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A federal judge in Louisiana has released four illegal immigrants with lengthy rap sheets that include convictions for murder and child sex crimes from law enforcement custody earlier this month.
On Feb. 6, Judge JohnĀ deGravelles, an Obama appointee who sits on the bench for the Middle District Court of Louisiana, granted the four defendants release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, the Department of Homeland Security said.Ā
“The ramifications will only be the continued rape, murder, assault, and robbery of more American victims,”Ā saidĀ Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.Ā “Releasing these monsters is inexcusably reckless. President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing the law and arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country.”
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A federal judge in Louisiana released Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, Luis Gaston-Sanchez, Ricardo BlancoĀ Chomat and Francisco Rodriguez-Romero, all illegal immigrants with convictions for various violent and sex crimes, from ICE custody last week.Ā (Department of Homeland Security; Getty Images)
“We are applying the law as written,” she added. “If an immigration judge finds an illegal alien has no right to be in this country, we are going to remove them. Period.”
The four defendants include Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, an Ethiopian citizen convicted ofĀ sexual exploitation of a minor. An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal on Sept, 5, 2024.Ā
He was released into the United States by the Biden administration.
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The entrance of the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as “Angola,” was seen in October 2013.Ā (Giles Clarke/Getty Images)
Luis Gaston-Sanchez, from Cuba, has convictionsĀ forĀ homicide, assault, resisting an officer, concealing stolen property,Ā andĀ two counts of robbery.Ā
An immigration judgeĀ issuedĀ a deportation order for him on Sept. 24, 2001.
Ricardo BlancoĀ Chomat, also aĀ Cuban citizen, has convictions forĀ homicide,Ā kidnapping, aggravatedĀ assaultĀ with a firearm, burglary, robbery,Ā larceny,Ā andĀ selling cocaine.Ā
A deportation order was issued for him on March 27, 2002.
Francisco Rodriguez-Romero was previously convicted of homicideĀ and aĀ weapons offense. He was ordered to be deported on May 30, 1995.
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In Sept. 2025, DHS announced aĀ partnership with Louisiana to expand ICE detention space at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. The facility, dubbed the “Louisiana Lockup,” houses some of the criminal illegal immigrants arrested by ICE.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Middle District Court of Louisiana for comment.Ā
