Joe Giudice Released From Prison Into ICE Custody

Joe, 46, served three years behind bars on multiple counts of fraud.

The Jersey resident was born in Italy and was brought to America as a baby, but never became a U.S. citizen.

Now, he has finished his sentence and been placed in ICE custody, RadarOnline.com confirmed. A judge ordered in October that he was to be deported after his incarceration.

Joe still has a pending appeal in front of an immigration judge that could halt the deportation. His lawyer told People, “Mr. Giudice has finished serving his federal prison sentence and was transferred early this morning from the Bureau of Prisons to a facility in western Pennsylvania which houses immigration detainees. His lawyers and his family are hopeful that justice will prevail and Mr. Guidice will return home to his wife and four daughters who love him and miss him.”

Teresa, 46, told her RHONJ cast mates and Andy Cohen during the show’s reunion that, if Joe is deported, she and her daughters will not be following him to Italy.

The Bravo star previously served 11 months in prison for her role in the fraud.