BANGOR, Maine: A Brazilian national pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to reentering the United States after a prior removal.
According to court records, on August 15, 2026, U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Franklin County observed a car registered to an alien who had been ordered to be removed from the United States. During a subsequent roadside immigration inspection, agents determined that the car’s three occupants were, in fact, illegal aliens without lawful authority to be in the country. They were transported for processing to the Rangeley Border Patrol Station, where agents determined that Jose Carlos Ferreira, 50, had been ordered removed in 2005, and subsequently removed from the U.S. twice in 2010.
Ferreira faces up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case. Operation Take Back America: This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.