Dominican
Who Returned
Illegally Was
Tripped Up by
Fingerprints
Now US Asks 30
Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 21 – Desiderio
Marte Vargas
was deported
from the US to
the Dominican
Republic in
2015 after
conviction for
burglary, a
felony.
Then
he returned.
He was
arrested in
The Bronx, and
on August 18,
2023 he
pleaded guilty
to illegal
re-entry
before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York
Magistrate
Judge
Katharine H.
Parker. Inner
City Press was
there, the
only media in
the SDNY Mag
Court.
The
arrest was for
possession of
a controlled
substance, and
his
fingerprints
gave him away.
His sentencing
guideline is
24 to 30
months, to be
followed by
removal.
On
November 21,
the US
Attorney's
Office wrote
it asking for
a sentence "at
the top of the
stipulated
Guidelines" -
that is, 30
months.
case
is US v.
Vargas,
23-cr-428
(Schofield)
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