A migrant sex offender in the country illegally was nabbed in the city by federal immigration officials – weeks after he finished a jail stint for molesting a child and walked free, authorities said.
Raymond Rojas Basilio, 36, was arrested at his Queens home Tuesday, nearly three months after he finished a short sentence on a conviction for molesting a child under 11 years old, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement.
Basilio — a Mexican national who has illegally crossed into the US numerous times for decades — had been in prison since his arrest in August 2023, and was released on Sept. 20 after serving 60 days in prison, records show.
He was also briefly detained on Nov. 13, but it is unclear why.
ICE said the city cut him loose before they were able to file a detainer request, and blamed local sanctuary policies for why they weren’t notified that the sex offender was being let loose.