An Albanian citizen, Anxhela Spahi, age 43, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for willfully refusing to leave the United States after receiving a final removal order. The indictment came down on August 5 in Phoenix, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona.
Under the charges, Spahi faces a potentially severe punishment for her failure to depart, including a fine of up to $250,000, four years of imprisonment, and an additional year under supervision following release. While maintaining a hard stance on immigration enforcement, the government unveiled Operation Take Back America, targeting cartels and violent crime. In the same breath, it was announced that the indictment was part of this operation, which is a push by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The operation aims to “repel the invasion of illegal immigration,” a goal stated in the original press release. Operation Take Back America is a combined effort that brings together the Department of Justice’s resources, including the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Project Safe Neighborhood. Together, they are striving to obliterate cartels and transnational criminal organizations…