A Massachusetts court released an illegal alien accused of heinous crimes despite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer request.
Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla, a 46-year-old Dominican national, was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents in January 2023 after he unlawfully entered the country in Eagle Pass, Texas, according to ICE.
‘Massachusetts leaders are going above and beyond to protect some of the most violent predators.’
ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations enrolled him in its Alternatives to Detention program, which allowed him to be released into the U.S. on his own recognizance while he awaited removal proceedings. However, ERO terminated him from the program a month later.
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In July 2024, the Dorchester District Court arraigned Pena-Casilla for “assault to rape, kidnapping, two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person
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