Deportation of Criminal Alien Following Long-Standing Order
A criminal who is illegally residing in the U.S. faces deportation more than a decade after receiving a deportation order. However, the details of his violent history seem to have been downplayed in CNN’s coverage of the case. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to proceed with the deportation.
Roman Antatrevich Slovtsev, originally from Russia, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on August 1, as reported by the DHS.
“It’s concerning that CNN consistently appears to protect violent offenders. Imagine if they had that same level of concern for American citizens,” someone remarked.
Slovtsev is set to be deported as a result of a final order from an immigration judge issued back in November 2014. According to CNN, he is considered a “stateless person” because he fled the Soviet Union and renounced his citizenship. This order effectively annulled his green card, which was his only means of remaining in the U.S.
Since that time, he has frequently interacted with ICE until his latest arrest.
Interestingly, CNN took a somewhat different angle, portraying Slovtsev as a “loving father” who had undergone a transformation after a life filled with crime. It took a while, buried in numerous paragraphs of emotional family stories, before they alluded to his troubling background, including a 2003 incident where he was sentenced to 13 years for a violent motorcycle carjacking.
But that’s not all; Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, pointed out that Slovtsev has a “history of violence,” which includes charges like assault with a deadly weapon, multiple robbery counts, and other serious offenses.
In a statement on social media, the DHS emphasized that many of these crimes occurred while he was an adult and called out CNN for seemingly shielding him from scrutiny.
As deportation looms, Slovtsev is expected to board a flight to Ukraine on Monday alongside 82 other deportees, as confirmed by a statement obtained through CNN.
“The U.S. government is sending 83 individuals back to Ukraine, where there’s a heavy risk they might be drafted into the military,” said Slovtsev’s lawyers in an email. They expressed serious concerns regarding the conditions in Ukraine, describing it as a police state under martial law.
The DHS reiterated that under the current administration, the message is clear: breaking the law comes with serious consequences. Undocumented individuals who engage in criminal activity will not be tolerated in the United States.
