A Chinese national has been sentenced to 27 months in federal U.S. prison for crimes including illegally possessing marijuana and firearms, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced on Jan. 21.
Zheng Shi Gang, 55, illegally entered the United States in 1991 near Douglas, Arizona, and was never deported back to China because Chinese authorities “declined to issue travel documents” to facilitate his removal, according to a court document. Consequently, Zheng has stayed in the United States illegally.
