Dominican Republic man jailed for 30 months for unlawful re-entry into US

BOSTON, CMC – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a 50-year-old Dominican Republic national who was apprehended by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for unlawfully re-entering the United States.

ICE said that Felix Reinardo Nunez-Guerrero received the 30-month federal prison sentence at the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. 

“Felix Reinardo Nunez-Guerrero has repeatedly unlawfully entered the United States and broken our laws,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons.

“His blatant disregard for public safety has proven him to be a significant threat to the Massachusetts community. 

“ERO Boston will continue to prioritise the welfare of our residents by aggressively apprehending and removing the most egregious noncitizen offenders,” he added. 

ICE said US Border Patrol arrested Nunez on September 7, 1999 after he unlawfully entered the United States near El Paso, Texas. 

Border Patrol officials served Nunez a notice to appear before a US Department of Justice immigration judge and turned custody of Nunez over to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

It said the Immigration and Naturalization Service released Nunez from custody October 15, 1999 on bond and on October 20, the following year, a Department of Justice immigration judge in Boston ordered Nunez removed from the United States to the Dominican Republic.

Between October 30, 2008 and December 27, 2019, ICE said authorities arrested Nunez on numerous occasions and convicted him of intimidation, twice giving false addresses with the intent to hinder police, possession of a Class B controlled substance, assault and battery dangerous weapon-handgun, assault dangerous weapon-chemical spray, non-citizen unlawfully in the United States in possession of a firearm and ammunition and a forfeiture allegation, and unlawfully re-entering the United States after previous deportation. 

ICE said ERO removed Nunez from the United States to the Dominican Republic on four occasions: March 25, 2009; July 21, 2015; March 6, 2019; and August 4, 2020. 

“Nunez unlawfully entered the United States without being inspected, admitted or paroled by a US immigration official on at least five occasions,” it said. 

The US District Court for the District of Massachusetts eventually sentenced Nunez to 30 months in US federal prison.

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