ERO New York City arrests Mexican national charged with assault and previously removed from US

NEW YORK — Enforcement and Removal Operations New York City officers arrested a Mexican national July 18 previously convicted of assault in the second degree and removed from the United States.

“This individual has proven himself a danger to the community at large,” said ERO New York City Field Office Director Kenneth Genalo. “In addition, his reentry into the United States after removal is a federal crime that can result in prison time.”

He entered the United States at an unknown location and date. The New York City Police Department charged him with assault in the second degree on Sept. 11, 2007. He was convicted of this charge on Jan. 26, 2009, by the Bronx Supreme Court and sentenced to two years in prison. ERO Castle Point, New York encountered him April 22, 2009 at the Ulster Correctional Facility in New York and charged him with removability under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

An immigration judge ordered him removed on July 16, 2009. He was removed to Mexico July 23, 2009.

He reentered the United States at an unknown place on an unknown date after being removed.

The Yonkers Police Department arrested him April 19, 2024, for unauthorized use of a vehicle.

On July 8, 2024, the United States District Court, Southern District of New York issued an arrest warrant for illegal reentry after deportation.

On July 10, 2024, the Yonkers Police Department arrested him for assault-3rd degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

On July 18, 2024, ERO New York City, Newburgh sub-office officers criminally arrested him in the Bronx on the aforementioned warrant without incident.

ERO New York City, Newburgh sub-office presented him to the federal magistrate judge at Southern District of New York, White Plains, who remanded him to the custody of the United States Marshals Service, pending trial. He remains in USMS 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. EOIR is an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice and is separate from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. 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.

Members of the public can report crime and suspicious activity by calling the ICE tip line at 866-347-2423 or completing the online tip form.

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