Indonesian Man Sentenced for Failing to Comply with Deportation Order

Terry Helmuth Rombot, 52, of Somersworth, was sentenced to a time-served sentence of about two months of incarceration for failing to depart the United States after he was ordered deported to his home country of Indonesia, reports Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith.

Rombot is a native and citizen of Indonesia. He entered the United States at Los Angles, CA, on Feb. 20, 2001, on a B-1 Visa as a non-immigrant visitor for business. The visa granted Rombot a 28-day stay in the U.S., but Rombot stayed beyond the 28 days and resided illegally in the United States for years.

In October 2006, a United States Immigration Court Judge ordered Rombot to depart the United States and ordered his removal if he did not depart in 60 days. Rombot did not comply with the Court’s order. After a series of appeals and reviews of the Immigration Court’s orders, all of which upheld the Immigration Court’s departure order, Rombot was ordered to meet Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at Logan Airport in Boston on March 12, 2012, to board a flight to Indonesia. Rombot failed to appear at Logan Airport and continued to stay in the United States illegally.

On Oct. 31, 2013, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers found Rombot in Dover, and arrested him.

Rombot was held in custody for just under two months until the court ordered that he be released subject to a series of conditions designed to ensure that he would comply with the court’s orders and that he would appear in court as directed.

On Dec. 13, 2013, a federal grand jury indicted Rombot for failing to depart the United States. Rombot pleaded guilty on Dec. 18, 2014. He was sentenced last week to the time he had already served since his arrest. Rombot faces further deportation and removal proceedings.

This case was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations of the Department of Homeland Security and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark S. Zuckerman.