Wealthy, liberal Nantucket sees 4 ICE arrests in 48 hours on child sex allegations

Recent amerciable migrant arrests connected the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard successful Massachusetts person captured the nation's attention.

Over the past month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made astatine slightest six arrests connected the islands arsenic portion of a larger cognition to detain amerciable migrant suspects accused of peculiarly egregious crimes successful the formation towns favored by the Biden and Obama families.

"I deliberation galore radical are acrophobic astir the convulsive amerciable population. ... The biggest happening is evidently not knowing anybody's past if they're present illegally. The ineligible immigrants volition adjacent sermon that," Toby Brown, seat of the Nantucket GOP, told Fox News Digital.

Brown, who noted that astir immigrants connected the idyllic land disconnected the seashore of Cape Cod are bully and progressive assemblage members, including those residing determination illegally. But residents are inactive acrophobic astir those who whitethorn beryllium moving from convulsive pasts successful their location countries.

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President Biden, archetypal woman Jill Biden and the president's daughter, Ashley Biden, permission Nantucket Bookworks aft having luncheon successful Nantucket, Mass., connected Nov. 25, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

"It's specified a tiny land that I find that things person gotten a small worse present connected Nantucket," helium said, though helium besides noted determination are aggregate reasons wherefore transgression and poorness seemed to person accrued connected the land successful caller years.

Those are problems the ultrawealthy land residents look to beryllium removed from, helium said.

"I deliberation the ultrawealthy summertime radical astir apt don't spot the aforesaid happening arsenic idiosyncratic who's surviving present locally."

"Once again, they're successful large estates. And unfortunately, connected Nantucket, the mainstream press, for the astir part, would similar radical to deliberation this spot is inactive benignant of conscionable similar Disneyland and we person zero issues connected the island."

Oak Bluffs is celebrated for charming gingerbread houses, a tiny harbor and, similar each of Martha's Vineyard, extraordinarily precocious costs of existent property and living. (Kerry J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)

Aug. 23 apprehension connected Martha's Vineyard

On Sept. 3, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston announced that it arrested 24-year-old Brazilian amerciable migrant Warley Neto connected Martha's Vineyard successful precocious August. Neto, who illegally entered the United States done the Paso Del Norte borderline portion of Texas and Mexico successful 2018, is facing 5 counts of raping a Massachusetts minor.

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"Warley Neto allegedly repeatedly assaulted a Massachusetts kid and represents a important menace to the information of our neighborhoods," ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons said successful a connection astatine the time. "We are grateful for the practice of the Dukes County Sheriff’s Office for prioritizing nationalist information and allowing Neto’s harmless transportation of custody to ERO. Too often section jurisdictions garbage to grant migration detainers and merchandise unsafe offenders backmost into the assemblage to reoffend. ERO Boston volition proceed to apprehend and region the astir egregious noncitizen offenders from New England."

On Sept. 3, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston announced that it arrested 24-year-old Brazilian amerciable migrant Warley Neto connected Martha's Vineyard, Mass., successful precocious August. (ICE - ERO Boston)

ERO Boston noted that it requested ICE detainers for Neto connected 3 occasions. After issuing the archetypal detainer, Neto was sentenced to situation but released early, and helium went connected to allegedly perpetrate much crimes against a kid conscionable months later.

"Too often section jurisdictions garbage to grant migration detainers and merchandise unsafe offenders backmost into the assemblage to reoffend."

Sept. 10 arrests connected Nantucket

On Sept. 16, ERO Boston announced the Sept. 10 apprehension of 28-year-old Salvadoran amerciable migrant Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo, who is charged with 1 number of rape of a kid with a 10-year property quality and 2 counts of indecent battle and artillery connected a kid nether 14. It is unclear erstwhile and wherever Aldana-Arevalo entered the United States.

On Sept. 16, ERO Boston announced the Sept. 10 apprehension of 28-year-old Salvadoran amerciable migrant Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo, who is charged with 1 number of rape of a kid with a 10-year property quality and 2 counts of indecent battle and artillery connected a kid nether 14. (ICE - ERO Boston)

"Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo stands accused of immoderate detestable and disturbing crimes against a Nantucket child," Lyons said astatine the time. "He represents a important information to the children of our Massachusetts communities. ERO Boston volition not tolerate specified a menace to the astir susceptible of our population."

ERO Boston officials besides arrested Salvadoran nationalist Elmer Sola connected Sept. 10, the bureau announced connected Friday. Sola is charged with 11 counts of enactment crimes against a child; specifically, 3 counts of aggravated rape of a kid and 8 counts of indecent battle and artillery connected a kid nether 14.

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Elmer Sola is charged with 11 counts of enactment crimes against a child; specifically, 3 counts of aggravated rape of a kid and 8 counts of indecent battle and artillery connected a kid nether 14. (ICE - ERO Boston)

"Elmer Sola unlawfully entered the United States, past made his mode into our Nantucket assemblage earlier allegedly committing immoderate horrific and despicable crimes against a child," Lyons said. "The officers of ERO Boston volition not tolerate specified a menace to the children of our New England neighborhoods."

It is unclear precisely wherever and erstwhile Sola entered the United States.

Sept. 11 apprehension connected Nantucket

On Sept. 17, ERO officials announced the Sept. 11 apprehension of Gean Do Amaral Belafronte, an amerciable migrant from Brazil who is charged with indecent battle and artillery connected a idiosyncratic 14 years oregon older. 

Belafronte was legally admitted into the United States successful 2018 but allegedly violated the presumption of his admission. He past near the United States successful 2021 and returned illegally astatine an chartless time, officials said.

On Sept. 17, ERO officials announced the Sept. 11 apprehension of Gean Do Amaral Belafronte, an amerciable migrant from Brazil. (ICE)

"Gean Do Amaral Belafronte unlawfully entered the United States, made his mode to Nantucket, and allegedly sexually assaulted 1 of our residents," Lyons said successful a statement. "We person been accordant successful our committedness to prioritize nationalist information by arresting and removing egregious noncitizen offenders. This is not a hollow expression; it is simply a sincere committedness to the residents of our New England communities."

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Belafonte is charged with indecent battle and artillery connected a idiosyncratic 14 years oregon older. (ICE - ERO Boston)

ERO Boston connected Tuesday announced a 2nd apprehension that occurred connected Sept. 11. Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez, a 41-year-old amerciable migrant from Guatemala, was charged with a enactment transgression against a Nantucket resident. He was arraigned connected Aug. 19 for indecent battle and artillery connected a idiosyncratic 14 years oregon older and arrested connected Sept. 11.

"Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez was antecedently removed from the United States pursuing convictions for reckless driving and reckless endangerment," said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons. "He past unlawfully reentered the state and made his mode to our Nantucket assemblage to seemingly perpetrate a enactment transgression against a nonmigratory here. Perez represents a menace to our New England residents that we cannot tolerate."

Gomez was antecedently arrested successful 2011 for reckless driving and recklessly endangering different person. He was sentenced to 1 twelvemonth of probation, and the Justice Department ordered his removal from the United States backmost to Guatemala. It is unclear erstwhile and wherever Gomez re-entered the United States.

Felix Alberto Perez-Gomez, a 41-year-old amerciable migrant from Guatemala, was charged with a enactment transgression against a Nantucket resident.  (ICE - ERO Boston)

Another apprehension is expected to beryllium announced this week.

The caller ICE operations connected the islands comparison to akin erstwhile stings. The bureau arrested 3 radical successful 2012 and 4 successful 2017 during comparable operations, according to the Nantucket Current.

Massachusetts has a fig of cities that suffice arsenic alleged "sanctuary cities," wherever section instrumentality enforcement officials bash not ever cooperate with national authorities' detainer requests.

A June study from the Center for Immigration Studies estimated that the fig of "illegal and inadmissible" migrants surviving successful Massachusetts is astir 355,000 with 50,000 caller arrivals since 2021. It besides reported that 10,000 migrants were minors with 8,500 being unaccompanied.

Two years ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent 2 planes carrying amerciable immigrants to Martha's Vineyard arsenic portion of "the state’s relocation programme to transport amerciable immigrants to sanctuary destinations," the governor’s communications director, Taryn Fenske, told Fox News Digital astatine the time.

"States similar Massachusetts, New York and California volition amended facilitate the attraction of these individuals who they person invited into our state by incentivizing amerciable migration done their designation arsenic ‘sanctuary states’ and enactment for the Biden administration’s unfastened borderline policies," she said.