Gulfport, Miss. - Jose Guadalupe Perez-Velasquez, 29, an illegal alien from Mexico, pled guilty today before Senior U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., to unlawful reentry by an alien after removal, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst, and Mr. Trey Lund, Acting Field Office Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations in New Orleans.
Perez-Velasquez is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Guirola on Aug. 22, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. He faces a potential maximum of 2 years in prison followed by one year of supervised release and a maximum $250,000 fine. He also faces being removed from the United States following the completion of any prison sentence.
On March 25, 2019, the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office notified the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that Perez-Velasquez had been arrested for the misdemeanor offenses of domestic disturbance of family and false information to law enforcement. Perez-Velasquez also confessed to being an illegal alien from Mexico. He was arrested by an officer with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations and transported to the Gulfport ICE Office.
Further investigation confirmed that Perez-Velasquez was removed from the United States in 2009. He illegally reentered the United States and was removed again in 2010 after which time he was prohibited from entering, attempting to enter, being in the United States, or applying for admission to the United States for a period of 20 years.
U.S. Attorney Hurst praised the cooperation exhibited by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Enforcement Removal Operations, and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department. Assistant United States Attorney Stan Harris is the prosecutor for this case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
