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Immigration wants deportation for convicted sexual offender
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Posted on Apr 03 2006
The Division of Immigration has filed a deportation case against a man who has been serving a prison term for conviction in the sexual abuse of a minor girl.
According to the Immigration, Nestor Garcia Dela Cruz, 41, a Filipino maintenance worker, is a deportable alien, having been convicted of a felony: sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman ordered Dela Cruz to appear in court on April 27 at 1:30pm to explain why he should not be deported from the Commonwealth.
Immigration inspector Colin R. Sablan stated in court papers that Dela Cruz was issued a nonresident worker’s entry permit that expired on Nov. 8, 2003.
Sablan said the respondent was convicted on April 21, 2004 with sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree, which is a felony.
Sablan said the respondent does not have any pending Labor case and no pending application for employment status.
Dela Cruz had pleaded guilty to the sex abuse charge. On June 29, 2004, Associate Judge Kenneth Govendo sentenced the defendant to 10 years behind bars, all suspended except seven years.
Govendo gave Dela Cruz credit for the eight months and nine days he had already served in jail at that time.
Dela Cruz was also required, among other things, to pay a $1,000 probation fee and register as a sexual offender.
Meanwhile, the Immigration also sought the deportation of an alleged overstaying Filipino accountant.
The court ordered Marissa P. Mejia to appear in court on April 20 at 1:30pm and explain why she should not be deported from the CNMI.
Immigration investigator Nicolas T. Reyes said Mejia was issued a nonresident worker’s entry permit on Sept. 2, 2004, which expired on June 27, 2005.
Reyes said the respondent does not have any Labor complaint and was never issued a temporary work authorization.
The investigator said Mejia has overstayed in the CNMI for more than eight months now.
Labor records show that the responded used to work at Philpan International and Eight Corp. She was allegedly terminated from her employment for embezzlement and theft by deception.
