ICE NEWARK NABS ACCUSED CHILD PREDATOR AFTER NYPD IGNORES DETAINER UNDER NYC SANCTUARY POLICY

ICE ERO Newark arrested Robert Reid Mendez Jimenez, a Dominican national accused of a child predatory offense, weeks after NYPD released him without honoring an ICE detainer under New York City’s sanctuary rules. ICE officials say intelligence-driven operations led to the arrest; the individual has a 2018 final order of removal and will remain in ICE custody pending removal. The case is being cited by ICE to highlight public-safety risks it attributes to local detainer non-cooperation in the NY region.