Migrant accused of sex crimes against child arrested after detainer request ignored, ICE says
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A migrant charged with sexually assaulting a child was arrested after he was released from local custody despite a detainer request from ICE.
Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
A detainer requests that local authorities notify immigration agents when an illegal migrant suspect is due to be released, so federal authorities can take the person into custody to initiate deportation proceedings.
"We use immigration detainers as public safety tools," Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia Hyde said in a statement. "We asked the Rhode Island Department of Corrections to hold Meletz Guarcas so we could take him into custody in their facility, but he was released to home confinement."
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