Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is faulting local authorities for allowing an illegal alien arrested for sexually assaulting a minor to be released back into the community, ignoring a detainer request on that individual.
Deportation officers apprehended a 26-year-old Honduran national, living illegally in the U.S., shortly after he was arrested locally and charged with first degree sexual assault of a minor, ICE announced in a press release on Friday. ICE nabbed the Honduran, who was not named in the press release, on April 4 in New Britain, Connecticut, after he was released from local custody.
ICE attempted to assume custody while he remained in local detention, but the Hartford Correctional Center ignored their detainer — a move the agency warns is dangerous for communities, according to the press release. (RELATED: Illegal Immigrant Arrested For 13th Time After…
