Florida sheriff blames feds after illegal immigrant charged with sexually assaulting a child

A Florida sheriff is accusing the federal government of victimizing Americans after an illegal immigrant was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Palm Beach County.

The accused rapist is Marvin Dionel Perez Lopez, a Guatemalan national who crossed illegally from Mexico into the U.S. where he was apprehended by Border Patrol and released into the country with a court date in 2027, according to The Daily Wire.  

The alleged assault occurred earlier this month in Lake Worth, Florida. He is facing charges of kidnapping, sexually assaulting a minor, sexual assault of a victim under 12 years old, and resisting an officer without violence, according to CBS 12.

“Here’s a Guatemalan, who came into the country illegally, was stopped by [Border Patrol], released, and made his way to South Florida. And now he commits a crime where he held an 11-year-old girl against her will and sexually assaulted her,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said.

“We grabbed him. He’s confessed to the crime. So he’s gonna get tried for a capital crime before he even remotely thinks he’s gonna get deported. He’s gonna do the time here first,” Bradshaw added. “The federal government is victimizing the people who live in this country by letting these people in here.”

This was just another reminder of the price paid in this country for the open border and catch and release policies of the Biden administration. Earlier in the week, Jose Ibarra, another illegal immigrant released into the country, was officially indicted on felony murder and malice murder charges for allegedly killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley.