The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a criminal illegal alien who is accused of assaulting a police officer and has repeatedly re-entered the U.S. afterbeing deported.
Officials say Carlos Ramirez-Guzman, an El Salvadoran national, was arrested on Oct. 17 in Arlington, Virginia. He was previously deported in 2006, 2014 and 2016, yet managed to re-enter at an unknown time and place, evading inspection, admission or parole by immigration authorities.
In addition to his felony charge of reentering the U.S., officials say Ramirez-Guzman has amassed an "extensive criminal history" over the past two decades.
His alleged crimes include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on alaw enforcement officerand resisting, obstructing or opposing an officer. He also faces charges of domestic battery, exhibition of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct.
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"Carlos Ramirez-Guzman racked up an extensivecriminal historyover the last 21 years he has spent ignoring America’s laws," DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
"Not only has this man been removed from our country on THREE previous occasions, but he also has a violent criminal history of assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, domestic battery, and resisting arrest."
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McLaughlin emphasized that Ramirez-Guzman’s long-running crime spree will finally come to an end under the leadership of PresidentDonald Trumpand Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
"GOOD RIDDANCE, you are not welcome in this country," she added.
Ramirez-Guzman will remain inICE custodypending his removal from the United States.
In a post on social media, ICE also thanked the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service for assisting with the operation.
