A 24-Year-Old Illegal Immigrant Posed as a High School Student; Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra Man Posing as Teen in Ohio High School Pleads Guilty: Immigrant Posing as High School Student in Ohio Sentenced

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A 24-year-old illegal immigrant posed as a high school student:

A federal judge slapped a two-year prison sentence on a 24-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant who had been posing as a high school student.

Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra had been convicted of possessing a firearm as an illegal alien, making a false statement to purchase a firearm and using false documents.

He had lied about his birthday to Homeland Security when he applied for Temporary Protected Status.

Local authorities in Perrysburg, Ohio, flagged Labrador-Sierra last year for a fraud investigation, doubting his representation that he was born in 2007 — and thus a 16-year-old — when he enrolled in 2024.

Investigators said he bamboozled a family into taking him in. He convinced them he was a homeless teen migrant. But they were contacted by a woman with whom he had a 2-year-old child, who showed the family proof that Labrador-Sierra was actually born in 2001.

When they searched his room, they found a pistol and three ammunition magazines. --->READ MORE HERE

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Venezuelan man posing as teen in Ohio high school pleads guilty:

Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra allegedly enrolled at Perrysburg High School using fraudulent documents

A 24-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela who allegedly posed as a teenager and enrolled in an Ohio high school pleaded guilty on Monday to lying on immigration forms and applications to purchase a firearm.

Anthony Emmanuel Labrador-Sierra is accused of using fraudulent documents to pose as a 16-year-old student and enroll in Perrysburg High School, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio said in a news release on Tuesday. Prosecutors say he could face up to 30 years behind bars.

Labrador-Sierra submitted a false date of birth to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on federal applications for Temporary Protective Status and Employment Authorization Documents in 2024 and 2025, according to the indictment.

He also allegedly possessed a Taurus G3C 9mm semiautomatic pistol, which he was not allowed to have since he was in the U.S. illegally. The Justice Department alleges that Labrador-Sierra submitted false information to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to purchase the firearm.

Perrysburg Schools said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital in May that Labrador-Sierra had been enrolled at Perrysburg High School under the name and age of a 16-year-old unaccompanied minor on Jan. 11, 2024, in accordance with federal and state requirements for enrolling students experiencing homelessness or without a legal guardian.

Between Jan. 11, 2024, and May 14, 2025, the school system said Labrador-Sierra obtained documentation and support, further complicating the situation.

Labrador-Sierra "worked with immigration attorneys to file for Temporary Protective Status, which was granted by the U.S. Immigration Service," the school system said. "This provided him with an Ohio driver’s license, a Social Security card, and a work permit." --->READ MORE HERE

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