When it comes to giving illegal aliens sanctuary, services, and second chances, “Just say, ‘No’” is not in the Democrat–Left’s vocabulary—apparently not even for child rapists.
“It’s hard to believe there are any jurisdictions out there that wouldn’t cooperate with [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] when it comes to illegal aliens charged with forcibly raping children, but in Massachusetts, it’s just routine,” my indefatigable Fox News colleague Bill Melugin reports.
Jose Fernandez-Perez (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Guatemalan illegal alien Jose Fernandez-Perez, 49, faced three counts of aggravated child rape and three counts of forcible child rape.
The Essex County, Mass., Superior Court’s response? “Whatever!”
A judge ignored ICE’s request to hold Perez for pickup. Instead, the court freed Perez on bail in July 2022. The Boston Herald wondered: “How is letting child rape suspects walk a win?”
Last November, Somerville, in Middlesex County, officially renewed its vow to keep illegal aliens cozy, no matter how wickedly evil they are.
“The city of Somerville has a proud, long-standing history of welcoming and supporting generations of immigrants,” a City Council resolution declared “and has continually upheld values of equity, inclusion, and support for all community members.”
Melugin saw plenty while covering President Joe Biden’s illegal-alien invasion. But this outrage stunned him.
“How does somebody charged with so many counts of aggravated forcible child rape even get released on bail in the first place?” Melugin asked a local law enforcement source. “The response I got was, ‘Welcome to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.’”
Thankfully, under President Donald Trump’s leadership, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement finally arrested Perez in the Middlesex County city of Framingham on Feb. 2. “He is exactly the type of alien we are targeting with our ‘worst first’ policy,” said acting Boston Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde.
Alas, the Democrat-Left’s softness toward illegal-alien child rapists goes far beyond Massachusetts.
“The Dallas [Texas] Police Department is not assisting any federal agency on detaining people that [sic] are either documented or undocumented in the city of Dallas,” interim Police Chief Michael T. Igo said Feb. 12. He added via X: “There’s no room for fear in our community.”
Igo’s words are less than flaccid, given the news from Texas’ most populous city.
Houston-based U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents escorted a thrice-deported Mexican illegal alien named Nestor Flores Encarnacion, 58, across Laredo’s Juarez-Lincoln Bridge on Jan. 23. Encarnacion faces child-rape charges in Veracruz, Mexico.
On Feb. 13, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Houston arrested Mexican illegal alien Rogelio Hernandez. He had been convicted of child sexual assault.
This weepy attitude also has overrun the Golden State.
“We’re deporting people without a single penny to their name into abject poverty or homelessness, many of them back to places they haven’t known,” whimpered Angelica Salas, executive director of Los Angeles’ Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. “These people are products of our society.”
According to The Los Angeles Times,” Salas “believes all deportations should be suspended until the immigration system is reformed.”
Meanwhile, “Operation ‘Return to Sender’ took place in Kern County,” a group called Courage California announced via Facebook. “News of the raids quickly spread fear and panic among immigrant communities across the state, with many people sharing information on social media and urging family members to stay home, which many farmworkers did.”
Salas and Courage California should aim their tears and “fear and panic” at those who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested elsewhere in their state.
Ariel Rene Romice-Patino (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Per Fox News’ Adam Shaw, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement San Francisco arrested Ariel Rene Romice-Patino in January. This Mexican illegal alien was convicted of child sexual exploitation and sentenced to 62 months in prison.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement San Francisco also handcuffed Magdaleno Zenen Hernandez Garcia. This illegal Mexican was convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child aged 14 or younger.
Unfortunately, abundant examples confirm that illegal-alien child rapists strolled Easy Street during the Biden-Harris Democrat-Left’s sanctuary/leniency regime.
Trump’s inauguration fixed this:
Sheriff Trump is back. So is Deputy Sheriff Tom Homan. Illegal alien child rapists should expect deportations, rather than the Democrat-Left’s hospitality.
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