The Department of Homeland (DHS) slammed a federal judge in Louisiana Wednesday for ordering the release of four illegal immigrants, including ones with attempted murder and child sex crime convictions, from an ICE detention facility.
The four men all have disturbing rap sheets and have been released from ICE’s “Louisiana Lockup” at Angola Prison in accordance with the judge’s order, according to DHS.
“Judge John deGravelles, appointed by Barack Obama, released FOUR violent criminals back onto American communities, and unfortunately, the ramifications will only be the continued rape, murder, assault, and robbery of more American victims,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
The released individuals are:
Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, an Ethiopian national who was issued a final order of removal in September of 2024 and has a previous conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor, according to DHS.
Luis Gaston-Sanchez, described by the DHS as an illegal immigrant from Cuba with convictions for homicide, assault, resisting an officer, concealing stolen property and two counts of robbery, who had been issued his final order of removal in September 2001.
Ricardo Blanco Chomat, also from Cuba, and previously convicted of homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault with a firearm, burglary, robbery, larceny, and selling cocaine, according to DHS. An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal in March 2002.
Francisco Rodriguez-Romero, who is from Cuba as well, also has a previous homicide conviction along with a weapons offense, the department said, noting that his final order of removal was issued way back in May 1995.
Verite News, a nonprofit news outlet in New Orleans, reported that Rodriguez-Romero had been convicted of “involuntary manslaughter,” and the most serious convictions involving Gaston-Sanchez and Chomat were attempted murder charges.
An immigrant rights group representing the four men did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
deGravelles found that the Trump administration detained the migrants “unlawfully,” writing that detention longer than six months is “constitutionally suspect” and that “their deportation is not reasonably foreseeable.
DHS noted that despite the “historic number of rulings from activist judges,” the department is “working rapidly and overtime to remove these aliens from detentions centers to their final destination — home.”
“Releasing these monsters is inexcusably reckless,” McLaughlin said. “President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing the law and arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country.
“We are applying the law as written. If an immigration judge finds an illegal alien has no right to be in this country, we are going to remove them. Period.”
