ERO New York City arrests Jamaican national who served 28 years for homicide

NEW YORK — Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City arrested a Jamaican national for immigration violations Aug. 6 in the Bronx. The Jamaican noncitizen previously served 28 years for a homicide conviction.

“Our Fugitive Operations Team arrested this individual whose violent criminal past clearly shows him to be a danger to our New York community,” said ERO New York City Field Office Director Kenneth Genalo. “Our dedication to removing such egregious noncitizen offenders remains unwavering.”

The Jamaican national lawfully entered the United States on or about Dec 17, 1987. However, he violated the terms of his legal admission.

Police in Ohio arrested the Jamaican national for homicide June 8, 1995. He was convicted Nov. 7, 1995, and sentenced to life imprisonment plus three years. The Ohio State Prison released the Jamaican national on parole Dec. 6, 2023.

Deportation officers from ERO New York City’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the Jamaican national Aug. 6 in New York City. He remains in ERO custody.

Noncitizens placed into removal proceedings receive their legal due process from federal immigration judges in the immigration courts, which are administered by the Executive Office for Immigration Review. The Executive Office for Immigration Review is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice and is separate from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE. Immigration judges in these courts make decisions based on the merits of each individual case. ICE officers carry out the removal decisions made by the federal immigration judges.

As one of ICE’s three operational directorates, ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement. ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal. ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.

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