Posted on 05/07/2025 5:18:40 PM PDT by bitt
A Haitian migrant charged with raping a teenage girl at a Massachusetts family shelter wants to be released from custody after a judge set his bail at $150,000 last fall.
The state’s Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments Wednesday morning about a Plymouth County judge’s decision to increase the man’s original $500 bail to prevent his deportation and allow the case to proceed.
Prosecutors asked for 26-year-old Cory Alvarez’s bail to be set at $1 million after federal immigration authorities sought to deport him in October, before a judge set it at $150,000.
Alvarez is charged with raping a teenage girl at a Comfort Inn in Rockland and his deportation was set for Oct. 31 before a state judge intervened. The hotel where Alvarez lived was part of the state’s shelter program for homeless families, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz‘s Office previously said.
Federal immigration authorities have an agreement with Cruz’s office not to detain Alvarez as long as he remains in state custody, according to John Zanini, a lawyer for the district attorney’s office, at Wednesday’s hearing.
“The United States government could go pick up Mr. Alvarez, take him into custody and remove him any time they want and they have not,” Zanini said. “They have not because they are respecting right now our custody so that we can proceed with our trial.”
Alvarez appeared before an immigration judge last year, and based on his “admissions and concessions,” was found removable, according to Zanini. Alvarez did not appeal the decision and used it “as a tool to escape prosecution,” Zanini wrote in a court filing.
Zanini added that the judge considered Alvarez’s lack of community connections, lack of work history, the nature of the case, the potential penalty and the strength of the prosecution’s case when setting the $150,000
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Insanity.
They really do hate us.
I guess it’s better to jail him and then deport him, rather than just deport him without any punishment (which will cost the taxpayers). Then he’ll probably sneak back in either way. What a mess.
Isn’t the purpose of bail to ensure appearance at court??? Can you spell flight risk? I think it is spelled r e m a n d
Tells you all you need to know that Massachusetts State officials are willing to protect illegals that rape young girls more than their own citizens. Whatever plea deal he takes, or sentence he receives if it does end up in court, once the trial is over and he’s sentenced or released on probation, the Feds can take him and be rid of him.
Let him serve his time, then deport him.
No bail and speedy trial and execution can stop deportation..
The victim deserves justice.
Agreed.
Why does increased bail stop deportation?
Because they can’t make such a high bail and remain in custody. If they bond out, ICE scoops them up.
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