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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that it had arrested a Mexican illegal immigrant who was convicted of sexual assault of a child but was on parole and later escaped scrutiny.
The unnamed Mexican national was convicted in 2019 in Cook County, Illinois and sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
But in April he was paroled for electronic monitoring. The terms of his parole meant that he had to register as a sex offender, live in a shelter, and be under the supervision of probation officers.
Less than two months later, on May 30, he cut off the electronic monitor and disappeared.
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The escape sparked a multi-day manhunt after the DOC noticed he had not returned to the address. On June 2, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations officers from both the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and Chicago’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested him as part of what the agency described as a “targeted enforcement operation.”
“Cooperating with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies is a critical aspect of protecting the children of this community,” Ladeon Francis, acting ERO Chicago Field Office director, said in a statement. “We, and our law enforcement partners, work tirelessly every day to remove unlawfully resident predators from our streets, but we need the public’s help.
June 2, 2022: ICE agents conduct an enforcement operation in the U.S. interior. ((Immigration and Customs Enforcement))
However, the Mexican is not yet deported. Instead, he was sent back to the Illinois DOC where he is expected to complete his sentence. ICE said it has issued an immigration detention order for him, which is a request to transfer him to ICE’s custody when he has served his sentence so he can be removed from the US
The case highlights the dangers of some crossing the border illegally.
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U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz announced Friday that Border Patrol agents apprehended four convicted sex offenders across the border in one week.
He also noted that there were more than 5,700 illegal aliens who evaded cops and escaped to the US
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This week Fox News reported how law enforcement in Texas recently arrested an illegal immigrant from Honduras who is both an MS-13 gang member and on an international criminal organization watch list.
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Separately, troopers apprehended a Mexican illegal immigrant with a gun and cocaine in his vehicle. He also smuggled 12 illegal immigrants into the US, including two children.
Adam Shaw is a political reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or at Twitter.
