Mexican Man Arrested in Saratoga, NY Sentenced For Illegal Re-entry into the United States

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Rufino Ramirez De Jesus, age 31, of Mexico, was sentenced today to time served (46 days in jail) for illegally re-entering the United States.

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), acting Field Office Director Thomas P. Brophy, Buffalo, New York Field Office.

As part of his guilty plea, Ramirez De Jesus admitted that he was an alien, a citizen of Mexico, and that he illegally returned to the United States after he was removed to Mexico on February 22, 2014. Ramirez De Jesus had previously been removed to Mexico on October 22, 2012.

On May 30, 2017, Ramirez De Jesus was arrested by ICE officers in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Following the sentencing, Ramirez De Jesus was remanded to the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, which will place him into removal proceedings.

The case was investigated by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Albany, NY, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward P. Grogan.