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Many of the ‘worst’ arrested by ICE in Rochester were from other states
The DHS list of 18 alleged top offenders includes many charged outside Minnesota with mismatched federal convictions and custody discrepancies, raising due process concerns.
- A U.S. Department of Homeland Security website lists 18 people as the 'worst of the worst' taken into custody in Rochester, including at least five transferred from the Federal Medical Center.
- Julia Decker, policy director at the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, said the DHS list lacks case numbers and dates of birth, and eight people charged solely with illegal re-entry have mismatched charges listed.
- Local records show Vele's convictions include stealing from a Rochester firearms store and recent Olmsted County driving offenses.
- Requests for comment to DHS and the Federal Medical Center were not immediately returned, and only one of the 18 has been charged in Olmsted County, raising jurisdictional questions.
- The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota has shifted resources to humanitarian aid and removal defense as overwhelmed institutions strain case management and complicate removal hearings after transfer to ICE detention facilities.
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Many of the ‘worst’ arrested by ICE in Rochester were from other states
ROCHESTER — How did a man accused of being a drug cartel hit man suspected of two murders in Chihuahua, Mexico, end up in Rochester, Minnesota? Cesar Contreras-Orosco was in federal custody at the Federal Medical Center. Like Contreras-Orosco, nearly all of Rochester’s “worst” cases are from outside of Minnesota. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security website lists 18 people as the “worst of the worst” offenders who were reportedly taken into cu…
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