A Texas man has been sentenced to prison for harboring an illegal alien in Iowa.
Roman Sanchez, age 33, from Mission, Texas, received a nine-month prison term after a guilty plea to one count of harboring, encouraging, and inducing an alien to reside in the United States.
Sanchez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade on January 26, 2015. He was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment and fined $2,000. A special assessment of $100 was imposed, he was ordered to make $500 in restitution, and pay $2,000 in legal fees.
Sanchez must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. He was released on the bond previously set and is to surrender to the United States Marshal on January 26, 2015.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations; the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office, the Bremer County Sheriff’s Office, and the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is 14-CR-2038.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Human Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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