Hilario Dorantes-Ortiz, a 40-year-old Mexican national residing in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 30 days in prison and one year of supervised release for illegal reentry into the United States. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson on August 28, 2025.
According to Acting United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, Dorantes-Ortiz had previously been removed from the country on July 20, 2022, through Brownsville, Texas. In March 2025, after being charged with aggravated indecent assault, he was encountered by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Authorities stated that Dorantes-Ortiz did not have legal permission to return to the United States.
“This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline), a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).”
The investigation was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations. Assistant United States Attorney Michael Scalera prosecuted the case.
