An illegal immigrant from Venezuela is suspected of committing at least 22 crimes in just six months and still may not be deported, a House Judiciary Committee report found Wednesday.
Daniel Hernandez Martinez was released to the United States by the Biden-Harris Administration in early 2023, but has since allegedly committed a number of crimes. report Despite a string of charges, the Venezuelan immigrant, a suspected member of the “Tren de Aragua” gang, was not detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) until his seventh confrontation with the NYPD. (Related article: Supporting sanctuary cities and issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants: Tim Walz's track record on immigration policy)
“The Biden-Harris Administration released Daniel Hernandez-Martinez into the United States without legal justification,” the report states. “Just months after his release, Hernandez-Martinez began terrorizing New York City, committing at least 22 crimes in just six months.”
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New reports and documents detail the criminal history of Daniel Hernández Martínez, an illegal immigrant and suspected member of the Tren de Aragua gang. pic.twitter.com/cXUpXayWcv
— House Judiciary Committee Republicans 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) August 7, 2024
According to the investigation, Hernandez-Martinez's charges include petty theft, unlawful possession of a weapon and multiple counts of assault, including two counts of assaulting a police officer.
The House committee report states that, despite his criminal history, “it remains unclear whether ICE would have removed Hernandez Martinez from the United States.” investigation Hernandez Martinez is being held in Buffalo, New York, the New York Post reported.
According to the report, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initially tried to block the Judiciary Committee's request for Hernandez Martinez's biographical file, and failed to provide the information until several months after the Judiciary Committee made its follow-up request, even though the dossier had been completed six months earlier.
Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, border patrol agents have encountered more than 7 million foreign nationals attempting to enter the country illegally. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, who supported decriminalizing illegal immigration as a U.S. senator and co-sponsored three bills to block President Trump's border wall construction in 2019, is now arguing in her campaign that she will maintain Biden-era executive orders cracking down on illegal border crossings.
“The Biden-Harris Administration's disastrous immigration policies have had real-world consequences for the American people,” the House Judiciary Committee wrote. “Now that the Biden-Harris Administration has allowed Mr. Hernandez Martinez into the country, his victims will never be the same. Sadly, Mr. Hernandez Martinez's victims are not alone.”
ICE and DHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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