Mexican Citizen Sentenced to 12 Months for Illegally Reentering the United States a Year After Deportation
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Juan Jose-Ambrosio, age 27, who was living in Onondaga County, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment today for illegally reentering the United States after previously being convicted of illegal reentry last year. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Thomas P. Brophy, Field Office Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, (ICE-ERO) Buffalo, NY made the announcement.
Jose-Ambrosio had previously been deported or removed from the United States to Mexico three times. As part of his previous guilty plea, Jose-Ambrosio admitted that he had been convicted of illegal reentry into the United States in August 2023, and deported shortly thereafter. Thereafter, Jose-Ambrosio returned and was most recently found in the United States in Syracuse, New York, after he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. Jose-Ambrosio will be subject to deportation again at the conclusion of his prison sentence.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security-ICE-ERO investigated the case with the help of the United States Marshall Service and the Town of New Hartford Police Department. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Tuck prosecuted the case.