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Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett's office refused 90% of ICE requests to keep accused deportable criminals in the Dane County Jail so far this year, despite claiming he cooperates with ICE in an unhinged politicized rant timed with a Kamala Harris visit, according to dozens of records obtained by Wisconsin Right Now through an open records request. In 44 of 49 ICE detainer hold requests, Barrett's department "declined to hold" the accused illegal criminals for ICE. Most of the few accepted holds involved federal judge's orders for illegal entry charges. Many of the rejected holds involve extremely serious felonies, including an attempted homicide; a child rape case; a carjacking; violence against women, including strangulation; stalking; and repeat drunk drivers, including one facing a 6th offense. If you count the 5 cases listed by the Sheriff's Department as dismissed/dropped, Barrett's rejected percentage is 81%. Some of the detainers for those ...

Manuel Antonio Herrera-Hernandez is accused of shooting a man multiple times in a remote Oconto County Park. A major drug investigation in Brown County, Wisconsin, subsequently revealed that he is affiliated with the Jalisco "New Generation Drug Cartel” in Mexico and was an "illegal Mexican national," according to Oconto County Sheriff Todd Skarban. The criminal complaint said authorities confiscated large amounts of meth, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl during the investigation. Starting on Sept. 25 and through the presidential election, we have been telling readers about different inmates with ICE detainers who are accused of committing serious crimes in Wisconsin. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes . FILE #17 The Defendant: Manuel Antonio Herrera-Hernandez [caption id="attachment_309785" align="alignleft" width="219"] Manuel Herrera-Hernandez[/caption] The Jail: Oconto County Jail The Charges: 1st Degree Intenti...

Starting on Sept. 25 and through the presidential election, we have been telling readers about different inmates with ICE detainers who are accused of committing serious crimes in Wisconsin. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes . FILE #16 The Defendant: Obilio Thomas Sargento Robrelo [caption id="attachment_309723" align="alignleft" width="101"] Obilio Thomas Sargento Robrelo[/caption] The Jail: Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility in Little Rock, Arkansas (held on fugitive arrest for Wisconsin authorities) The Charges: Hit and Run resulting in death (felony). Faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted Date and Place of Offense: October 25, 2024, in the Town of Gillett, Oconto County, Wisconsin [caption id="attachment_309781" align="alignleft" width="248"] Retired Green Bay Police Officer Tom Roberts[/caption] The Victim: Retired Green Bay Police Officer Tom Roberts (serv...

"It's appalling, and the press hasn't spoken enough about it," - Eric Hovde. A top border expert says that the U.S. government is facilitating "taxpayer-funded trafficking" by sending unaccompanied migrant children to unvetted homes where they are sexually abused, and a growing number are ending up in Wisconsin. Dr. Jarrod Sadulski, who has two decades of experience in federal law enforcement, told an audience in Pewaukee that the Biden/Harris administration is "sending children to unvetted sponsors. They are delivering children to people who are trafficking them. This is happening. And this is happening in Wisconsin. The cartels move these children." The cartels also give the children new identities and tell them who to name as their sponsors, he said. More than 300,000 unaccompanied minors are unaccounted for, he said. The government sent 774 such kids to Wisconsin homes this year through September 30, a number that rose from 98 in 2018,...

Walter Ismael Garcia Lazo, a Nicaraguan citizen with an ICE detainer, repeatedly raped a 6-year-old girl in Adams County, carrying her into her mother's bed, according to a criminal complaint. Be forewarned that the complaint is extremely graphic and disturbing. From Sept. 25 through the presidential election, we are telling you about non-citizens currently in a Wisconsin jail who are accused of committing a horrific crime. ICE placed immigration detainers on each of them. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes . Real victims, communities, and taxpayers are paying the price of weak Biden/Harris border policies, which are abetted by politicians like U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Every state is a border state. FILE #15 [caption id="attachment_294635" align="alignleft" width="195"] Walter Ismael Garcia Lazo[/caption] The Defendant: Walter Ismael Garcia Lazo The Jail: Adams County, Wisconsin The Charges: 1ST DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A...

Jose Angel Hernandez-Pineda, identified by a Mexican passport, admitted selling 10+ kilograms of cocaine in the Brown County area within the past 6 months, according to a criminal complaint. Drug agents found a gun and cocaine in his apartment in Bellevue, in Brown County. Hernandez-Pineda told investigators he got a phone call from Mexico about drugs. He last had a job “a long time ago.” From Sept. 25 through the presidential election, we are telling you about a non-citizen currently in a Wisconsin jail who is accused of committing a horrific crime. ICE placed immigration detainers on each of them. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes . Real victims, communities, and taxpayers are paying the price of weak Biden/Harris border policies, which are abetted by politicians like U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Every state is a border state. FILE #14 The Defendant: JOSE ANGEL HERNANDEZ-PINEDA [caption id="attachment_294309" align="alignleft" width="21...

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to arrest “special interest aliens,” primarily men from countries of foreign concern. That includes Iran, a U.S. State Department designated State Sponsor of Terrorism. Texas DPS first sounded the alarm about increasing arrests of SIAs last month, The Center Square first reported . In the past week, DPS troopers have arrested dozens of SIAs, Texas DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez said in a series of social media posts . SIAs are noncitizens who, based “on an analysis of travel patterns,” are “known or evaluated to possibly have a nexus to terrorism” who “potentially poses a national security risk to the United States,” the U.S. Department of Homeland Security explains. Having an SIA designation does not necessarily mean the individual is a terrorist, but their travel pattern “indicates a possible nexus to nefarious activity (including terrorism) and, at ...

Mario Paguada Cruz is accused of leading Stoughton, Wisconsin, police on a high-speed pursuit that spanned 11 miles and reached top speeds of 116 MPH in a stolen car. He produced a Guatemalan passport and is held in the Dane County jail on an ICE detainer. A competency hearing is now scheduled in his case. He has never had a valid Wisconsin driver's license. Each day, from Sept. 25 through the presidential election, we'll expose a non-citizen currently in a Wisconsin jail who is accused of committing a horrific crime. ICE placed immigration detainers on them. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes. Weak Biden/Harris border policies on immigration, aided and abetted by politicians like U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, have caused heightened attention to the issue. Every state is a border state. FILE #12 The Accused: Mario Paguada Cruz [caption id="attachment_212028" align="alignleft" width="225"] Mario Paguada Cruz[/caption] Mario Pa...

Twenty-five Republican governors want to know how many illegal foreign nationals have been flown into their states by a Biden-Harris administration plan they argue is burdening their residents and creating an unsafe environment. Those being flown in have arrived through more than a dozen parole programs created by U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The governors only inquired about one: the CHNV parole program, created to fast track previously inadmissible citizens of Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela moving into the country. According to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, 530,000 CHNV parolees were released into the country in the past year, in addition to 813,000 foreign nationals processed into the country from all over the world through a CBP One app . Attorneys general from multiple states sued to stop them, arguing they are illegal. The U.S. House impeached Mayorkas for them and other actions they argue created the border crisis...

Martin G. Garcia Leal is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl while her mom was at work in Burlington, Wisconsin. There is an ICE detainer holding Garcia Leal in the Racine County Jail. Each day, from Sept. 25 through the presidential election, we'll expose a non-citizen currently in a Wisconsin jail who is accused of committing a horrific crime. ICE placed immigration detainers on them. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes. Weak Biden/Harris border policies on immigration, aided and abetted by politicians like U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, have caused heightened attention to the issue. Every state is a border state. FILE #11 [caption id="attachment_293877" align="alignleft" width="191"] MARTIN G GARCIA LEAL[/caption] The Accused: Martin G. Garcia Leal Charges: 1ST DEGREE CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT - SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH A CHILD UNDER AGE 13; EXPOSING GENITALS Previous cases in Wisconsin: 2 counts of criminal disorderly conduct, ticket...

David Gonzalez-Benitez and Paulino Rivera are both being held on ICE detainers in the Dane County Jail. They are accused of beating and stabbing a man almost to the point of death outside a bar. The victim had lacerations all over his body, including to his liver, and was left to die in a parking lot, the criminal complaint says. Each day, from Sept. 25 through the presidential election, we tell you about a non-citizen currently in a Wisconsin jail who is accused of committing a horrific crime. ICE placed immigration detainers on each of them. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes. Real victims, communities, and taxpayers are paying the price of weak Biden/Harris border policies, which are abetted by politicians like U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Every state is a border state. FILE #10 The Accused: David Gonzalez-Benitez and Paulino Rivera [caption id="attachment_212002" align="alignleft" width="225"] David Gonzalez-Benitez[/caption] [capt...