A migrant who pleaded guilty to raping a woman at a Brooklyn migrant shelter and is now accused of raping a woman under the boardwalk in Coney Island has been released into the U.S. through President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' parole pipeline. The migrant failed to report to federal agents after being released at the border and was therefore not held accountable for anything.
Daniel Davon Bonilla, a 24-year-old migrant from Nicaragua, crossed the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time on Dec. 7, 2022, near Eagle Pass, Texas.
After a short period of detention, Davon Bonilla was released to the United States on parole without a Notice to Appear (NTA) by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, who said they did not have enough detention space to hold him at the time.
Federal Government dataBut the numbers suggest that at the time Davon Bonilla crossed the border, thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) beds were available.
Davon Bonilla told CBP officials he would be in frequent contact with ICE officials from Miami, Florida, where he had committed to relocating as part of his parole. However, Davon Bonilla traveled directly to New York City, a sanctuary jurisdiction where he refused to cooperate with ICE.
Less than a month after his release at the border, Davon Bonilla went from not checking in with ICE every week to stopping checking in with ICE altogether. And yet, Davon Bonilla was never held accountable for his failure to check in with ICE.
Experts told Breitbart News that this lack of accountability is happening to hundreds of thousands of migrants who are released onto U.S. soil and do not have to physically go to an ICE agent's office to check in.
Internal records show evidence that immigrants are much more likely to comply with release conditions when they are in physical contact with ICE agents or contractors.
Just months after arriving in New York City and failing to report to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Davon Bonilla is accused of raping a transgender person at a tax-funded migrant shelter in Brooklyn. In June of this year, Davon Bonilla pleaded guilty to rape and was released from Rikers Island jail the same day.
Due to New York City's sanctuary policy, Davon Bonilla was not turned over to ICE agents.
On August 9, Davon Bonilla was scheduled to return to Brooklyn for his sentencing hearing but failed to show up. Two days later, New York Police Department (NYPD) officers Assert Davon Bonilla, with the help of another immigrant, raped a homeless woman at knifepoint under the Coney Island boardwalk.
Experts told Breitbart News that cases like Davon Bonilla's are entirely preventable, but could become commonplace if the Biden-Harris administration continues to move forward with a plan to reduce how often migrants released into the US interior are asked to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The pilot program, which critics have dubbed “Operation Ghost Mode,” allows immigrants to check in via phone or computer instead of in person with ICE agents, and there are no penalties yet for immigrants who fail to check in.
A major flaw in the program is that ICE agents do not have access to GPS data on immigrants who check in electronically, and even if they do collect GPS data on immigrants, it is only stored for a week.
Davon Bonilla is currently back on Rikers Island awaiting trial in the Coney Island rape case. ICE agents are frequently monitoring the case in preparation for arresting Davon Bonilla if he is released again by New York City authorities.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter. here.
