Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


Federal Immigration Officials Detain Registered Sex Offender

by Associated Press

   RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA --

   Federal immigration officials say they arrested an immigrant who is in
   the U.S. illegally after a sheriff declined their request to keep the
   registered sex offender in custody.

   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says Raleigh-based agents
   arrested Udiel Aguilar-Castellanos at his Carrboro, North Carolina,
   residence Monday. ICE discovered he was a sex offender when he
   registered with Orange County on July 11. He is being held at the
   Stewart Detention center in Lumpkin, Georgia.

   On June 27, Aguilar-Castellanos pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual
   battery of an 11-year-old girl and was released the same day.

   ICE says the Orange County Sheriff's Office refused to enforce an
   immigration detainer filed in 2017 and failed to notify the agency of
   Aguilar-Castellanos' release. The sheriff's office was not immediately
   available for comment.