DHS Calls on Mecklenburg County to Honor ICE Detainer for Previously Deported Man Charged With Burglary and Rape
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on November 10 called on sanctuary politicians in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to honor a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer for Richard Calix-Valle, an illegal alien from Honduras arrested for first-degree burglary and second-degree forcible rape. ICE lodged the detainer on October 19, and Calix-Valle is being held in the Mecklenburg County Jail.
DHS said Calix-Valle first entered the United States illegally through Texas in 2014, received a final order of removal on December 8, 2016, and has been deported four times. From January 20, 2025, to November 1, 2026, North Carolina refused to honor 381 ICE detainers, 240 of them in Mecklenburg County, or 63% of the state total.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin called on sanctuary politicians across the country to honor ICE detainers and work with DHS to secure the homeland.
(Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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