Federal agents say they finally have caught an illegal alien they’ve been after for several years but who was released 10 times by New York City authorities under Mayor Bill DeBlasio's radical sanctuary city policies.
Jhonny Soto-Ubaldo was arrested on federal gun charges this month, giving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement a new chance to place a detainer on him requesting he be turned over for deportation after his time in the federal prison system is over.
And this time it will be honored, since New York is out of the picture, thanks to the President.
Federal agents were emboldened to act by an Executive Order signed by President Trump in January to aggressively interdict in sanctuary cities like NYC, Chicago and San Francisco -- without notifying local politicians or police.
ICE says New York police departments had Mr. Soto-Ubaldo in their custody at least 10 times dating to June 2018, when he was first arrested in Queens. But he was released despite an ICE request that he be turned over.
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