Trump vs. Massachusetts: Brazilian child rapist in home day care ICE flashpoint
The governor is being called out for the appalling episode of an illegal immigrant child rapist uncovered at a Cape Cod home day care It s a startling arrest Gov Maura Healey s administration argued Friday night that dates back to the waning months of the Biden presidency that s now being highlighted as Massachusetts Boston and sanctuary cities are targeted by the Trump administration This is truly an appalling story noted White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Friday afternoon We had a convicted child rapist who illegally entered our country under President Biden living in a home day care That is what Joe Biden s open borders did to our country Leavitt announced it s one scenario of various of sanctuary policies in Massachusetts that has ICE working hard in the Bay State A top ICE official just now notified the Herald the agency is preparing for a second surge in Greater Boston How plenty of more child rapists and convicted murderers are hiding in Massachusetts Leavitt added on the Howie Carr radio show Healey repeated that Massachusetts is not a sanctuary state A announcement Leavitt disagreed with adding that the Bay State is a magnet for an unbelievable amount of murderers and rapists sexual predators fleeing to Massachusetts knowing it is a sanctuary for them The state s right-to-shelter law that clearly drew asylum seekers here is undergoing vital changes the governor has explained This latest salvo from the Trump administration comes as grants from Harvard University to Boston are pulled or threatened The governor s organization hit back Friday night saying As a former prosecutor and Attorney General Governor Healey believes strongly that violent criminals should be deported A spokeswoman from the state Department of Early Mentoring and Care echoed that sentiment It is unacceptable that this child care provider lied about who was living in her household As soon as the Department of Early Teaching and Care was made aware that an individual arrested by the Biden Administration in October had been living with a child care provider we directly launched an assessment and closed the operation the Herald was notified The agency added that the provider had given false and misleading information and intentionally hid the rapist s presence from the agency She is no longer allowed to provide child care in Massachusetts According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE Brazilian national Andre Tiago Lucas ran from a nine-year sentence for rape of a -year-old girl and ended up the home that once doubled as a day care He was arrested in Bourne this past October and deported This Brazilian fugitive has been convicted of a heinous crime in his native country declared acting Field Office Director Patricia H Hyde of ERO Boston Rather than face the consequences for his actions he chose to flee falsely believing he could evade justice in Massachusetts Related Articles Worcester police union slams city councilor for aggression during ICE arrest Worcester Police arrest after assisting ICE agents with hostile crowd Alleged Massachusetts migrant shelter rapist fights bail hike Trump s immigration policies will cost Massachusetts billions experts say Trump on due process I don t know White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt AP Photo Jacquelyn Martin
