Jorge Alberto Mejia Rodriguez, a 44-year-old Mexican national residing in Bryan County, Oklahoma, has pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a removed alien. The announcement was made by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
According to court documents, Rodriguez was found in the United States on November 17, 2025, without obtaining permission from the Secretary of Homeland Security after being previously removed from the country on August 23, 2014, and again on September 27, 2018. The charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a fine up to $250,000.
The investigation leading to this charge was conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division along with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The case is part of Operation Take Back America. This initiative uses resources from the Department of Justice to address illegal immigration and target cartels and transnational criminal organizations while aiming to protect communities from violent crime.
The plea was accepted by U.S. Magistrate Judge D. Edward Snow in federal court in Muskogee. Judge Snow ordered a presentence investigation report before sentencing is determined.
A U.S. District Court Judge will decide Rodriguez’s sentence after reviewing relevant guidelines and statutory factors. Rodriguez remains in custody pending sentencing.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Edith A. Singer and Jacob R. Parker are representing the government in this case.
