Sanctuary jurisdictions helped Cuban illegal alien with decades-long rap sheet, law enforcement cooperation in Florida will ensure his crime spree in America is over

MIAMI - ICE Miami took custody of Cuban criminal illegal alien Eledoro Valenzuela Rodriguez March 24 from the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he has pending charges for cocaine possession with intent to sell, being a felon possessing a firearm and ammunition, and trespassing.

Despite Valenzuela Rodriguez's final removal order from 1980, lenient sentences from sanctuary states New York and Maryland allowed this serial offender to keep preying on innocent people. He amassed numerous convictions and charges, including those for possession of controlled substances, weapon possession, dealing cocaine, marijuana possession, firearm possession by a convicted felon, trespassing and alcohol violations. These sanctuary politicians released this criminal from jail MULTIPLE times.

"Sanctuary policies protect criminals like Valenzuela Rodriguez and enable them to prey on generations of innocent Americans," said ICE Director Todd M. Lyons. "These policies don't make communities safer. They make enforcement more difficult and force federal officers into more dangerous - and more public - situations. ICE will continue to enforce the law, regardless of local politics."

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