Filemon Perez-Julian, Unlawful Return of an Alien, Mississippi 2021

A 49-year-old Mexican national pleaded guilty to a federal crime after being caught in Gulfport, Mississippi, attempting to re-enter the United States illegally.

Filemon Perez-Julian was arrested on October 4, 2021, following a vehicle stop by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Interstate 10 in Harrison County. Perez-Julian was a passenger in the vehicle and was identified as being illegally present in the country.

Perez-Julian was transported to the Gulfport Border Patrol Station, where his identity was positively confirmed. Official records revealed that Perez-Julian had been arrested on several occasions by federal officials and had been given multiple voluntary departures as well as being formally ordered deported by a U.S. Immigration Judge in 2009.

In 2009, Perez-Julian was removed from the United States and later unlawfully returned. Record checks also revealed that after unlawfully returning to the U.S., his prior deportation or removal was reinstated, and he was physically removed again in June 2009.

Perez-Julian is scheduled to be sentenced on March 4, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. He faces a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine. After completing any sentence of incarceration, he also is subject to Department of Homeland Security proceedings to remove him from the United States.

A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Stan Harris is the prosecutor for the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdms/pr/mexican-man-pleads-guilty-unlawful-return-after-removal