The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:47 PM
Ten Illegal Aliens Plead Not Guilty In Immigration Raid At Bean Station
Of those appearing in court Friday, court documents showed eight had already been deported and have been charged with one count each of reentry of removed alien. The other two individuals scheduled to appear in federal court face one charge each of failure to depart following a final order of removal, meaning they had previously been ordered to leave the country and failed to do so.
According to US District Court records, the following individuals have been charged with reentering the country after previously being deported: Antonio Garcia-Martin; Jose Roblero-Bravo; David Perez-Bartlelon; Miguel Silva-Silva; Domingo Gregorio-Domingo; Mateo Gomez-Pablo; and Pablo Tivurcio-Lopez.
Virgen Mendoza-Perez was also charged with reentering the country after being deported following a felony conviction. Mendoza-Perez had been deported from the country in 2009, and in 2015 after being convicted of a felony.
The following individuals were charged with failing to leave the country after being ordered to do so: Marvin Oriel Marroquin-Lopez, and Evelio Alejandro Bravo-Arreaga.
Immigration Attorney Russel Mainord said it was likely that the 10 immigrants would appeal to stay in the United States, depending on their family status and criminal histories.
"They may have been here a significant amount of time, so if a person had been here 10 years, we need to put together proof that they have been here 10 years," Mainord told Local 8 News reporter David Ball Friday. "We also need to show they have a qualifying relative, a United States citizen, a lawful permanent resident, spouse, parent or child, and that relative would suffer from extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship [without them]."