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AGO seeks deportation of nonresident worker
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Posted on Aug 05 2005
The Attorney General’s Office yesterday initiated deportation proceedings against a Filipino worker for conviction on driving under the influence of alcohol and another misdemeanor offense.
Assistant attorney general Ian Catlett said Pablo Mendoza was separately convicted by the Superior Court on assault and battery and attempted aggravated assault and battery, besides DUI.
Conviction on at least two misdemeanor charges makes an alien deportable from the CNMI.
Investigation showed that the court had convicted Mendoza of DUI on March 6, 2003, after the worker pleaded guilty to the offense.
On June 17, 2005, the court also convicted Mendoza of assault and battery and attempted aggravated assault and battery after the defendant pleaded guilty to the charges.
The court imposed partially suspended one- and five-year imprisonment terms for the convictions, except for approximately eight months that Mendoza had already served in jail from October 2004 to June 2005.
Investigation further showed that Mendoza first entered the CNMI in 1997. The worker’s latest entry permit, which was issued on March 16, 2004, expired on March 5, 2005.
Associate Judge David Wiseman ordered Mendoza to appear at a hearing on Aug. 18 for the worker to explain why he should not be deported from the CNMI.
