A 20-year-old man charged with kidnapping and three counts of rape in Virginia is an illegal immigrant who overstayed his visa, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Brandon Estrada de Leon has been charged with one count of kidnapping, one count of assisting a minor in delinquency and three counts of rape, police said in a statement released last week.
ICE confirmed to Fox that it had detainees on hand to request that De Leon be turned over to immigration officials to be transferred to deportation procedures each time he was released. De Leon entered the country on October 14, 2020 on a nonimmigrant or temporary visa, but became an illegal immigrant because he failed to leave the United States by April 21, 2021, according to the conditions of his visa, according to the agency. Ta.
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ICE did not disclose what visa de Leon entered the country on, but former ICE official John Feer, who first reported de Leon’s entry status, said it was a tourist visa and was granted. He said it was consistent with the short length of stay.
Brandon Estrada de Leon has been charged with kidnapping in connection with the misconduct and rape of a minor. (Leedsburg Police Department)
Police in Leesburg, Virginia, said in a statement that the charges stemmed from a missing boy call. The boy was later found safe, but a subsequent investigation revealed that De Leon had misled authorities by hiding a minor. Police said they had sexually assaulted the boy multiple times.
While much of the focus of the illegal immigration crisis in the United States has focused on immigrants entering the United States without visas at the southern border, a number of illegal immigrants enter the United States legally and then overstay their visas each year. There are 100,000 people. The number of overstayers in fiscal 2020 was 684,499, equivalent to about 1.48% of the expected departures.
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Fille, who served in the Trump administration, has attacked the Biden administration over the incident, saying it was “not a ‘priority’ under the Biden administration’s lawless anti-enforcement policy.”
“Illegal immigrants and should Deported at first opportunity. [DHS Secretary Alejandro] Mr. Mayorkas made the assumption that he was a victim,” Viele said.
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The administration is implementing ICE guidance focused on immigration officers to target recent border crossers, national security threats, and public safety threats. The guidance was formally formulated in September 2021 and reinstated in June this year after being blocked by legal challenges.
Mr. Mayorkas said last year that under a Biden administration, “the illegal presence of a noncitizen in the United States is not itself grounds for law enforcement action.”
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ICE told Fox that the priority of each overstay identified in the system was determined “on a case-by-case basis” considering many factors, and all non-citizens violating immigration laws would be subject to arrest, detention and detention. said it may be subject to and the possibility of deletion.
“Irrespective of nationality, ICE will make custody decisions on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the laws of the United States and the United States. [DHS] We will consider the circumstances of each case to determine our course of action. ICE officials will determine relevant enforcement actions and apply prosecutorial discretion in a responsible manner, based on their experience as law enforcement professionals, and in a manner that best protects the communities they serve,” the agency said. said in a statement.
