Tag: Immigration
Mayra Collins, Identity Theft, Texas 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 29-year-old Brownsville woman is in hot water for posing as a federal agent in two separate scams, bilking victims out of $250,000. Mayra Collins allegedly donned the badge and uniform of a U.S. immigration officer in 2022, promising to expedite Visa applications for a fee. But there was no legitimate…
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Reentry, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read Jose Antonio Lario Salmeron, a 33-year-old El Salvadoran national, is facing the music for sneaking back into the U.S. after a 2020 deportation. The feds nabbed him in St. Tammany Parish on March 30, 2026, and slapped him with a charge of reentry of a removed alien. According to court docs,…
Juan Hernandez, Reentry of Removed Alien, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A 40-year-old Honduran national, Darvin Nectali Moradel-Velasquez, was caught reentering the US illegally in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 31, 2025. He had previously been deported to Honduras on October 11, 2016, but managed to sneak back into the country. Moradel-Velasquez also has a dark past, with a previous conviction for…
Delaware State Agency Officials, Federal Obstruction, Delaware 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Delaware Department of Labor showdown with the feds ended with a court-ordered compliance with a federal subpoena. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) issued the subpoena to the department last year as part of an ongoing immigration-related worksite enforcement investigation. But the department refused, sparking a federal lawsuit. Chief Judge Colm F.…
Porfirio Astorga-Rivera, Human Trafficking, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read A massive enforcement operation in Arizona netted 226 individuals for immigration-related crimes this week, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. The sweep, which ran from March 28 to April 3, 2026, targeted those who illegally re-entered the United States, those who entered the country illegally, and…
Juan Diego Rojas-Meneses, Illegally Re-Entering the United States, California 2023
BELGRADE, MT – Juan Diego Rojas-Meneses, 20, learned a harsh lesson in repeat offenses this week. The Mexican national walked out of a Montana courtroom and directly into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol, having served 219 days for illegally re-entering the United States. While the sentence itself is relatively light, the immediate deportation…
Juan Diego Rojas-Meneses, Immigration Violation, Montana 2023
BELGRADE, MT – Juan Diego Rojas-Meneses, 20, learned the hard way that Montana isn’t a welcoming state for repeat immigration violations. After nearly seven months in Gallatin County jail, Rojas-Meneses received a sentence of time served today and was immediately turned over to U.S. Border Patrol agents for expulsion from the country. The case, while…
Miguel Angel Lopez-Mejia, Re-Entry of Removed Alien, Louisiana 2023
New Orleans – Miguel Angel Lopez-Mejia, 34, a Honduran national with a knack for ignoring U.S. immigration law, walked out of federal court a free man this week, but his freedom comes with a steep price: immediate deportation. Lopez-Mejia received a time-served sentence for illegally re-entering the United States, a federal felony under Title 8,…
Miguel Angel Lopez-Mejia, Human Smuggling, Louisiana 2023
New Orleans – Miguel Angel Lopez-Mejia, 34, a Honduran national with a history of ignoring deportation orders, walked out of a Louisiana federal courtroom on March 17, 2026, a free man… for now. The catch? He’s immediately back in the custody of Customs and Border Protection, en route to Honduras. After serving time for illegally…
Elvin Leonardo Oliva-Rodriguez, Re-Entering the United States, California 2023
A routine traffic stop on Interstate 12 just east of New Orleans has landed a deported Honduran national back in federal custody, facing charges for illegally re-entering the United States. Elvin Leonardo Oliva-Rodriguez, 37, was pulled over last week, revealing a past deportation and igniting a new legal battle. Border Patrol agents initiated the stop…
