Central American Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported Four Times

A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to more than three months in federal prison.

Manuel De Jesus Segovia, age 48, a citizen of El Salvador illegally present in the United States and residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 3, 2024, guilty plea to one count of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported.

At the guilty plea, Segovia admitted he had previously been deported from the United States and illegally reentered the United States without the permission of the United States government.

Segovia first illegally entered the United States in October 2004 and was apprehended by immigration officials at the border. Segovia was released on his own recognizance and absconded from ICE supervision. Segovia was not found by immigration officials until March 2007 and was first deported in June 2007. Segovia was again deported in March 2014 after illegally reentering the United States. On two consecutive days in June 2022, Segovia was apprehended at the border and returned to Mexico. On March 13, 2024, immigration officials learned Segovia had illegally returned to the United States and arrested him near his residence in Cedar Rapids.

Segovia was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams. Segovia was sentenced to 98 days’ imprisonment. He must also serve a one-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Segovia is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be turned over to immigration officials.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel C. Tvedt and investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations.

Court file information at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. 

The case file number is 24-CR-23.

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