Last Updated on November 22, 2023
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal alien in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts who has been convicted in his home country but has failed to serve his prison sentence for raping a 5-year-old child.
The report details state that 37-year-old Saulo Cardona Ferreira had “multiple criminal convictions” in Brazil in 2019 for the rape but fled to avoid the 14-year prison sentence.
ICE said Ferreira, one of 1000 daily “gotaways” at the southern border, entered the US at an unknown time and location. He was taken into custody by ICE’s Fugitive Operations Team near a vacation locale in Massachusetts, read the report.
According to Fox News, a rep from the agency stated it had been tipped off from a law enforcement data review, highlighting Ferreira’s whereabouts on September 28. ICE eventually found his location on November 14.
Fox News reported he is now awaiting to be seen before an immigration judge. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston Field Office Director Todd Lyons wrote in a release:
This undocumented Brazilian national represented a significant threat to the inhabitants of Martha’s Vineyard. He sexually assaulted a five-year-old child in his homeland and then ran from authorities when held accountable for his actions. ERO Boston will not allow such predators to threaten our residents. We will continue to apprehend and remove anyone who attempts to use our New England community as a refuge from justice.
ICE has not released the complete data for illegal border crossings for the 2023 fiscal year, but May already shows 530,000, which is expected to set the record from the previous year.
Regarding what we know of the individuals entering the states, in FY 2022, ICE arrested 46,396 illegal immigrants with known criminal backgrounds, including 8,164 sex and sexual assault offenses and 1,114 kidnapping offenses.
NEW: 37-year old Illegal immigrant Saulo Cardosa who was convicted of r*ping a 5-year old in Brazil, has been found living on Martha's Vineyard.
In 2019, Cardosa was sentenced in Brazil to serve 14 years in prison for r*ping a child.
After the conviction, Cardosa decided to… pic.twitter.com/mVT8D1I4Fb
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 18, 2023
Several Republican governors thought to “own the libs” by sending migrants to deep blue cities. Last year, Gon. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), attempting to springboard himself into the Oval Office, flew dozens of migrants deeper into the US to various blue cities and regions, including Martha’s Vineyard.
Fox News reported that “there appears to be no connection” to either flight that transported Ferreira and that he “likely arrived years earlier.” However, it still remains unclear whether DeSantis shuttled this migrant to Martha’s Vineyard.
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This arrest comes amid a historic invasion at the southern border and an inbound presidential election. Still, the primary topic of the debates and Republican discussion remains another country, as over 2 million encounters are already documented by CBP this year.
Across the country, former so-called “sanctuary cities” are begging the federal government for assistance. Officials from Massachusetts and New York are calling this a “federal problem,” while the Biden administration has yet to provide a meaningful response.