By Samantha KammanChristian Post Reporter Thursday, September 05, 2024

An illegal immigrant accused of raping a 14-year-old girl and repeatedly stabbing a man during a robbery has been arrested in connection with the crimes just months after his release from custody at the southwest border, a congressional report claims.

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and its Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement released a report Tuesday detailing the actions of a 19-year-old Honduran national.

Critical of the immigration policies of the Biden-Harris administration, the report cited figures stating that the administration had released 5.6 million illegal immigrants into the United States in the last four years, and an additional 1.9 million had escaped into the country during that time.

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One of the millions of illegal immigrants released by the Biden-Harris administration was 19-year-old Honduran Angel Matias Castellanos-Orellana. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, encountered Castellanos-Orellana on October 6, 2023.

Castellanos-Orellana claimed he had no “credible fear” of being returned to his home country. However, he was released with a notice to appear in immigration court on an “Order of Release on Own Recognizance.”

The release was due to a reported lack of space, and the immigrant was instructed to report to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in New Orleans on November 7, 2023. According to the congressional report, the Department of Homeland Security data shows, that it had the space to stop Castellanos-Orellana.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement public affairs officer told The Christian Post that Castellanos-Orellana reported to the ERO New Orleans Field Office for his initial report on Nov. 7, 2023, and had no prior criminal record or arrests in the U.S. .

In February 2024, police in Kenner, Louisiana, arrested Castellanos-Orellana in connection with what the report described as the “brutal attack” of a 14-year-old girl and the stabbing of a man during a robbery.

Castellanos-Orellana was “charged with armed robbery, aggravated battery, first degree rape[,] and aggravated assault for the two incidents,” according to the report.

“The disastrous immigration policies of the Biden-Harris Administration have had real consequences for American citizens. The effects of those policies will be felt for years to come, with criminal aliens in American neighborhoods harming families and undermining public safety across the country.” the report of the committee stated.

“The victims of Castellanos-Orellana and their families will never be the same because the Biden-Harris Administration allowed the illegal alien to enter and remain in the Country,” the report continued. “Tragically, the victims of Castellanos-Orellana and their families are not alone.”

Last month, the committee and subcommittee released an 8-page report blaming the immigration policies of the Biden-Harris administration for the murder of Laken Riley. The 22-year-old nursing student was murdered while she was jogging in February. Her body was later discovered on the University of Georgia campus.

The man arrested for the murder of the 22-year-old woman, Jose Antonio Ibarra, entered the country illegally through El Paso, Texas, on September 8, 2022. The DHS also cited detainability as the reason for Ibarra's release; however, the report argued that the agency's data showed that it could have arrested the immigrant.

“As a result of his release, Ibarra was free to commit crimes in the United States, including allegedly kidnapping and murdering Laken Riley in Georgia,” the committee and its subcommittee stated in the document.

Before Riley's murder, Ibarra and his brother, Diego, had also previously been charged with shoplifting from Walmart. Despite previous encounters with law enforcement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not file a detainer against Ibarra until after the killing.

“The information obtained by the Committee shows in stark terms the real consequences of the Biden-Harris Administration's failure to secure the border and enforce immigration law,” the report said. “Overall, the Committee's investigation into the criminal illegal aliens the Biden-Harris Administration has allowed into the United States exposes the widespread failure to adequately monitor, apprehend, detain, and remove illegal aliens.”