President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has issued an outraged response to the news that California is planning to release early an illegal alien who was convicted of killing two American teenagers.
California couple Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, both 19 years old, were killed in a horrific fiery car crash in 2021.
They were killed when Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano crashed into them while driving drunk at high speed.
Varfolomeev and Osokin, both American citizens from California, were burned alive in the crash.
SHOCKING: Illegal alien who k*lled young couple to be released early from prison.
The twice-deported Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano was driving almost 100mph while drunk and high before he slammed into 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, who then burned alive.… pic.twitter.com/A99dPKTx65
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Ortega-Anguiano, an illegal alien from Mexico, was later convicted of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022.
However, he is now going to be released, more than six years early, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced.
Homan dropped the hammer and has vowed to step in.
“I will work with [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem on this case, and I guarantee you, if they don’t honor the detainer, we’ll have ICE agents outside that facility to take custody of this individual and deport him,” Homan said Wednesday on “America’s Newsroom.”
The announcement from California officials that he will be released early has sparked outrage from the victims’ families and immigration officials.
“He’s been deported several times, which means he’s a felon,” Homan said.
“Re-entry to the country, deported.
“Deportation is a felony. We will prosecute him, and we will deport him.”
According to ICE, Ortega-Anguiano has a long criminal history.
His rap sheet included prior convictions for burglary in 2005, vehicle theft in 2007, and battery with kidnapping in 2014.
Homan says those prior offenses, and his repeated illegal re-entry into the country, make the case especially egregious.
ICE has issued a detainer requesting custody of Ortega-Anguiano upon his release.
However, California’s “sanctuary” state policies raise questions about whether local officials will comply.
The families of Varfolomeev and Osokin have pushed back on the release.
They have written letters to the state demanding that Ortega-Anguiano remain behind bars.
They also fear that if he is deported, he could find a way to re-enter the country illegally again.
Homan, a longtime enforcer of immigration law, says these types of cases are what drive his passion.
“Everybody asks why I get so emotional on network TV, why I get emotional when I testify,” Homan said.
“I’ve met hundreds of angel moms and dads and hear every story.
“I’ll never forget any of those stories. It’s just a tragedy.”
The border czar remains at the center of ongoing legal battles tied to Trump’s immigration agenda.
Since the president’s return to office, his administration has faced mounting legal challenges.
Those challenges include pushbacks over plans to end birthright citizenship and expand deportations of undocumented immigrants.
In May, the Supreme Court is set to hear a case involving three activist federal judges who issued nationwide injunctions against Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens.
Homan also criticized recent rulings, including one by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg.
Boasberg, an Obama appointee, temporarily blocked the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal alien gang members to El Salvador.
However, Homan says these legal obstacles won’t derail their efforts.
“There’s a reason they’re district court judges,” he said.
“They’re not national judges.
“District court judges can’t overrule the president’s executive orders.
“This is what we got to fix right away in the Supreme Court so we can actually keep the president’s promise to the American people that we’re going to remove national security threats.”
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