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Venezuelan man nabbed with false ID’s in Texas as he made his way to work in Iowa sent to prison

CEDAR RAPIDS - A Venezuelan man nabbed with false ID's by border patrol in Texas as he made his way to work in Iowa has been sent to prison for two months after arriving here.

CEDAR RAPIDS – A Venezuelan man nabbed with false ID’s by border patrol in Texas as he made his way to work in Iowa has been sent to prison for two months after arriving here.

Franklin Sosa-Jimenez, age 33, a citizen of Venezuela illegally present in the United States and residing in West Liberty, Iowa, received the prison term after a November 23, 2022, guilty plea to one count of unlawful possession of an identification document.

Federal courthouse, Northern District of Iowa in Cedar Rapids

At the guilty plea, Sosa-Jimenez admitted he knowingly possessed a fraudulent Social Security card. When Sosa-Jimenez was encountered by the United States Border Patrol in Texas on April 24, 2022, after illegally entering the United States, he was told to report to an Immigration Office near to his final destination. When Sosa-Jimenez reported to the ICE office in Cedar Rapids on October 26, 2022, Sosa-Jimenez had his Venezuelan identification card bearing his true name and picture. He also possessed a fraudulent Social Security Card and a fraudulent California identification card bearing someone else’s name. These are the types of documents required to show authorization to work in the United States. Illegal aliens are not authorized to work in the United States. The social security card contained a social security number that was assigned to the name on the card, a real person. The California identification card and an employee identification card for an Iowa business each bore Sosa-Jimenez’s picture. Sosa-Jimenez also had partially completed employment paperwork including an Immigration Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form and state and federal W-4 tax forms, all in someone else’s name.
Sosa-Jimenez was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams. Sosa-Jimenez was sentenced to 78 days’ imprisonment. He must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

Sosa-Jimenez is being held in the United States Marshal’s custody until he can be turned over to immigration officials.

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