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After slaying, county wonders who freed illegal immigrant murder suspect

Prison bars and a hallway. (txking via Shutterstock) **FILE**

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Carlos E. Corrales-Ramirez was wanted in connection with a stabbing in
Laurel, Maryland, in February and was arrested a month later by the
Border Patrol near the border with Canada.

Authorities in New York are wondering why the 20-year-old Honduran
illegal immigrant was free in their community on Saturday when, they
say, he stabbed and killed another man.

The Border Patrol says it caught Mr. Corrales-Ramirez near Champlain in
March and turned him over to the New York State Police. State police
said they sent him to the Clinton County Jail to be extradited to
Maryland, but court records show Maryland still has an active warrant,
indicating he never made it that far.

The case has reignited questions about the porous border, sanctuary
cities and their role in crime.

“We want some answers here,” Rensselaer County Executive Steven F.
McLaughlin told The Washington Times on Tuesday. “One of my constituents
was murdered by somebody that was already caught. … We don’t know really
anything other than he was apprehended and somehow not sitting in jail
or not deported.”

Answers are in short supply.

The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office was looking into the matter on
Tuesday. So were police in Laurel, where Mr. Corrales-Ramirez faces
charges of assault and reckless endangerment after a 23-year-old man was
stabbed near a 7-Eleven last winter.

Mr. Corrales-Ramirez is being held in Rensselaer County in connection
with the slaying of Jario J. Hernandez-Sanchez, 28, on Saturday.

Troy police haven’t divulged many details besides the suspect’s name and
his arrest on Sunday in the same general neighborhood where Mr.
Hernandez-Sanchez was killed. Police said they were trying to determine
a motive and a timeline.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, New York Republican and chair of the House
Republican Conference, said blame for the “now deadly immigration crisis
in New York” lies with President Biden, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York
City Mayor Eric Adams, all Democrats.

“We must immediately secure our borders and stop incentivizing illegal
immigration to prevent further tragedies like this from occurring,” Ms.
Stefanik said in a statement.

She said legislation that cleared the Republican-led House would stiffen
border controls, and she urged Democrats, who control the Senate, to
pass the bill and send it to Mr. Biden.

It’s not clear when Mr. Corrales-Ramirez first entered the country, and
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn’t respond to a request for
his immigration history.

Given his age, he may have come to the U.S. as part of the Biden border
surge or entered as part of the ongoing surge of illegal immigrant
children. That population has bedeviled authorities, who are required to
deliver the most lenient treatment despite deep concerns about gang ties
and other assimilation issues.

Jessica Vaughan, policy studies director at the Center for Immigration
Studies, said Mr. Corrales-Ramirez’s case should be “very concerning.”

“It’s easy to understand why the Rensselaer officials are so upset,” she
said. “A dangerous illegal alien has repeatedly and apparently easily
managed to stay a step ahead of police and Border Patrol and arrived to
threaten public safety in their community. More and more are arriving in
New York City, thanks to the open border, and overflowing into upstate
New York. Other upstate communities should be preparing for how to
handle that overflow and the inevitable problems because there is no end
in sight.”

Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol,
confirmed Tuesday that it apprehended Mr. Corrales-Ramirez in March as
an illegal immigrant. When agents ran his information, they found the
warrant from Maryland and turned him over to New York.

State police said he was processed and turned over to Clinton County for
extradition.

Mr. McLaughlin, the Rensselaer County executive, said his jurisdiction
is the only one in the state that cooperates with ICE through a 287(g)
agreement, which checks the identities of people booked into jail
against federal databases to determine whether they are deportable.

“My call has always been to other counties, ‘What is wrong with you? Why
are you not stepping up and at least running them through the database
when they’re already in jail?” Mr. McLaughlin told The Times.

New York has also become a hot destination for illegal immigrants
showing up at the southern border. Drawn by New York City’s promises of
free housing and health care, they have overwhelmed resources. The city
has been pushing out the illegal immigrants to other regions of the state.

Ms. Hochul and the Biden administration have been chiding each other
over the situation, though both sides are focused less on cutting the
flow of people and more on exploring ways to welcome them and set them
up to support themselves faster.

Mr. McLaughlin said he was seeking answers from the governor about the
slaying in his county, and he warned other counties to brace themselves.

“Sadly, this is not going to be an isolated incident across this
country,” he said.

Jessica Vaughan, policy studies director at the Center for Immigration
Studies, said Mr. Corrales-Ramirez’s case should be “very concerning.”

“It’s easy to understand why the Rensselaer officials are so upset,” she
said. “A dangerous illegal alien has repeatedly and apparently easily
managed to stay a step ahead of police and Border Patrol and arrived to
threaten public safety in their community. More and more are arriving in
New York City, thanks to the open border, and overflowing into upstate
New York. Other upstate communities should be preparing for how to
handle that overflow and the inevitable problems because there is no end
in sight.”

Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol,
confirmed Tuesday that it apprehended Mr. Corrales-Ramirez in March as
an illegal immigrant. When agents ran his information, they found the
warrant from Maryland and turned him over to New York.

State police said he was processed and turned over to Clinton County for
extradition.

Mr. McLaughlin, the Rensselaer County executive, said his jurisdiction
is the only one in the state that cooperates with ICE through a 287(g)
agreement, which checks the identities of people booked into jail
against federal databases to determine whether they are deportable.

“My call has always been to other counties, ‘What is wrong with you? Why
are you not stepping up and at least running them through the database
when they’re already in jail?” Mr. McLaughlin told The Times.

New York has also become a hot destination for illegal immigrants
showing up at the southern border. Drawn by New York City’s promises of
free housing and health care, they have overwhelmed resources. The city
has been pushing out the illegal immigrants to other regions of the state.

Ms. Hochul and the Biden administration have been chiding each other
over the situation, though both sides are focused less on cutting the
flow of people and more on exploring ways to welcome them and set them
up to support themselves faster.

Mr. McLaughlin said he was seeking answers from the governor about the
slaying in his county, and he warned other counties to brace themselves.

“Sadly, this is not going to be an isolated incident across this
country,” he said.

• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

delhuntman
3h
Biden should be arrested and charged with crimes against humanity, he
allowed the Cartels to run our borders.

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SaveOurFuture
4h
Edited
Go down to any McDonalds in PG County, Maryland (Laurel, Hyattsville) on
a Saturday night. Illegals from all over will tell you straight out the
gangs are fighting for turf. Everything from drugs, protection money
from immigrant business owners and families. Rights to collect $$$ owed
to the cartels--- all of it's on the line. I've listened in shock as
tree cutters (unskilled, easy work, $$$) have shared stories how cartels
are forcing their girlfriends into prostitution to pay back the cartels
for bringing them into the United States. Somebody has to COLLECT that
money to send it home to Meixco or wherever. Young men freely admit
their friends on the road are getting shot & killed here, in
Pennsylvania. Anywhere there's a large contingent of Mexicans. The
Cartels are running their lives. And killing them to show how cheap
their lives are.