Canadian Man Gets 2 Years In Prison For Illegal Re-Entry

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jean Jacques Joseph Binette, age 53, of Canada, was sentenced today to serve 24 months in prison for illegally re-entering the United States, announced United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Michael T. Phillips, Buffalo Field Office Director of Enforcement & Removal Operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In August, Binette pleaded guilty to a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which prohibits previously removed aliens from entering, attempting to enter or being found in the United States without permission. Binette was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence E. Kahn. Following Binette’s prison term, he will be removed from the United States.

Binette was prosecuted after he was encountered in June 2015 by the New York State Police in Dresden, New York. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officers then determined that Binette was an alien unlawfully present in the United States.

A check of Binette’s fingerprints indicated that he had been deported from the United States to Canada in 2000 after being convicted of an aggravated felony in Cook County, Illinois, in 1994. Binette was also deported a second time in 2002.

This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from the New York State Police, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.