By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): A Belizean national has been taken into custody by United States immigration authorities, according to a post shared by ICE’s New Orleans field office.
In the post, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it had arrested Dawn Delone Higinio, whom the agency described as an illegal alien from Belize. ICE stated that her criminal history includes arrests for felony forgery, felony larceny, and felony fraud relating to the illegal use of credit cards.
It is important to note that the agency’s post refers to arrests, not convictions. An arrest is an allegation and not proof of guilt, and the post does not make clear whether any of the listed matters resulted in a conviction. As with anyone facing such claims, Higinio is entitled to the presumption of innocence.
The arrest appears to be part of a wider immigration enforcement effort by US authorities, which has seen ICE field offices regularly publicize the detention of noncitizens said to have criminal histories. The agency has indicated that its focus is on locating and removing people it considers to be in the country unlawfully, and several of those detained in recent months have been nationals of countries across the region.
Few additional details about Higinio’s case have been made public, including how long she had been living in the United States or what stage her immigration proceedings have reached. People detained by ICE are typically held pending removal proceedings, which can ultimately result in deportation.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff (HP): A Belizean national has been taken into custody by United States immigration authorities, according to a post shared by ICE’s New Orleans field office. In the post, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it had arrested Dawn Delone Higinio, whom the agency described as an illegal alien from Belize.
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