On September 19, members of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Boston detained a Guatemalan citizen who was present in the country illegally. A recent arrest made by the local police resulted in the Guatemalan national being brought before a judge on counts of aggravated rape, indecent assault and battery on a kid, and assault.
According to the director of the ERO Boston Field Office, “We cannot tolerate the presence of suspected sexual predators who are unlawfully present in our communities,” “I’m proud of our ERO Boston officers because they demonstrate their dedication to preserving public safety on a daily basis. Because of their unwavering commitment, the individual accused of preying on our community was tracked down and taken into custody.
In April of 2016, a citizen of Guatemala who was 37 years old and had illegally entered the United States was detained by United States Border Patrol agents at Richford, Vermont, which is located on the Northern Border. After being taken into custody by ICE, he was eventually released on an immigration bond pending the outcome of the removal procedures. The Guatemalan native was apprehended by the local police in December 2022 and arraigned in the district court in Salem on charges of indecent assault and violence on a kid as well as rape of a child with force. The crimes allegedly committed were related to the victim’s childhood. In March of 2023, the case was moved to the Essex County Superior Court, where he was arraigned on two charges of aggravated rape of a minor. This occurred after the case had been transferred there.
In spite of the fact that ERO Boston issued an immigration detainer seeking custody of the native Guatemalan, he was released under home arrest terms with an electronic monitoring device following his arraignment and in anticipation of a court hearing on the charges against him. Officers from ERO Boston detained him on September 19 as a person who could be removed from the country in accordance with federal immigration law. ERO Boston will pursue having him removed from the country, and he will be held in ICE custody until his hearing in front of a federal immigration judge.
Federal immigration judges in immigration courts, which are overseen by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) of the Justice Department, are the ones that provide the legally mandated “due process” to noncitizens who have been placed in the process of being removed from the United States. The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is a separate entity from both the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It is housed under the United States Department of Justice. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case, evaluating whether or not a noncitizen is subject to a final order of removal or eligible for certain forms of relief from removal. These judges are responsible for enforcing the immigration laws of the United States. ICE officials are authorised to remove a noncitizen once that individual is subject to a final order of removal that has been issued by an immigration judge or by some other authorised process.
ERO officers make enforcement judgements on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their expertise as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the biggest dangers to the integrity of U.S. immigration laws. These decisions are made on a case-by-case basis in a manner that is informed by their experience as law enforcement officials.
During the fiscal year 2022, ERO was responsible for the arrest of 46,396 noncitizens with prior criminal records. This particular organisation had a total of 198,498 linked charges and convictions, including 21,531 assault offences, 8,164 sex and sexual assault offences, 5,554 weapons offences, 1,501 homicide-related offences, and 1,114 kidnapping offences.
