After the release from the custody of Middlesex County, New Jersey, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers have separately arrested two men, one of them an Indian.
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The federal immigration enforcement agency had previously lodged detaining of the two individuals while they were in the county’s custody, but the county failed to honor the requests, ICE said in a press release June 19. The two men are Maulik Gajjar, an Indian citizen and Aurelio Hernandez Cortez, a Mexican citizen.
On May 22, ICE had lodged an immigration detain on Gajjar with the Middlesex County facility, but on the same day, the correctional facility released him from the custody without notifying ICE, the federal agency said. Gajjar is currently facing state criminal charges. Gajjar was one of nine people arrested in 2012 for allegedly conducting a foreign student visa fraud scheme. On June 7, ERO Newark officers arrested Gajjar outside his residence in Iselin.
Cortez does not have lawful status in the United States, ICE said, and he will remain in ICE custody pending deportation proceedings.
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“As a nation, we must protect the integrity of our immigration system and the removal of illegal aliens, especially those with a criminal history, this is one of ICE’s top priorities,” John Tsoukaris, ERO Newark field office director, said in the press release.
“ICE shares the county’s ultimate objective to protect public safety and national security while simultaneously preserving the critical community police bond. As such, county jails that fail to work with ICE put their communities at risk.”
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