An unlawful alien wished for aggravated homicide in Brazil was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Massachusetts simply two days earlier than Democrat Gov. Maura Healey signed a regulation to dam sure ICE operations within the state.
Maycon Souto Dos Reis, 54, was convicted of aggravated homicide in Brazil on Sept. 14, 2024, and sentenced to 14 years and three months in jail when an arrest warrant was issued. The Brazilian nationwide fled Brazil and crossed the US-Mexico border illegally in June 2024, when he was apprehended however subsequently launched into the US underneath then-President Joe Biden’s open-border insurance policies, in keeping with ICE.
“That is one more instance of what the media typically characterizes as a non-criminal, when in actuality, many of those people are murderers, sexual predators, gang members and extra: They merely don’t have a prison file in the US,” Appearing ICE Enforcement and Elimination Operations (ERO) Boston Discipline Workplace Director David Wesling wrote in an announcement.
“We’ll proceed to pursue these harmful prison aliens that sanctuary politicians battle to guard.”
The timing of the Aug. 3 Boston-area arrest corresponded to Healey’s Aug. 5 signing of the PROTECT Act, which retains ICE out of courthouses, colleges, childcare facilities, hospitals and healthcare services, whereas additionally offering stronger protections for fogeys in case they’re detained or deported, banning new 287(g) agreements and permitting civil rights claims to be made towards authorities officers, together with ICE brokers.
“The PROTECT Act is the strongest regulation within the nation to shield individuals from ICE, as a result of nobody needs to be afraid to ship their youngster to highschool, search medical care or concern reporting a criminal offense or showing in courtroom,” Healey wrote Aug. 5 in an announcement saying the signing of the brand new restrictions on ICE operations in her state.
“It makes us all much less secure. So we’re getting ICE out of our courthouses, colleges and hospitals. This invoice is a testomony to the arduous work and advocacy of so many individuals throughout our state. We’re going to maintain working collectively to make Massachusetts and this nation the place all of us need it to be.”
Dos Reis initially got here to ERO Boston’s consideration following his Might 29 arrest for unlicensed operation of a motorcar in Southborough, Massachusetts.
ICE officers arrested him Aug. 3 throughout a focused operation at Westborough District Courtroom in Westborough.
ICE officers mentioned Dos Reis had been dwelling in Massachusetts, which has been on the middle of clashes between state and federal officers over immigration enforcement. The company characterised the jurisdiction as one the place native insurance policies can complicate federal efforts to find and arrest immigration offenders.
ICE didn’t present further particulars in regards to the aggravated homicide case in Brazil, together with when the killing occurred or the circumstances surrounding Dos Reis’ conviction.
He stays in ICE custody pending the end result of deportation proceedings, the company mentioned.
“DHS’s message is evident: In case you come to our nation illegally and break our legal guidelines, we are going to discover you, arrest you, and you’ll by no means return,” ICE wrote in a launch Monday, hailing President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s actions to guard authorized Americans.
“Below President Trump and Secretary Mullin, prison unlawful aliens should not welcome in the US.”
