Crime

ICE arrests illegal immigrant facing rape charge after his release under New York City ‘sanctuary status’

By Andrew Mark Miller
Published March 5, 2020 4:14pm ET
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ICE arrests illegal immigrant facing rape charge after his release under New York City ‘sanctuary status’
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was arrested and faces federal charges after a news anchor told police that he originally approached her asking to be a source, telling her he had material she would need for her stories. "Then all of a sudden it turned inappropriate and he was texting me things that made me uncomfortable," the anchor told the police. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) | LM Otero

Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended a man, accused of raping a teenage girl, who was released under New York City’s “sanctuary status” despite the agency’s request to hold him.

Miguel Federico Ajqui-Ajtzalam, a 20-year-old Guatemalan national, was arraigned Friday on charges of raping a 13-year-old girl five times in 2018. However, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office did not ask for bail, and the judge decided to cut him loose on supervised release.

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