DHS files 18 new removal cases (Saipan Tribune)

DHS files 18 new removal cases

By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter
Thursday, October 28, 2010

The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement has filed 18 new removal cases before the Saipan U.S. Immigration Court.

David C. Anderson, a federal immigration judge from Los Angeles, California, heard the 18 new cases plus 14 others that were earlier filed in the last three days.

Anderson was also on Saipan in January 2010 and heard 13 removal cases.

On Tuesday, the judge heard the new removal cases filed against Noel Bautista, Le Xiang Chen, Min Jin, Hilario Angui, Etumai Felix Mtoched, Dianne Marie Redor Sablan, Catherine Aldan Torculas, Wen Nai Wu, and Zhe Liu.

Anderson is expected to hear today, Thursday, the new cases against Zhizhong Guan, Rumei Huang, Guo Rong Chen, Dong Hyen Kim, Edwin Ochona Belgica, Hongyan Shi, Wenqing Zhu, Jianli Tan, and Leandro Mercado Medrano.

Saipan Tribune noted that many of the respondents in the new cases have criminal convictions.

Many cases that were filed earlier were heard yesterday.

At least three persons failed to show up at the hearing in the last two days, Saipan Tribune learned.

With the filing of 18 new cases, Saipan Tribune counted over 80 removal cases that have been filed with the Saipan Immigration Court since the federalization law took effect on Nov. 28, 2009. Many had already been declared removable but were allowed to voluntarily depart the CNMI.