ICE lodges arrest detainer on accused El Salvadorian pedophile living in Massachusetts

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged an arrest detainer for Manuel Umana Solorzano, who they say is a criminal illegal alien and pedophile from El Salvador that is living in Massachusetts.

On Friday, Solorzano was arrested by local police and the U.S. Marshals Service. His charges include:

• Indecent Assault and Battery on a Child Under 14
• Possession of Child Pornography
• Reckless Endangerment of a Child
• Photographs of Sexual or Intimate Parts of Child
• Statutory Rape of Child with a Five-Year Age Difference
• Rape of a Child with Force
• Lascivious Posing or Exhibition of a Child in the Nude
• Resisting Arrest

Solorzano entered the country at an unknown date and location and without inspection by an immigration officer.

“This pedophile should have never been in our country. ICE lodged an arrest detainer to ensure local authorities don’t release this creep back into American neighborhoods,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Unfortunately, far too often sanctuary states like Massachusetts refuse to honor detainers to turn these criminal illegal aliens over to ICE. Instead, they release child predators and other violent criminals back into our neighborhoods. President Trump and Secretary Noem will continue to do everything in their power to remove pedophiles from our country and protect America’s children.”

Much has been made recently concerning immigration detainers. According to Boston 25 News, Massachusetts sheriffs say under state law, they don’t have the power to hold an inmate with a detainer until the feds come to pick them up.

“We have violent offenders here who are illegal. Yet they could get bailed out this afternoon. We have no ability to hold them, beyond their release. We can call ICE, but they may not be able to get here in time. Or they may not be here for hours. We have no authority to hold them,” said Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis.