Mexican National Awaiting Deportation For West Virginia Green Card Fraud
Friday, November 22, 2024, 8:15 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
CHARLESTON, W.VA.- Yesterday, a 45-year-old Mexican national in the United States illegally learned that he would be getting a one-way plane ticket back to Mexico after he was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings following being sentenced in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, for green card fraud.
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, David Cuevas, 45, of Mexico, appeared in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge John T. Copenhaver to time served for his previously entered guilty plea to Fraud and Misuse of a Lawful Permanent Resident Alien Card.
In handing down the sentence on Thursday, Judge Copenhaver further ordered Cuevas to be remanded to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to begin deportation proceedings to return him to Mexico.
According to U.S. Attorney Will Thompson and Documents filed with the district court, on May 30, 2019, Cuevas fraudulently possessed and used information from a Permanent Resident Card issued in the name of another person to apply for an individual explosives license from the West Virginia Office of the State Fire Marshal.
During his previous plea hearing, Cuevas admitted that he knew the information on his explosives application was false and that he submitted the other individual’s Permanent Resident Card with the application. Cuevas further admitted that he sought the explosives license to assist him in his employment laying a pipeline in Greenbrier, Nicholas, and Fayette counties for a construction company. Cuevas has remained in custody since May 30, 2024.
