An illegal\nalien with a lengthy history of criminal charges\u2014including assault and\npossession of a firearm\u2014had been released from custody ten times over the last two\nyears by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), according to a new report\nfrom Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This month<\/a>, Jhonny Alejandro Soto-Ubaldo, a Dominican national, was finally placed in the custody of U.S. Marshals. Ignoring the requests to detain Soto-Ubaldo enabled him to roam freely in the country since May. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Soto-Ubaldo entered the United States in 2016 on a six-month visitor\u2019s visa, but overstayed<\/a> the visa and never left the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2018, Soto-Ubaldo has been nothing but trouble. He has had arrests for harassment, grand larceny, assault, firearms , and possession of stolen property. These arrests do not include any immigration-related crimes that may have occurred while he remained in the country illegally for roughly four years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New York City\u2019s sanctuary laws\u2014or laws that the prohibit the cooperation between local and state law enforcement with federal immigration authorities like ICE\u2014end up releasing dangerous criminal illegal aliens into communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The city\u2019s sanctuary status has jeopardized public safety and undermined the rule of law. Between 2018 and 2019, the NYPD likely freed some 3,000<\/a> criminal illegal aliens from custody\u2014many of whom likely ended up committing additional crimes when these crimes could have been prevented in the first place by simply cooperating with orders to detain criminals temporarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the last two decades, sanctuary jurisdictions have proliferated nationwide. In 2000, there were a mere 11 sanctuary jurisdictions. Today, this number stands at more than<\/a> 564. The proliferation of these havens for deportable criminals is a sign of concern and should be a focal point for politicians and voters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An illegal alien with a lengthy history of criminal charges\u2014including assault and possession of a firearm\u2014had been released from custody ten times over the last two years by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), according to a new report from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This month, Jhonny Alejandro Soto-Ubaldo, a Dominican national, was<\/p>\n