A Colombian national is facing up to 20 years in prison after allegedly breaking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer’s nose during an attempted arrest in Roselle, New Jersey back in February during an enforcement operation.
The 27-year-old man, identified as Hector Villegas-Alvarez, was approached by ICE agents who had determined he was unlawfully present in the United States and subject to deportation.
According to an official statement by the New Jersey Attorney’s Office, Villegas-Alvarez exited his vehicle when ordered to do so but physically resisted arrest, locking his arms and tensing his body when officers attempted to apply handcuffs.
He’s now in the court system for assaulting an officer, instead of being spirited away to ICE detention and deported without ever seeing a judge.
I mean his ICE issues don’t go away. He could spend 20 years in jail and THEN get deported.
Under (maybe) a different President. With a chance he’d end up safely back in his own country, not a Salvadoran death camp. I’d roll the dice.