ICE blames Middlesex County Jail for releasing illegal immigrant charged with three Missouri murders
Mike Deak, Bridgewater Courier News Published 3:30 p.m. ET Nov. 9, 2018 | Updated 10:13 a.m. ET Nov. 10, 2018
NEW BRUNSWICK - The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is blaming the Middlesex County Jail for not detaining an illegal immigrant who has been charged with three murders in Springfield, Missouri.
Middlesex County in turn is blaming ICE.
Luis Rodrigo Perez, 23, who is being held without bail in Missouri, was released from the custody of the Middlesex County Jail earlier this year after an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detainer was declined, according to a news release from ICE.
ICE had issued a detainer and requested notification prior to his release, so that he could be taken into ICE custody and placed in deportation proceedings.
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