ICE begins new, nationwide effort to arrest illegal aliens at immigration hearings
Sources in the DHS tell Fox News Digital that ICE officers are starting to arrest illegal immigrants when they make court appearances for asylum hearings.
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A Colombian national in the U.S. illegally is now staring down decades in federal prison after she allegedly collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in public assistance and allegedly cast a ballot in the 2024 election.
According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Lina Maria Orovio-Hernandez, 59, has managed to live in the U.S. illegally for more than two decades after she assumed a stolen identity. Through that stolen ID, she allegedly obtained nine other state IDs, including a REAL ID from Massachusetts. She also applied for a U.S. passport, claiming to be a citizen born in Puerto Rico, court documents said.
That alleged stolen identity also provided Orovio-Hernandez access to various public assistance programs. In all, she has been accused of stealing more than $400,000 in improper benefits: nearly 15 years' worth of Section 8 rental assistance totaling $259,589; more than a decade of Social Security benefits worth $101,257; and almost 20 years of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits worth another $43,348, the DOJ press release claimed.
Bring the hammer down very hard.