A CBS investigation confirms that illegal immigrants in Massachusetts charged with violent crimes — including child rape — are being released on low bail, often before ICE can detain them. The state’s laws make it nearly impossible for sheriffs to hold these individuals once bail is paid.
Key Facts:
- Illegal immigrants in Massachusetts have been released on low or no bail despite facing serious charges, including child rape and drug trafficking.
- ICE detainers were ignored in all reviewed cases; one suspect was released on his own recognizance.
- The 2017 Lunn v. Commonwealth ruling bars Massachusetts law enforcement from holding individuals based solely on ICE detainers.
- Worcester County Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis reported ICE detainers have tripled in recent years, with over 100 placed in 2024.
- Evangelidis supports a new bill that would allow sheriffs to hold ICE-targeted inmates for an extra 36 hours and factor in immigration status during bail hearings.
The Rest of The Story:
A month after former ICE Director Tom Homan publicly blasted Massachusetts law enforcement at CPAC for letting dangerous criminals walk free, local CBS affiliate WBZ dug into the state’s handling of ICE detainers.
They found numerous cases where illegal immigrants, including accused child rapists, were released on minimal bail.
Despite ICE issuing detainers, Massachusetts law prohibits holding someone solely on their immigration status after they’ve met bail conditions.
This stems from a 2017 state supreme court ruling that stripped local law enforcement of such authority.
As a result, even violent offenders are routinely released before ICE can act.
Judges, not police or sheriffs, decide bail, often ignoring immigration status.
Defense attorneys argue bail exists to ensure court appearances, not prolonged detention.
Yet, Sheriff Evangelidis and others argue that immigration status is vital to assessing flight risk — and they want that factor included when bail is set.
NEW: CBS looked into ICE Boston claims that illegal aliens charged w/ child rape in MA are repeatedly being released from jail w/ ridiculously low bail. They found that yes, they are, including the following in recent months:
– Guatemalan charged w/ 3 counts of aggravated child…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 23, 2025
Commentary:
This is lawlessness masquerading as criminal justice.
The people of Massachusetts are being put at risk by officials who are either too ideologically committed or too cowardly to do the right thing.
When a man charged with raping a child under 10 can walk free on $7,500 bail, the system is broken — not by accident, but by design.
Democrat-run states like Massachusetts claim compassion, but what compassion is shown to the victims?
What message does it send when a masked armed robber is turned loose with a GPS monitor and a pat on the back?
These are not minor crimes.
These are violent offenses against children and communities, and they are being swept aside in the name of political correctness.
ICE isn’t the villain here — they’re cleaning up the mess.
NEW: ICE Boston has arrested a Brazilian illegal alien gang member who was all smiles as he was taken into custody in Bellingham, MA. He was convicted of assaulting a MA resident, & he was released into the community by the Milford District Court, which ignored ICE’s detainer.… pic.twitter.com/f1awXUOx3o
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 23, 2025
But sheriffs and local officials, even when willing to cooperate, are blocked by laws written to benefit criminals over citizens.
What Massachusetts is doing is a betrayal of its residents.
The federal government should act.
No state that releases illegal alien child rapists back onto the streets should see another dime of federal funding.
The safety of American families must come before the convenience of open-border ideologues.
This isn’t a failure of the system — it is the system.
And anyone still voting for the people responsible has blood on their hands.
At some point, continuing to support these policies becomes a statement: you simply do not care about the safety of this country.
The Bottom Line:
Massachusetts courts are releasing illegal immigrants charged with violent crimes, often before ICE can intervene.
This is enabled by state laws that bar cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Until state and federal lawmakers change course, dangerous criminals will continue walking free — and the public will pay the price.
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