A Venezuelan man who entered the United States illegally will not be deported despite committing “at least 22 crimes” in New York City, the Department of Justice said. New York Post and a recent House committee Report.
The 10-page report from the House Judiciary Committee found that the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policy allowed Daniel Hernández Martinez, 30, a Venezuelan national with suspected ties to the Tren de Aragua gang, to remain in the country after being charged with a string of crimes.
“He threatened and assaulted multiple individuals.”
Hernandez Martinez was released into the U.S. in early 2023 “without any legal justification,” according to the report. It’s unclear what screening procedures were used when Border Patrol agents first encountered the suspect, the report said.
In his first two months in New York City, Hernandez Martinez was arrested and released six times for alleged criminal activity, including random attacks on at least three strangers and two NYPD officers.
In addition to a string of petty thefts, including “using a large metal pipe to break a lock to steal a bike in Times Square,” Martinez is alleged to have threatened and assaulted multiple people, including hitting a man with a bicycle tire, kicking and dragging a woman by her hair, threatening another person with a chain, and “pulling out a large knife and making advances.”[ing] “Towards the undercover officer,” the report states.
A DHS source told The Post that Hernandez-Martinez was deported to Mexico under Title 42 after his arrest in January, but later secretly returned to Mexico on an unknown date and location.
The House Judiciary Committee received background information on illegal immigrants from the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Homeland Security about six months after its initial request.
After Hernandez-Martinez’s seventh encounter with police in New York City, Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a request to detain him, but the New York City Department of Corrections did not honor the request, a common practice in sanctuary jurisdictions like New York City.
“It is unclear whether ICE would have removed Mr. Hernandez Martinez from the United States given his criminal history and suspected gang ties,” the House Judiciary Committee report said.
According to The Washington Post, Hernandez-Martinez is in custody in Buffalo, New York, after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A deportation order was issued in June, but Venezuela is not accepting deportation flights. As a result, sources told The Washington Post, the illegal immigrant will likely remain in the US indefinitely.
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