So-called “sanctuary cities” have come under some serious fire recently for failing to comply with federal detainers for criminal illegal aliens who commit crimes in the United States – but sometimes, the process never even makes it that far.
An illegal alien accused of attempted sexual assault in Glendale, Colo., skipped out on a court date last week after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement chose not to issue a detainer on him for being in the country illegally.
According to a local Fox affiliate in Denver, 34-year-old Allen Aleman-Olivas had been accused of attempted rape by an unnamed 38-year-old woman, who claimed the man had attacked her in a motel laundry room. The report stated the victim called the local police, who responded only to send Aleman-Olivas back to his room.
The woman encountered the same man the next evening and called the police a second time. Despite the second call, police did not arrest the man.
The woman then contacted FOX31’s community call-in unit, Problem Solvers, who informed the police that the victim wanted to press charges against the man. Police then arrested Aleman-Olivas and booked him at the local jail on Sept. 17. He was released the next day on a $1,750 bond with a notice to appear in court on Oct. 2.
But according to the report, ICE never issued a detainer for Aleman-Olivas for being in the United States illegally. From the report:
[Aleman-Olivas] was booked in the Arapahoe County Jail and Glendale police said it notified the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that Aleman-Olivas was a native of Mexico working in the United States illegally.
But ICE didn't seek a detainer for Aleman-Olivas and he was released from jail on Sept. 18 after posting a bond of $1,750.
His alleged victim said she wasn’t the least bit surprised when he didn’t show up to court Friday morning.
“I expected it. Why would you start following the law now?” she said.
She doesn’t understand why ICE didn’t put a hold on Aleman-Olivas.
“That’s a real concern, that you’re here illegally and you wouldn’t just immediately be taken back out of our country, especially that you`re here committing crimes against women,” she said.
Aleman-Olivas hasn't been tried, so we don't know if he's guilty of attempted sexual assault. But one thing's for sure -- the Obama administration has a pretty poor track record of dealing with criminal illegal aliens. In Fiscal Year 2013, ICE released more than 36,000 criminal aliens back into the United States, including 193 convicted of homicide, 426 sexual assault offenders and 1,075 convicted of aggravated assault. The next year, the agency released another 30,000 criminal aliens.
According to one report by the Washington Times, 121 illegal alien murderers were released by ICE between 2010 and 2014, only to commit more killings after their release.
And, as MRCTV recently reported, nearly half of illegal alien unaccompanied minors fail to show up for their final court hearing.