United States Attorney David Metcalf announced on Mar. 31 that two Dominican nationals were sentenced to prison this month in Philadelphia for illegally reentering the United States after previous deportations.
The sentencing of Jorge Adalberto Dejesus Rondon and Warlin DeJesus Arnaud-Salcedo highlights ongoing efforts by federal authorities to address illegal immigration and enforce removal orders.
Jorge Adalberto Dejesus Rondon, also known as Jorge Garcia, Henry Matos, and Edwin Carrillo, age 38, received a sentence of 40 months in prison from United States District Judge Gerald A. McHugh for illegal reentry. After serving his sentence, he will be removed from the country again. According to prosecutors, Dejesus had previously been removed from the U.S. three times: first in February 2011 following a drug conviction; again in June 2015 after serving time for his first illegal reentry conviction; and a third time in August 2019 after further convictions related to illegal reentry and violating supervised release conditions.
Law enforcement attempted to arrest Dejesus in April of last year but he eluded capture at that time. Officers later located him at a residence in Philadelphia and arrested him in June. He was charged by indictment with illegal reentry the following month and pleaded guilty in November.
Warlin DeJesus Arnaud-Salcedo, age 41, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mary Kay Costello to 14 months imprisonment for illegal reentry. Like Dejesus Rondon, he will be removed from the country upon completion of his sentence. Arnaud-Salcedo had previously been removed from the U.S. in May 2016. In May of last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) encountered him during an unrelated search on Hegerman Street but initially allowed him to leave after providing identification; ICE later determined he had entered illegally and took him into custody the next day.
Both cases are part of Operation Take Back America—a nationwide initiative involving Department of Justice resources aimed at combating illegal immigration and targeting transnational criminal organizations as well as violent crime perpetrators.
The investigations were conducted by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations with prosecutions handled by Assistant United States Attorneys Mark Dubnoff and Mark Sendek.
