BANGOR, Maine: A Brazilian national was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for reentering the United States after a prior removal.
U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Jose Carlos Ferreria , 50, to time served (59 days). Ferreira pleaded guilty on September 4, 2026.
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 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 Ferreira had been ordered removed in 2005, and subsequently removed from the U.S. twice in 2010.
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.
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Maine — U.S. Department of Justice press release.