ICE apprehended Robert Reid Mendez Jimenez, a Dominican national, on August 13 and charged him with child predatory offense. Local officials refused to honor an ICE immigration detainer; therefore, the New York City Police Department released the dangerous illegal alien.
“This case shows the real cost of ignoring ICE detainers: Violent offenders walk free, and public safety is put at risk,” said ICE ERO Newark acting Field Office Director Ruben Perez. “I’m proud of our deportation officers, who tracked him down and took him into custody — removing a dangerous predator from the streets within weeks of his release into the community.”
Before releasing Mendez into the community, the NYPD arrested him on several sexual assault offenses, including sexual activity with a kid under the age of 11. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Officers in Newark apprehended the child predator after conducting intelligence-driven operations to locate him.
Mendez is also subject to a final order of removal issued by a judge in July 2018 after illegally entering the United States.
Mendez will be held in ICE custody until his expulsion from the United States.
