NYC Officials Let Illegal Migrant Child Molester Go Back Home To … Queens, ICE Says

Federal 🛂Immigration authorities are accusing New York City officials of releasing a convicted child sex offender living unlawfully in the United States back onto city streets, sparking backlash from federal agents and even — Democrats.

🛂Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Raymond Rojas Basilio, a 36-year-old Mexican national, on Tuesday near his residence in Queens, according to an announcement from the agency. After failing to successfully cross illegally into the U.S. on five separate occasions, Rojas eventually entered the country undetected and was later convicted of sexually touching a child under 11 years old.

“This criminal has repeatedly shown he has absolutely no regard for our nation’s laws as evidenced by his repeated attempts to unlawfully or fraudulently enter the United States,” Field Office Director Kenneth Genalo said in a prepared statement.

“As this case illustrates, it only takes one successful unlawful entry to do irreparable harm to a member of our community,” Genalo continued. “Unfortunately, non-cooperation policies prevented ERO from taking immediate custody of this individual upon completion of his local sentence; however, due to the diligence of our officers, ERO New York City was able to rapidly apprehend this public safety threat before he could harm any other New Yorkers.”

Rojas attempted to cross the U.S.-Mexico border on three separate occasions during the month of May 2002, but was apprehended by Border Patrol agents each time and returned to his home country of Mexico, according to ICE. On Jan. 6, 2012, and again on Jan. 11, 2012, Rojas attempted to be admitted into the U.S. by presenting fraudulent documentation, but he was removed both times.