SANCTUARY INSANITY: DHS Condemns Sanctuary Politicians in Washington State for Refusing ICE Detainer Against Convicted Child Molester

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after sanctuary politicians in Washington State refused to honor a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer for an illegal alien who had been convicted of child molestation.

On October 14, ICE lodged a detainer asking for Washington authorities to not release Leomar Alexander Lopez Zambrano, an illegal alien from Venezuela, who had been convicted on TWO counts of third-degree child molestation. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in Seattle, where he currently remains in custody.

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Leomar Alexander Lopez Zambrano

If Seattle sanctuary politicians continue to refuse the ICE detainer, Zambrano will be released back onto the streets without ICE being notified.

"This illegal alien has been convicted on TWO counts of child molestation, yet sanctuary politicians in Washington are refusing to honor the ICE detainer and hand this disgusting criminal over to us after he finishes his prison sentence," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "Sanctuary politicians care so much about illegal aliens that they'd rather release a convicted child molester than cooperate with federal law enforcement. DHS is calling on Washington authorities to honor this detainer and cooperate with us so we can make sure this pedophile can never again roam our streets and harm American children."

Zambrano illegally entered the United States through Texas in June 2023 and was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol. He was then RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration.