California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has agreed to help the Trump administration pursue federal charges against an illegal immigrant being freed early for killing a young couple in a horrific drunk driving crash.
Newsom’s office promised the state would comply with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer to ensure the killer, Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, does not end up back on US streets after his controversial early release.
“After being deported in 2013, this individual unlawfully re-entered the US & committed heinous crimes,” the governor’s office said in an X post.
“[California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] will again coordinate with ICE — as they have w/ 10,000+ inmates — to transfer him before release.”
It comes after news of the Mexican migrant’s potential early release sparked widespread outrage and fueled fears that California’s sanctuary policies could result in the perp ending back on the streets.
Ortega-Anguiano, 43, was convicted of vehicular manslaughter over the fiery 2021 wreck that left 19-year-old Anya Varfolomeev and her boyfriend Nicholay Osokin dead.
The victims’ families were alerted over the weekend that he would be eligible for release come July after serving just 3.5 years of his decade-long sentence.
Bilal Essayli, the US attorney for the Central District of California, quickly vowed to step in to keep the convicted migrant locked up.
“My office has filed a felony immigration charge against this defendant,” Essayli posted on X.
“He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted for 8 USC 1326,” he added, referring to the federal statute charging deported illegal migrants who reenter the US.
“If the State of California will not seek the full measure of justice against this individual, the Justice Deptartment will.”
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