Illegal immigrant arrested in Franklin (Wicked Local Franklin)

Illegal immigrant arrested in Franklin
By Joyce Kelly/Daily News staff
Sat Apr 25, 2009, 03:23 PM EDT

FRANKLIN - Immigration authorities are deporting a Brazilian man living illegally in Milford, said Paula Grenier, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Police in Franklin stopped 43-year-old Paulo Anacleto DaSilva, of 5 Jefferson St., for a traffic violation on King Street on Thursday at about 3:40 p.m. They arrested him on a warrant from customs, according to police.

DaSilva is now in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and arrangements are being made for him to be deported, Grenier said.

She could not say whether DaSilva has family here, how long he's been in the United States, where he worked or at which facility he is being held.

At some point DaSilva went before a judge at an immigration court and was ordered to leave the country. A warrant of deportation was issued when he did not comply.

Franklin Police could not be reached for comment.