of the Dominican Republic, was removed from the United States on December 3, 2019.  Following his removal, he illegally reentered the United States on an unknown date and at an unknown location.  On October 31, 2024, he was found in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, without having first obtained legal permission to reenter the United States.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

This matter was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).  Assistant United States Attorney Tatum Wilson is prosecuting the case.

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