Trump admin fights to deport convicted murderer shielded by Biden-era torture protection

EXCLUSIVE: A Biden-era determination could perchance support a convicted murderer from being deported from the United States, astatine slightest portion a cardinal ineligible conflict plays retired successful court.

Fox News rode on with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations successful Los Angeles, the halfway of caller anti-ICE civilian unrest, and the bureau arrested Salvadoran nationalist Alexander Alfredo Palacios Guevara, who not lone has the execution conviction, but besides 2 counts of attempted execution dating backmost to 1994, an HSI root said.

The antheral told Fox News, "I person CAT, I person CAT," which turned retired to beryllium a Convention against Torture helium was granted by the Biden-era Board of Immigration Appeals connected Dec. 18, according to DHS sources.

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Specifically, helium was fixed DCAT – Deferral of Removal nether the Convention Against Torture, meaning that helium believes there’s a hazard of him getting tortured if helium is sent backmost to El Salvador.

"This transgression alien should ne'er person been roaming the streets of Los Angeles. Not lone is helium a subordinate of the ruthless Surenos gang, but helium besides has aggregate convictions for murder, battle and rape oregon intersexual maltreatment of a minor," an ICE spokesperson told Fox News.  

"A highly antithetic Biden-era ineligible determination from December allowed this unsafe transgression to unrecorded successful American communities. Thanks to the enactment of President Trump and Secretary Noem, we are removing nationalist information threats arsenic it ever should person been," the connection continued.

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The bid resulted successful him being concisely released by ICE but past taken backmost into custody the adjacent time due to the fact that of the monolithic nationalist information risk. 

Guevara remains successful national custody amid the anticipation of sending him to a 3rd country, thing the United States has attempted earlier with convicted criminals, similar sending them to South Sudan.

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The South Sudan flight past period resulted successful a Boston national justice ruling against third-party removals. Still, the Department of Homeland Security is waiting for the Supreme Court to overturn the decision. 

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When Fox News asked if helium was a convicted murderer, Guevara responded, "I’m free."

Fox News reached retired to his migration lawyer asking astir who he’s acrophobic volition torture him successful El Salvador and for much details astir his case, but determination has been nary effect yet. The nation's eyes turned onto Los Angeles earlier this period arsenic ICE narrowed successful connected operations successful the region, which led to protests and riots successful the metropolis and passim the country.