Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Brazilian illegal immigrant after he was released back into the community by a local court.
According to ERO Boston, a Worcester court ignored a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer and released the unlawfully present noncitizen from custody.
“When local jurisdictions ignore immigration detainers, they increase the threat to residents in the community,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons. “This individual was subsequently arrested and charged with egregious crimes; still, the local jurisdiction refused to honor our detainer and released him to potentially reoffend. ERO Boston will continue to prioritize public safety throughout our New England neighborhoods.”
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U. S. Border Patrol arrested the Brazilian national in March 2019 after he unlawfully entered the U.S. near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Border Patrol released him on recognizance after being served with a notice to appear before a Department of Justice (DOJ) immigration judge.
In October 2022, the man was arrested and arraigned in Danbury, Connecticut, for the offense of criminal trespass and breach of peace. He was detained at the Bridgeport Correctional Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, while awaiting extradition to Massachusetts.
ERO Boston lodged an immigration detainer against the Brazilian national Oct. 24, 2022, with the Bridgeport Correctional Center.
On Oct. 26, 2022, following his extradition to Massachusetts, the Brazilian national was arraigned at the Worcester District Court for assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm, ammunition without a firearms identity card, and discharging a firearm within five hundred feet of a dwelling.
He was detained at the Worcester House of Correction.
ERO Boston lodged an updated detainer against the man with the Worcester House of Correction on Oct. 31, 2022.
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“Despite the existence of an active immigration detainer issued by ERO Boston, the Brazilian national was released from the Worcester County House of Corrections on an unknown date, ERO Boston was provided no notification of his release back into the community,” said ICE.
On April 5, 2024, deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 21-year-old man without incident in Worcester, Massachusetts. He will be held in ICE custody pending a future hearing before an immigration judge
“As part of its mission to identify and arrest removable noncitizens, ERO lodges immigration detainers against noncitizens who have been arrested for criminal activity and taken into custody by state or local law enforcement,” said ICE. “An immigration detainer is a request from ICE to state or local law enforcement agencies to notify ICE as early as possible before a removable noncitizen is released from their custody. Detainers request that state or local law enforcement agencies maintain custody of the noncitizen for a period not to exceed 48 hours beyond the time the individual would otherwise be released, allowing ERO to assume custody for removal purposes in accordance with federal law.”
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