October 25, 2007
Norfolk, VIRGINIA: Thrice-deported illegal alien vows he'll return after prison

The Virginian-Pilot

NORFOLK, Virginia -- Rolando Mota-Campos, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, has racked up convictions for drunken driving, domestic assault and threatening to cut someone's head off with a machete.

Yet the 42-year-old scallop boat worker has slipped easily into the country after being deported three times.

He'll be deported again after serving a 14 1/2-year federal prison term imposed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, but he has already vowed to sneak back in.

"United States is stupid," Mota-Campos reportedly told an immigration agent after his latest arrest, court records say. "I come back every time."

Mota-Campos has skirted the law - and harsh jail terms - until now by using 16 different names and fake identification papers in the 19 years he has lived here on and off.

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Posted by tyne at October 25, 2007
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