The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have issued a detainer for an illegal immigrant who allegedly sexually assaulted and killed a 92-year-old woman in the early morning of Jan. 6, according to multiple reports.
Fuertes was found at around 2 a.m. on Jan. 6, and according to the criminal complaint, she had laid on the street half-dressed for two hours, where the temperature was 32 degrees, Fox News reported. Following her discovery, she was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the news outlet said.
When authorities investigated the incident, the surveillance footage indicated that Khan was a possible suspect in the incident, and police officers set out to find him, according to Fox News. As reported by the New York Post, after he was brought in for questioning, Khan confessed to killing Fuertes and was arrested.
Before the incident on Jan 6, Khan was arrested by the NYPD on Nov. 27, 2019, on assault charges as well as criminal possession of a firearm, according to the news release issued by ICE. When Enforcement and Removal Operations ordered a detainer for Khan, it was not honored, and on the same day, Khan was released as per the sanctuary city policies.
Thomas R. Decker, the field office director for Enforcement and Removal Operations in New York called the sanctuary city policies in New York "flawed."
"It is made clear that New York City’s stance against honoring detainers is dangerously flawed. It was a deadly choice to release a man on an active ICE detainer back onto the streets after his first arrest included assault and weapon charges, and he now faces new charges, including murder," Decker said, according to the news release issued by ICE.
"New York City’s sanctuary policies continue to threaten the safety of all residents of the five boroughs, as they repeatedly protect criminal aliens who show little regard for the laws of this nation. In New York City alone, hundreds of arrestees are released each month with pending charges and/or convictions to return back into the communities where they committed their crimes, instead of being transferred into the custody of ICE. Clearly, the politicians care more about criminal illegal aliens than the citizens they are elected to serve and protect," Deck said.