Federal Agents Seize Sureños-13 Killer After 12-Year Sentence, Sidestepping California Sanctuary Barriers
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Updated · Fox News · May 13
Federal Agents Seize Sureños-13 Killer After 12-Year Sentence, Sidestepping California Sanctuary Barriers
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 13
A Sureños-13 gang member from Mexico was taken into federal custody outside the John J. Benoit Detention Center immediately after finishing a 12-year sentence for second-degree murder.
CBP said local authorities honored a federal detainer and handed him over before he could be released, a cooperation step officials said prevented him from disappearing back into the community.
The detainee now faces federal prosecution for illegal reentry after deportation; CBP said his record also includes felony gun possession, vehicle theft, battery and giving false identification to police.
DHS cast the arrest as evidence that federal-local coordination improves public safety, contrasting it with sanctuary policies and with New York Governor Kathy Hochul's recent push to block the 287(g) immigration enforcement program.
With conflicting sanctuary laws, how many convicted criminals are released without federal review?
When local police assist immigration agents, does it make communities safer or just more fearful?
Are deportation programs a real solution to crime or do they simply shift the problem elsewhere?