Man who encountered ICE after crashing van in Springfield is deported
SPRINGFIELD — Immigration officials have deported a Guatemalan man who first caught their attention in May after an ICE officer called 911 when he witnessed the man crash his van in Springfield .
Federal prosecutors charged Noe Ambrocio-Perez with unlawful reentry after they said he came into the country without permission four times, a charge to which he pleaded not guilty. But after Magistrate Judge Katherine Robertson issued a decision that declined to detain Ambrocio-Perez ahead of his trial, immigration officials enforced a warrant of removal filed against him.
On Tuesday, the court canceled a scheduled hearing in his case, noting on the docket that prosecutors said they intend to dismiss the case because Ambrocio-Perez was sent back to Guatemala.
In her Aug. 7 order, Robertson wrote Ambrocio-Perez would likely be deported if she released him ahead of his trial because removal proceedings sat outside her jurisdiction.
Ambrocio-Perez's case is one example of thousands of unlawful reentry cases playing out in federal courts across the country due to the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement.
After the May collision, Springfield Police arrested Ambrocio-Perez because he had an open bottle of cold beer in the van. The ICE officer had detained Ambrocio-Perez until the police arrived.
Days later, ICE officers took Ambrocio-Perez into custody following a traffic stop in Springfield.
Ambrocio-Perez had worked at a company that renovates medical facilities , and he leaves a son and cousin in the area, according to Robertson's decision. His parents and two children live in Guatemala.
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