Chinese National Sentenced for Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Immigrants to Guam

Attorney General Pam Bondi ‘has made immigration enforcement the highest priority’ in the Justice Department, District Attorney Shawn Anderson says.

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is docked at Naval Base Guam in Apra Harbor, Guam, on April 27, 2020. Tony Azios/AFP via Getty Images

A Chinese national received a prison sentence for attempting to transport illegal immigrants by boat from Saipan to Guam, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands announced on March 17.

Yang HongJiang, 68, was sentenced on March 14 to 30 days in prison by the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.