Mexican national pleads guilty to illegally entering US 8 times
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Mexican national on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally entering the United States eight times, according to immigration authorities.
Jesus Vargas-Melendez, 40, admitted that he had illegally entered the U.S. eight times and had been deported seven times, a press release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.
A Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. (AP)
Vargas-Melendez was arrested in October and convicted of illegal dumping. He’d been deported and removed seven times between 1998 and 2011.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He has been convicted twice for illegally entering the U.S.
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Per federal immigration law, Vargas-Melendez faces up to two years in federal prison without parole.
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A hearing will be scheduled for Vargas-Melendez upon completion of an investigation by the United States Probation Office.