A spate of violent crimes across the United States has been linked to Venezuelan immigrants, and the US government cannot deport them because the South American country won’t take any of its citizens back.
An illegal immigrant from Venezuela has been charged in connection with the violent murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley on Thursday’s campus at the University of Georgia. The suspect, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, has been released to the United States on parole, three ICE and DHS officials told Fox News.
In New York City, the NYPD is trying to crack down on a violent Venezuelan gang known as Torren de Aragua, a group blamed for dozens of robberies and terrorizing residents in the Big Apple. The group is currently said to be committing crimes using scooters and mopeds. Not just robbery, but also retail theft.
On October 18, 2023, a shackled man boards a deportation flight for Venezuelans. (Veronica G. Cardenas/AFP via Getty Images)
Republican lawmakers object to immigration screening of university murder suspect, slamming Biden administration for “closing the border!”
At least two of its members have been arrested in connection with the shocking gang attack on two New York City police officers last month.
In a separate incident in New York City, a 15-year-old Venezuelan immigrant was arrested after allegedly firing at police while fleeing a sports clothing store in Times Square. There, police say they opened fire on security guards and eventually hit a tourist. leg.
Meanwhile, in Chicago, four Venezuelan immigrants were arrested last week on suspicion of robbing and beating a man on a Chicago CTA train.
Some Windy City migrants have told police they commit crimes there just to be deported to Venezuela.
Laken Riley poses for a photo to post on Facebook. Riley, a nursing student at the University of Georgia, was found dead near a lake on campus on Thursday, February 22, 2024. (Alison Phillips/Facebook)
But deporting illegal Venezuelan migrants has become more difficult for the U.S. government after the South American country broke an agreement with the United States to allow them to be flown home from Mexico. Venezuela has stopped accepting flights of migrants deported from the United States and Mexico.
The Wall Street Journal reports that President Nicolas Maduro’s dictatorial regime is seeking cooperation with deportation requests after the U.S. government reimposed some of the economic sanctions it had previously lifted against Venezuela. I’m refusing.
Teen stabbed during Times Square brawl involving immigrants: report
The two countries’ agreement in October to fly undocumented Venezuelan immigrants directly back to their home countries was intended to signal that the White House would vigorously address the issue after mounting criticism.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been indicted on drug trafficking charges. (Gabby Ora/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Biden administration has called for sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the Trump administration to be lifted, arguing that they will only worsen the country’s ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis. The United States estimates that 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled the country since Madure took office in 2013.
Under the deal, the U.S. sent about 1,800 Venezuelans on 15 flights, but the deal stalled last month and is now on hold, the Journal reported.
The United States has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry and other sectors, but Maduro’s government has agreed to allow elections later this year in hopes of economic recovery.
Venezuela, a country on South America’s northern coast with a population of about 28 million people, also has claims to resource-rich areas in neighboring Guyana, prompting further warnings from the United States.
But last month, the U.S. government ordered a curtailment of all business transactions between U.S. companies and Venezuela’s state-run mining company Minerven, and imposed energy sanctions if the Maduro government does not abide by the deal and accept terms of a fair presidential election. He announced that he would lift the easing of restrictions.
The South American country’s Supreme Court has upheld the election of leading opposition candidate Maria Colina Machado.
New York City police officers were attacked in Times Square in January by immigrants, several of whom were from Venezuela. (New York City Police Department)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The United States reinstated sanctions on Venezuela’s gold sector on February 13, but now Madurea is refusing to cooperate with deportations, making it impossible to deport some violent criminals residing in the United States. It means.
Still, the Biden administration has deported only a fraction of the Venezuelan immigrants who entered the country illegally.
According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), just over 830 Venezuelan border crossers crossed the border in fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30, even though 335,000 Venezuelans encountered border authorities. was reported.
More than 201,000 of those people were arrested by Border Patrol agents after entering the U.S. illegally; the rest were encountered at ports of entry, including parolees into the U.S. on the CBP One app.
Jose Ybarra was originally taken into custody by UGA police on Friday in connection with Riley’s death, but is now believed to have no connection to the victim. (Clark County Sheriff’s Office)
