DHS officer pushes back on NBC report about illegal immigrant arrest

The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) on Wednesday pushed again on an area NBC Information affiliate’s report about an unlawful immigrant arrested in California.

On Saturday, NBC Bay Area reported that federal brokers arrested 42-year-old Gerardo in San Jose as he left for work.

“In keeping with the household’s Ring video, Gerardo was sitting in his black truck at 7:45 a.m., about to depart for his development website, when a number of individuals, who gave the impression to be federal brokers, approached his truck and yelled at him to get out,” the report mentioned.

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NBC Bay Space reported Saturday on the arrest of a 42-year-old unlawful immigrant exterior his house. (ICE)

It continued: “His spouse, Idalia, who claims to be a US citizen, ran to the truck to attempt to cease the arrest. She mentioned a girl, not in uniform, hit her 22-year-old daughter with a baton – nevertheless, the incident just isn’t captured within the footage.”

Nonetheless, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X that the native division had not reported full particulars in regards to the arrested suspect.

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“In fact, @NBCNews refuses to inform the American public that this unlawful alien from Mexico has a prison report that features: lewd and lascivious acts with a CHILD, assault on a partner, home violence, compensating for prostitution, crime reentry after elimination,” McLaughlin wrote.

In an extended assertion to Fox Information Digital, McLaughlin confirmed that ICE brokers had arrested Gerardo Rojas-Leyva, an unlawful immigrant from Mexico with a historical past of accidents. McLaughlin mentioned Rojas-Leyva failed to supply identification and resisted arrest, forcing an officer to deploy a Taser and handcuff him.

Tricia McLaughlin, deputy secretary of the Division of Homeland Safety, instructed Fox Information Digital that Gerardo Rojas-Leyva had a prison historical past. (DHS; ICE)

“Rojas-Leyva’s prison historical past contains lewd and lascivious acts with a baby 14 to fifteen years previous, inflicting bodily hurt to a partner/cohabitant, and proving compensation for prostitution,” McLaughlin mentioned. “Beneath President Trump and Secretary Noem, you’ll face the results if you happen to break the regulation. Prison unlawful aliens should not welcome within the US.”

Fox Information Digital contacted NBC for remark.

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McLaughlin repeatedly cited mainstream media experiences of ICE arrests. (AP Photograph/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)

McLaughlin beforehand attacked NBC over a report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers used a 5-year-old lady with autism to stress her father, an unlawful immigrant from Guatemala, to give up. She referred to as the report a “disgusting smear” of ICE brokers.

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“Remember the fact that these women and men of ICE are fathers and moms, and they’re little children. These are individuals who simply need to go house at evening to their households and serve our nice nation,” McLaughlin mentioned on Fox & Buddies.