October 26, 2007

“United States is stupid, I come back every time.”

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I have nothing to add….from the Hampton-Roads Pilot

Thrice-deported immigrant vows he’ll return after prison
By TIM MCGLONE, The Virginian-Pilot
© October 25, 2007 | Last updated 11:46 PM Oct. 24

NORFOLK, Va.

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.

He claims to have killed someone in a drunken-driving accident in Mexico City and has a tattoo – a teardrop on his left cheek – that indicates ties to the Mexican mafia, according to the court records.

There is more, here.