Federal immigration authorities have arrested three Portuguese girls residing within the U.S. illegally who’re additionally charged in reference to the dying of a Rhode Island toddler.
Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the ladies — ages 32, 25 and 22 — on Feb. 17 in Pawtucket.
The trio had been initially arrested on Feb. 11 by the Pawtucket Police Department on suspicion of the dying of a 1-year-old boy, which allegedly occurred below their care.
The girls had been charged with little one endangerment, however posted bail following their arraignment and had been launched by the sixth Division District Court of Rhode Island. Pawtucket police additionally arrested the boy’s alleged 25-year-old father, who’s being held on the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, Rhode Island.
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He is charged with manslaughter, three counts of second diploma little one abuse, and little one endangerment. None of the suspects had been recognized.
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested three unlawfully current Portuguese nationals who had been not too long ago charged with little one endangerment following the dying of a kid. (ICE)
“The alleged crimes of these unlawfully present individuals resulted in the death of an innocent child,” stated ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons. “Those who commit crimes against children must be held accountable. Unlawfully present foreign nationals posing a danger to our New England communities cannot expect to escape the consequences of their actions.”
Pawtucket police responded to a house for an emergency name and located the boy unresponsive with “significant bruising” on his face, ICE stated. He was later pronounced lifeless at a hospital.
One of the Portuguese girls arrived within the U.S. in 1998 on a vacationer visa, however overstayed for greater than 25 years, ICE stated. The different two arrived within the U.S. below a visa waiver program — one in 2016, and the opposite in March 2022.
Both violated the visa and likewise remained within the nation longer than allowed, authorities stated.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE.
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