Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the United States

PROVIDENCE - A Dominican national deported in 2015 after being convicted for trafficking heroin pleaded guilty today to illegally reentering the United States, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Kelvin Roberto Feliz, 54, who has been detained at the Adult Correctional Institution in an unrelated matter since June 2024, today admitted in federal court that he illegally reentered the United States after he was convicted in September 2014 and deported in July 2015.

Feliz is scheduled to be sentenced on October 9, 2025. The sentence imposed will be determined by a federal district judge after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America 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 case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Paul F. Daly, Jr. The matter was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.