A responding officer noted that he suspected they had encountered “a human trafficking incident,” but they ultimately let Abrego Garcia go free with a citation for driving with an expired license.
The illegal immigrant was also accused of beating his wife, who has since emerged as one of his fiercest advocates, after she twice applied for a protective order against him.
Democrats have made Abrego Garcia the face of their campaign against President Donald Trump’s deportation effort, labeling him a “Maryland man.”
Democratic Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen visited Abrego Garcia while he was detained in El Salvador.
Abrego Garcia was tagged as a member of MS-13 in a 2019 Maryland police report and a 2018 court filing.
The ex-Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools
Next is the former superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, Ian Roberts. Roberts, who hails from Guyana, was nabbed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in September while he was leading Iowa’s largest school district and had an active deportation order.
Roberts first came to the United States in 1994 as a tourist and received a student visa in 1999, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
By 1996, he was charged with criminal possession of narcotics with intent to sell, criminal possession of narcotics, criminal possession of a forgery device, and possession of a forged instrument in New York, according to DHS.
Roberts faced a charge for third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle in Queens, New York, two years later, which was later dismissed.
He was convicted of reckless driving, unsafe operation, and speeding in Maryland on November 1, 2012.
In 2020, Roberts was hit with charges for second-degree criminal possession of a weapon (having a loaded firearm outside his home or business); third-degree criminal possession of a weapon (an ammunition feeding device); and fourth-degree weapon charges, according to DHS.
He was convicted of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in Pennsylvania in 2022.
Roberts applied for a green card on four separate occasions and was denied one each time.
The ex-superintendent’s work permit expired on December 18, 2020. He was hired roughly three years later to lead Des Moines Public Schools.
Roberts failed to appear for his immigration hearing, where a judge ordered his deportation.
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Harjinder Singh
Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant from India, allegedly killed three people after making an illegal U-turn in an 18-wheeler on a Florida turnpike in August.
Singh, who appeared in since-viral dash-cam footage looking unfazed by the crash, was issued a commercial driver’s license by authorities in Washington State and later in California.
It later emerged that Singh had failed his driver’s license test 10 times in three months before Washington ultimately granted him a truck driver’s license in 2023.
After the fatal collision, Singh failed an English language proficiency test, “providing correct responses to just 2 of 12 verbal questions and only accurately identifying 1 of 4 highway traffic signs,” according to the Department of Transportation.
The month before the crash, Singh was seen on police body camera footage struggling to communicate in English as New Mexico officers issued him a speeding ticket, according to Fox News.
The crash sparked a national crackdown by the Trump administration on states issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants.
Guatemalan illegal immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil made headlines this year after he set a sleeping woman on fire on New York City’s subway last December.
Zapeta-Calil watched the woman burn to death from a nearby bench, according to the New York Post. The woman’s burns were so severe that police initially struggled to identify the victim.
She was later identified by police as Debrina Kawam, 57.
Zapeta-Calil was deported in 2018 before he returned to the United States illegally.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem later visited the subway platform where the illegal immigrant set the woman ablaze.
“Met with law enforcement officials this morning in NYC. Those who are in this country [illegally] WILL be tracked down, prosecuted and not allowed to return,” Noem wrote about the trip on X.
“If aliens voluntarily leave now, they may have the opportunity to return the right, legal way and live the American dream. If they don’t, they will face the inevitable consequences,” she added.
Haitian migrant Cory Alvarez raped a young disabled girl in a Massachusetts shelter after he entered the country under the Biden-era parole scheme. The program allowed 30,000 people every month from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela for a period of two years.
Alvarez went on to rape the helpless 15-year-old girl last year at the Comfort Inn on Hingham Street, which was temporarily housing migrants as part of a government program. He was convicted in November and is expected to spend at least the next decade behind bars.
The Haitian man lured the young victim to his room by offering to help put apps on her tablet before he sexually assaulted her, according to NBC10 Boston.
According to court documents, the teen girl cried out to Alvarez to leave her alone, “but he didn’t stop.”
The Rockland Police Department arrested Alvarez on March 14, 2024, the day after the rape. The Plymouth County Superior Court of Brockton allowed Alvarez to go free on a $500 bond on June 27, 2024, flouting a federal immigration detainer.
