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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Dominican illegal immigrant in Boston accused of sex crimes and kidnapping, but he was released from local detention despite the agency’s request that he be turned over.
ICE said in a statement that it had arrested 46-year-old Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla, who was charged with assault, rape, kidnapping, and two counts of assault on a person 14 years of age or older. He was arrested in Boston on December 17 on charges of indecent assault and battery and intimidation of an officer, witness or juror.
Pena-Casilla entered the United States illegally in January 2023 near Eagle Pass, Texas, and enrolled in the Alternative to Detention Program. Under the plan, migrants will be monitored with GPS tracking devices or registered through an app. He was removed from the program a month later.
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Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla was arrested by ICE last month.
He was arraigned in Massachusetts in July. ICE said it Enforcement and removal operations Boston’s ERO issued a detention order, but the district court ignored it and he was released on GPS bail. ICE finally found him in December.
“Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla has been charged with some very serious crimes against Massachusetts residents,” Patricia Hyde, acting director of ERO’s Boston office, said in a statement. “We With our sacred duty to protect our community’s residents, we will continue to do so by apprehending and removing serious non-citizen criminals from our community. Today, another victim in Massachusetts no longer needs to fear their predator.”
Boston is one of many “sanctuary” cities that limits or prohibits local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE. Supporters of sanctuary policies say they allow illegal immigrants to cooperate with local law enforcement, but opponents say they result in illegal immigrants being released back onto the streets.
The Boston City Council recently stepped up its efforts on sanctuary policies, voting in favor of a resolution that would limit ICE cooperation and ban police from detaining immigrants for possible deportation unless there is a criminal warrant.
resolution The bill passed by the committee states that “the proposal for mass deportations is a direct attack on Boston’s immigrant families and threatens to divide the community.”
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Asylum policy is back in the spotlight as the Trump administration looms, promising to ramp up deportations and launch a historic campaign that could deport millions of illegal immigrants.
Democratic officials in some states, including Massachusetts, have said they will not cooperate with the deportations. President-elect Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has suggested there could be legal consequences for those who impede operations.
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recent, America’s First Law Notifying nearly 250 officials in jurisdictions that limit or prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE that interfering with the FBI or concealing illegal immigration could have legal consequences.
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“We have identified your jurisdiction as Sanctuary Jurisdiction This violates federal law. This unlawful conduct exposes you and your subordinates to significant risk of criminal and civil liability. Therefore, we are sending this letter to alert you to this risk and to insist that you comply with the laws of our country,” the letter said.
