ICE Boston announces the arrest, deportation, of Dominican national after release on drug trafficking, assaulting police officer charges

BOSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today that they arrested an illegally present Dominican national charged with drug trafficking crimes and assaulting a police officer. Officers with ICE Boston arrested Daniel Encarnacion-Sanchez, 20, in Boston Feb. 7.

“Daniel Encarnacion-Sanchez illegally entered the United States and has been charged with trafficking poison in our Massachusetts community and assaulting an officer of the law,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “He represents a significant threat to our residents that we will not tolerate. ICE Boston remains dedicated to our mission to prioritize public safety by arresting and removing criminal alien threats from New England neighborhoods.”

U.S. Border Patrol arrested Encarnacion-Sanchez Nov. 21, 2023, after he illegally entered the United States. The Border Patrol served Encarnacion-Sanchez a notice to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge.

The Malden District Court arraigned Encarnacion-Sanchez Nov. 27, 2024, for trafficking a controlled substance and possession to distribute drugs.

ICE Boston lodged an immigration detainer against Encarnacion-Sanchez Dec. 3, 2024, with the Middlesex County House of Corrections.

The Boston Police Department arrested Encarnacion-Sanchez Feb. 6, and charged him with assault and battery on a police officer causing injury and trafficking drugs, heroin and crack. The next day, the Dorchester District Court, released Encarnacion-Sanchez on personal recognizance.

Officers with ICE Boston arrested Encarnacion-Sanchez, after release from Dorchester District Court in Boston Feb. 7.

ICE removed Encarnacion-Sanchez to the Dominican Republic March 16.