An 18-year-old Haitian migrant who came to the United States through the Biden administration’s Humanitarian Parole Program is in police custody for allegedly molesting his 10-year-old neighbor. Akim Marc Desire was arrested in Mansfield, Massachusetts, last week and is facing several charges.
Last year, the Biden-Harris administration introduced a program to make it easier for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the United States legally. The program allowed up to 30,000 individuals from these countries to live and work in the U.S. for up to two years, pending a background check and securing an American sponsor.
Although the controversial program was discontinued this year after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) discovered that over 100,000 applications had been filed by thousands of “serial sponsors,” the DHS announced that the program is resuming after implementing a stronger vetting process.
According to Fox News, Desire arrived in the United States in June 2023. Despite arriving in the country lawfully, he was “unlawfully present” at the time of his arrest.
In addition to being charged with “indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14,” the 18-year-old migrant remains in Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
Speaking with Fox News, Todd M. Lyons, Boston ICE Field Office Director, said: “Akim Marc Desire allegedly victimized a minor member of our Massachusetts community. We cannot tolerate such potentially dire threat to the welfare of children in our community,” he continued, adding that Boston’s field office will continue to remove “non-citizen” offenders from the city.
Desire’s arrest comes on the heels of a similar case out of Massachusets where a 26-year-old Haitian migrant was arrested after raping a 15-year-old girl at a shelter in Rockland.
Alvarez entered the United States lawfully through the Biden-Harris administration’s Humanitarian Parole Program in June of last year but “violated the terms of his lawful attendance.”
Although Cory Bernard Alvarez was initially arrested by The Rockland Police Department in March for the “aggravated rape of a child,” he was released on a $500 bond after the Plymouth County Superior Court of Brockton rejected an immigration detainer lodged against him.
Detainers prevent criminal non-citizens from reoffending by allowing ICE officers to hold them in custody.
According to his lawyer, Brian Kelley, “Alverez was granted bail due to the inconsistencies in the evidence and the alleged victim’s version of events, lack of physical evidence, and [because] the surveillance did not support the claim.”
Despite his lawyer’s efforts, Alverez was apprehended by ICE on August 13 near his place of residence and remains in police custody.
