One of two overstaying tourists who were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week for illegally working as construction workers pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday afternoon. <\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona sentenced Shubiao Niu to six days of time served in jail.<\/p>\n
Niu was charged with improper entry by an alien.<\/p>\n
He was sentenced to six days of time served, ordered to pay a $10 court assessment fee, and placed on one year of supervised release. He will be deported at once.<\/p>\n
Niu entered the guilty plea a day after the U.S. government filed separate information charging him and Youcai Li each with improper entry by an alien.<\/p>\n
Robert T. Torres is the court-appointed counsel for Niu. Assistant U.S. attorney Eric O\u2019Malley appeared for the U.S. government.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Li pleaded not guilty yesterday. His detention hearing will be on June 4. Benjamin Petersburg is his court-appointed counsel.<\/p>\n
According to the information, Niu and Li, both Chinese citizens, lied to U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors that their purpose for entering the CNMI was for \u201ctourism.\u201d<\/p>\n
In fact, Niu and Li intended to find work and live on Saipan under the CNMI-only conditional parole program, in violation of the U.S. Code.<\/p>\n
Niu and Li entered the CNMI on Jan. 24, 2016 and March 18, 2018, respectively.<\/p>\n
ICE agents arrested the two along the road near Moonlight Shopping along Beach Road in Chalan Kanoa last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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