A Jamaican man was on Tuesday sentenced for illegally re-entering the United States after two prior removals.
Arik Hugh Halliman, 40, was sentenced by US District Court Judge Leo T Sorokin to time-served (approximately seven months in prison) to be followed by three years of supervised release.
Halliman will be subject to removal proceedings thereafter, said a release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
In November 2022, Halliman pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful re-entry of a deported alien.
In 2008, Halliman was arrested in Worcester County on cocaine trafficking charges, for which he was convicted in 2011 and sentenced to five years in prison. Upon completion of his sentence, Halliman was placed into removal proceedings and deported in June 2013.
Sometime after his 2013 removal, Halliman illegally re-entered to the United States.
In 2018, he was arrested in Worcester County on cocaine trafficking charges and subsequently arrested by immigration authorities after making bail on the state charges. Once in immigration custody, Halliman’s previous order of removal was reinstated and he was deported for the second time in July 2018.
Sometime after his 2018 removal, Halliman again illegally reentered to the United States.
In July 2022, Halliman was arrested in Dudley, Massachusetts for motor vehicle violations and using a false ID. Upon making bail, Halliman was arrested by immigration authorities and transferred into federal custody.
United States Attorney Rachael S. Rollins and Todd Lyons, Field Office Director, Boston, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations made the announcement today. Assistant US Attorney Kenneth G. Shine of Rollins’ Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.
