The Trump administration is now involved in the case of an illegal immigrant who is set to be released more than six years early from a California jail.
Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano was recently granted early release after being convicted of killing a California couple in a crash while driving intoxicated in 2021.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed a detainer on the illegal immigrant, and he will immediately be transferred into ICE custody, the agency confirmed on Wednesday.
“Twice deported illegal alien from Mexico, Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, is serving time after being convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, which resulted in the deaths of an American couple,” ICE said in a statement on X. “His previous criminal convictions include burglary in 2005, vehicle theft in 2007, and battery on a spouse with kidnapping in 2014. After serving just three years of a 10-year sentence, ICE has placed a detainer with the California Department of Corrections upon his release.”…