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A prime example of how the current administration has dropped the ball on border security just re-entered the headlines. Jorge Mario Ecute-Gonzalez, a 57-year-old Guatemalan ex-pat, recently found himself back in the hands of U.S. law enforcement after an extensive tour of the criminal justice system — all due to his apparent affinity for illegal re-entry and an alarming past that includes child molestation.
Ecute-Gonzalez’s saga first began when he legally entered the U.S. back in October 2001, a shining example of immigration done right, one might say. However, his legal status took a nosedive after he was convicted in 2017 for committing first-degree child molestation against a minor in Missouri. Who can fault the system for deciding to return him to his homeland after that? A judge ordered his deportation in 2020, and finally, like a bad penny, he was booted out of the country. But it appears that the allure of the American dream — or perhaps just a lack of common sense — led him to cross the border again in 2022.
Fast forward to 2023, and Ecute-Gonzalez was apprehended after sneaking back into the U.S. Casually re-entering a nation that previously deemed him too dangerous for its children, he was rounded up by Border Patrol agents in Texas. Operating under a notice to reinstate his previous deportation order, one can only speculate what goes through the mind of such a repeat offender. Maybe he thought he could just put on a disguise and walk right back in?
The good news is that justice is being served, albeit painfully slowly. Following his illegal pilgrimage back to America, the courts didn’t cut him any slack. A Texas judge slapped him with a 27-month prison sentence, along with three years of supervised release. Talk about a sobering wake-up call! This incident raises questions about how many other hoodlums may be brushing up against the law, only to meet limited resistance back at the border. Indeed, with a staggering 7 million migrants crossing the southern border during the Biden-Harris era, one has to wonder how many more like Ecute-Gonzalez are blending in seamlessly among the troublemakers.
Illegal Migrant Was Convicted Of Child Molestation, Deported And Then Came Back Into US https://t.co/dXxwpR9E9W via @DailyCaller
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And while ICE continues to scour the nation for sex offenders and various undesirables, they recently announced they’ve nabbed a record-breaking 161 noncitizen sex offenders just this year. However, the situation reflects a deeper issue that the current administration seems either unwilling or incapable of addressing. With rampant illegal re-entries and a growing list of criminal aliens, one has to question whether law enforcement is adequately equipped to deal with the ongoing border chaos.
Ecute-Gonzalez’s saga serves as just one more cautionary tale in a long line of how the U.S. immigration system is being bogged down by failures at multiple levels. The take-home lesson is clear: there’s a widening gap between the laws in place and the enforcement of those laws, and until that gap is closed, stories like this will continue to dominate the headlines, much to the chagrin of every sensible American.
