The New York City Department of Corrections and the New York Police Department refused to detain a Venezuelan national despite his alleged five-month crime spree after entering the country illegally, including allegedly assaulting an NYPD officer, federal immigration officials said.
On Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers with a special fugitive operation team arrested 21-year-old Brayan Freites-Macias at his residence in New York City.
