{"id":22522,"date":"2020-02-18T14:16:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=22522"},"modified":"2020-02-18T14:16:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T19:16:52","slug":"ice-criminal-immigrant-crime-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/02\/18\/ice-criminal-immigrant-crime-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan Gets ICE&#8217;s Attention After Serial Slayings in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kenyan national Billy Chemirmir eluded deportation proceedings after a series of arrests in Texas. Now that he stands accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/suspected-serial-killer-charged-in-additional-deaths-of-plano-women\/249517\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">killing a dozen women<\/a>, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is interested in him, finally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chemirmir,\nwho arrived in the U.S. in the 1990s on a visa arranged by a sister,\nsubsequently became a Legal Permanent Resident (LPR). Between 2010 and 2016, he\nwas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Arrested\ntwice for driving while intoxicated.<\/li><li>Arrested\non a family violence charge.<\/li><li>Arrested\non a criminal trespass charge at a high-end senior living complex in Dallas.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Though he\nserved short jail terms on each charge, Chemirmir was never detained by ICE.\nThe agency said none of those criminal acts qualified for deportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, starting in 2017, Chemirmir reportedly took his crime spree to deadly new levels. The accused serial killer now faces 12 counts of capital murder in the slaying of elderly women at senior-living homes in Dallas and Collin counties, with another 10 homicides still under investigation. The victims were all smothered with pillows and their jewelry stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing &#8220;multiple crimes involving moral turpitude,&#8221; ICE finally requested a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/ice-files-immigration-detainer-on-serial-killer-billy-chemirmir\/1965223\/\" target=\"_blank\">detainer<\/a> on Chemirmir, a year after he landed back behind bars. Detainers, which are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2020\/02\/17\/fact-check-serial-murder-suspect-bill-chemirmir-is-not-an-unauthorized-immigrant-ice-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">not reserved<\/a> only for illegal aliens, are sought when ICE has \u201cprobable cause to believe that [a criminal suspect]is removable from the United States&#8221; or when an immigrant &#8220;poses a threat to our communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICE&#8217;s belated hold on Chemirmir may be moot, however; Texas prosecutors are seeking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/courts\/2019\/07\/24\/dallas-da-seeks-death-penalty-serial-killer-suspect-billy-chemirmir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">death penalty<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\ndetails about the case remain under wraps, the 45-year-old Kenyan maintains his\ninnocence on all charges. Meantime, grieving friends and relatives of a dozen\nmurdered women are left to ponder how much better things might have turned out\nif ICE had sent Chemirmir back to his homeland years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan national Billy Chemirmir eluded deportation proceedings after a series of arrests in Texas. Now that he stands accused of killing a dozen women, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is interested in him, finally. Chemirmir, who arrived in the U.S. in the 1990s on a visa arranged by a sister, subsequently became a Legal<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/02\/18\/ice-criminal-immigrant-crime-immigrationreform-com\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":17398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[520,876,1524,47],"yst_prominent_words":[3659,1927,1974,7777,1922,2321,2505,7778,1918,6861,2167,1939,1957],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22523,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22522\/revisions\/22523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22522"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=22522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}