A Town Near You? ICE Reveals Locations of Convicted Murderers It Freed

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The 169 aliens with homicide-related convictions who were freed by ICE in 2013 were booked out of detention facilities in 24 different states, with the largest number in California, according to information provided to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). ICE records show that these convicted killers were associated with 96 different cities and towns across America. The city with the largest concentration was Miami, with seven convicted murderers freed by ICE, followed by Los Angeles with six.

Red Points: Zip Codes of Released Convicted Murderers
Blue Squares: Final Book Out Detention Center for the Releases (Not all locations are exact)
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ICE provided the information to Sen. Grassley in response to concerns based on a CIS report revealing that ICE freed 36,007 aliens with criminal convictions in 2013, an occurrence that Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) called “the worst prison break in history.” Sen. Grassley asked ICE for more details, particularly on the 169 criminal aliens with homicide convictions, including the reason for release, the location of release, and the zip code of the alien’s last known address.

First, it must be noted that the original ICE document enumerating the 36,007 releases indicates that the count of criminal aliens with homicide convictions is 193, not 169. It is not clear why ICE did not provide information to Sen. Grassley on all 193 homicide-conviction releases.

ICE states that 154 of the 169 aliens with homicide-related convictions were freed because of a court order, leaving nine releases that were at ICE’s discretion. This contradicts an earlier ICE statement saying that about one-fourth of the releases (or about 48) were discretionary.

Some of the court-ordered releases are the so-called Zadvydas cases, where ICE must release or anticipates being ordered to release an alien because the alien’s country refuses to cooperate in the deportation process. Others are likely the result of a Ninth Circuit ruling allowing for bond hearings for aliens whose detention lasts for six months.

ICE says that the discretionary releases were due to “eligibility for bond” or “deteriorated health or advanced age”, without providing details or numbers.

ICE does not specify how many, if any, of the homicide convicts have been removed from the country. It states that only 131 have been issued a final order of removal, and that one of the freed convicts was granted voluntary departure. That individual is the only one that ICE says has left the country. This gives the impression that the rest of the homicide convicts who were freed are still at large somewhere in the United States.

ICE’s response follows on an internal audit report on ICE’s botched case management that resulted in the release of 2,226 detainees in February 2013. Most of those releases occurred in Texas and Arizona.

The following is a listing of the cities and towns associated with the freed aliens with homicide-related convictions in 2013, which are shown in red on the map. ICE also provided a list of the detention centers from which the aliens were released, which are shown in blue on the map.


Cities and Towns Associated with Convicted Murderers Freed by ICE in 2013

(Note: This list is derived from the list of zip codes provided by ICE that were associated with the criminal alien’s last known address. This information was not available for every released alien. In addition, there could be more than one convict associated with a zip code.)

                               Alaska (2)                                
                                 Anchorage2                               
                                                                
                               Arizona (3)                                
                                 Phoenix1                               
                                 Buckeye1                               
                                 Tucson1                               
                                                                
                               California (48)                                
                                 Los Angeles6                               
                                 Pomona3                               
                                 San Jose3                               
                                 Glendale2                               
                                 Sacramento2                               
                                 Beverly Hills1                               
                                 Huntington Park1                               
                                 San Pedro1                               
                                 Montrose1                               
                                 Pacoima1                               
                                 Reseda1                               
                                 Burbank1                               
                                 N. Hollywood1                               
                                 Chino Hills1                               
                                 S. El Monte1                               
                                 La Puenta1                               
                                 Rosemead1                               
                                 Oceanside1                               
                                 Vista1                               
                                 Adelanto1                               
                                 Murrieta1                               
                                 Irvine1                               
                                 Westminster1                               
                                 Anaheim1                               
                                 Fullerton1                               
                                 Garden Grove1                               
                                 Corona1                               
                                 Oxnard1                               
                                 Batton Willow1                               
                                 Fresno1                               
                                 San Francisco1                               
                                 Antioch1                               
                                 Hayward1                               
                                 Emeryville1                               
                                 Stockton1                               
                                 Rancho Cordova1                               
                                 Tahoe City1                               
                                                                
                               Florida (23)                                
                                 Miami7                               
                                 Hialeah3                               
                                 Homestead2                               
                                 Lake Worth2                               
                                 Tallahassee1                               
                                 Oviedo1                               
                                 Pembroke Pines1                               
                                 Opa-locka1                               
                                 Ft. Lauderdale1                               
                                 W. Palm Beach1                               
                                 Delray Beach1                               
                                 St. Petersburg1                               
                                 Naples1                               
                                                                
                               Georgia (7)                                
                                 Atlanta3                               
                                 Lawrenceville1                               
                                 Norcross1                               
                                 Mableton1                               
                                 Newnan1                               
                                                                
                               Illinois (2)                                
                                 Plainfield1                               
                                 Springfield1                               
                                                                
                               Iowa (2)                                
                                 Des Moines1                               
                                 Sioux City1                               
                                                                
                               Kentucky (1)                                
                                 Louisville1                               
                                                                
                               Louisiana (2)                                
                                 Kenner1                               
                                 Baton Rouge1                               
                                                                
                               Maryland (1)                                
                                 Owings Mills1                               
                                                                
                               Michigan (1)                                
                                 Pontiac1                               
                                                                
                               Minnesota (5)                                
                                 Minneapolis2                               
                                 St. Paul1                               
                                 Mankato1                               
                                 Willmar1                               
                                                                
                               Nevada (2)                                
                                 Reno2                               
                                                                
                               New York (15)                                
                                 Bronx5                               
                                 Brooklyn3                               
                                 Manhattan2                               
                                 Staten Island1                               
                                 Ridgewood1                               
                                 Queens Village1                               
                                 Jamaica1                               
                                 Syracuse1                               
                                                                
                               North Carolina (4)                                
                                 Charlotte2                               
                                 Durham1                               
                                 Wingate1                               
                                                                
                               Ohio (2)                                
                                 Columbus1                               
                                 N. Olmsted1                               
                                                                
                               Oklahoma (1)                                
                                 Gate1                               
                                                                
                               Oregon (2)                                
                                 Fairview1                               
                                 Portland1                               
                                                                
                               Pennsylvania (3)                                
                                 Sharon1                               
                                 Allentown1                               
                                 Philadelphia1                               
                                                                
                               Texas (4)                                
                                 Houston2                               
                                 Cypress1                               
                                 Katy1                               
                                                                
                               Virginia (2)                                
                                 Alexandria2                               
                                                                
                               Washington (1)                                
                                 Seattle1                               
                                                                
                               Wisconsin (1)                                
                                 Milwaukee1                               
                                                                
                               Total134      

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