Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, playground of the rich and famous, hit by immigrant crime

Recent arrests of illegal immigrants on the islands Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts It has caught the attention of the country.

Over the past month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made at least six arrests on the islands as part of a broader operation to apprehend suspected illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes, particularly in coastal towns. Biden and the Obama families.

“I think a lot of people are concerned about the violent illegal population. … The biggest thing is, if they’re here illegally, you don’t know anyone’s background. Legal immigrants will even discuss that,” Nantucket GOP chairman Toby Brown told Fox News Digital.

Most of the immigrants on this idyllic island off the coast of Cape Cod, including some who reside there illegally, are good, active members of society, Brown said. But residents remain concerned about those fleeing violent pasts in their home countries.

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“It’s such a small island that I see things getting a little worse on Nantucket,” he said, although he noted that there are multiple reasons why crime and poverty have increased on the island in recent years.

These are issues that seem to be largely avoided by the ultra-wealthy islanders, he said.

“I think the ultra-rich summer people don’t see the same thing as someone who lives here locally.”

— Toby Brown

“Once again, they’re on big land. And unfortunately, on Nantucket, the mainstream press, for the most part, wants people to think that this place is still like Disneyland and that we have no problems on the island.”

Arrest on Martha’s Vineyard on August 23

On September 3, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston announced that it arrested 24-year-old Brazilian illegal immigrant Warley Neto in late August on Martha’s Vineyard. Neto, who illegally entered the United States through the Paso Del Norte border area of ​​Texas and Mexico in 2018, is accused of raping a Massachusetts boy.

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“Warley Neto allegedly repeatedly assaulted a Massachusetts child and poses a significant threat to the safety of our neighborhoods,” ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons said in a statement at the time. “We are grateful for the cooperation of the Dukes County Sheriff’s Office in prioritizing public safety and allowing custody of Neto to be safely transferred to ERO. Local jurisdictions are refusing to accept immigration detainers and are sending dangerous criminals back into society to re-offend. ERO Boston will continue to apprehend and remove the most egregious non-citizen criminals in New England.”

ERO Boston said it has requested three ICE warrants for Neto. After filing the first warrant, Neto was sentenced to prison but released early and allegedly committed more crimes against a child months later.

“Local jurisdictions too often refuse to enforce immigration detention warrants and send dangerous criminals back into society to reoffend.”

— Todd M. Lyons, ERO Boston Field Office Director

Arrests in Nantucket on September 10

On September 16, ERO Boston announced the arrest of 28-year-old Salvadoran illegal immigrant Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo on September 10. Aldana-Arevalo is charged with rape of a child 10 years apart and two counts of obscene assault and battery on a child under 14. It is unclear when and where Aldana-Arevalo entered the United States.

“Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo is charged with heinous and disturbing crimes against a Nantucket child,” Lyons said at the time. “He poses a significant danger to the children of our Massachusetts communities. ERO Boston will not tolerate such a threat to the most vulnerable of our population.”

ERO Boston officials also arrested Elmer Sola, a Salvadoran, on Sept. 10, the agency announced Friday. Sola is charged with 11 counts of sexual offenses against a child, specifically, three counts of felony rape of a child and eight counts of obscene assault and battery on a child under 14.

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“Elmer Sola illegally entered the United States, then entered our Nantucket community, and then allegedly committed horrific and despicable crimes against a child,” Lyons said. “ERO Boston officers will not tolerate such a threat to children in our New England neighborhoods.”

It is not known exactly when and where Sola entered the United States.

Arrest in Nantucket on September 11

ERO officials announced on September 17 that Brazilian illegal immigrant Gean Do Amaral Belafronte was arrested on September 11 on charges of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 years of age or older.

Belafronte was legally admitted to the United States in 2018 but allegedly violated the terms of his admission. He later left the United States in 2021 and returned illegally at an unknown time, authorities said.

“Gean Do Amaral Belafronte illegally entered the United States, made his way to Nantucket, and allegedly sexually assaulted one of our residents,” Lyons said in a statement. “We have been consistent in our commitment to prioritizing community safety by arresting and removing egregious non-citizen offenders. This is not an empty statement; it is a sincere commitment to the residents of our New England communities.”

More arrests are expected to be announced this week.

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ICE’s recent operations on the islands are comparable to previous similar operations. The agency arrested three people in 2012 and four people during similar operations in 2017, according to the Nantucket Current.

Massachusetts has a number of cities called “sanctuary cities” where local law enforcement does not always comply with arrest requests from federal authorities.

A June report by the Center for Immigration Studies estimated that there were approximately 355,000 “illegal and inadmissible” immigrants living in Massachusetts, with 50,000 new arrivals since 2021. It also reported that 10,000 of the immigrants were minors and 8,500 were unaccompanied.

Two years ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planes transporting illegal immigrants The governor’s communications director, Taryn Fenske, told Fox News Digital at the time that he was sent to Nantucket as part of “the state’s resettlement program to relocate illegal immigrants to places of refuge.”

“By designating themselves as ‘sanctuary states’ and supporting the Biden administration’s open border policies, states like Massachusetts, New York and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals they have invited into our country,” he said.