Posted on 06/19/2025 11:48:47 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
EXCLUSIVE: A Biden-era decision could potentially keep a convicted murderer from being deported from the United States, at least while a key legal battle plays out in court.
Fox News rode along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles, the center of recent anti-ICE civil unrest, and the agency arrested Salvadoran national Alexander Alfredo Palacios Guevara, who not only has the murder conviction, but also two counts of attempted murder dating back to 1994, an HSI source said.
The man told Fox News, "I have CAT, I have CAT," which turned out to be a Convention against Torture he was granted by the Biden-era Board of Immigration Appeals on Dec. 18, according to DHS sources.
Specifically, he was given DCAT – Deferral of Removal under the Convention Against Torture, meaning that he believes there’s a risk of him getting tortured if he is sent back to El Salvador.
"This criminal alien should never have been roaming the streets of Los Angeles. Not only is he a member of the ruthless Surenos gang, but he also has multiple convictions for murder, assault and rape or sexual abuse of a minor," an ICE spokesperson told Fox News.
"A highly unusual Biden-era legal decision from December allowed this dangerous criminal to live in American communities. Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Noem, we are removing public safety threats as it always should have been," the statement continued.
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- He’s in the country illegally
- He’s a convicted murderer
- He’s a member of a violent criminal gang
- He has a final deportation order
Yet here he remains (for the time being), thanks to Biden’s America-hating puppet masters.
Why not have a Trump era Board of Immigration Appeals simply revoke all decisions made by the previous board.
Drop him the middle of the Gulf of America.
Just another of the Democrats’ list of heroes they will seek to protect?
If the Attorney General rules that a deportable person’s presence in the US poses a national security risk that person is not eligible to be protected from deportation under the anti-torture laws. One of the automatic reasons for an AG to determine this is if the person has been convicted of a violent offense.
All these legal shenanigans by leftist judges are in direct violation of our immigration laws already on the books.
Wouldn’t Gitmo be considered domestic and not third-party?
I can not support us torturing him.
However if his own countrymen want to do it, none of my never mind.
Bye bye.
Surenos gang... these guys have turned up in Syria, trying to fight alongside Hezbollah for Assad.
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