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More than 400 illegal aliens were arrested in June 2024 and charged with serious crimes including murder, rape, sex crimes against children, human trafficking, and domestic violence. Nine of these offenders were apprehended in North Carolina on charges including murder, domestic violence, and DUI.

On June 2, Elvis Jose Cabrera-Martinez was arrested in Gaston County on charges of driving without a license, fictitious registration, and driving without registration. He was placed on an immigration detainer. As WSOC-TV reported on June 14, Cabrera-Martinez, a Honduran national, was also wanted by INTERPOL for felony child rape. He was awaiting extradition to Honduras. 

Illegal Alien Crimes posted on X that on June 3, Daniel Limon Broca was arrested in Gaston County for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, domestic violence, and domestic criminal trespass of a safe house. He was held on an ICE detainer. Illegal Alien Crimes noted that Broca appears to have had two prior arrests.

On June 3, Francisco Romero-Ramirez was arrested in Guilford County on numerous charges including failure to appear, receiving or transferring stolen vehicles, and larceny of a motor vehicle. He was placed on an immigration detainer. Luis Perez-Medina was also arrested in Guilford County on June 3 on charges of shoplifting and larceny, and he was placed on an immigration detainer.

Jesus Alberto Gutierrez-Bravo was arrested in Brunswick County on domestic violence charges and placed on an ICE detainer on June 5.

In Gaston County on June 10, Luis Alberto Hernandez-Flores was arrested and charged with DUI, failure to maintain lane control, unsafe movement, and possession of an open container of alcohol. He was placed on an immigration detainer.

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office reported that Uriel Mariche Hernandez was arrested on June 10 on a first-degree murder charge and placed on an immigration hold. As the Wilkes Journal Patriot reported, Hernandez was one of four people charged in the shooting death of Devonte Michael Hayes, and when Hernandez was served with a warrant for the murder on May 28, he was serving in the Wilkes County Jail for failing to appear in court on a speeding charge. 

Fox8 WGHP reported that on June 24, Julio Monquel-Sandria was arrested in Rockingham County after he confronted some former coworkers with a gun and beat one of them using an extension cord. He then forced the victim to assault the other two former employments, threatening him at gunpoint. Monquel-Sandria was charged with three counts each of false imprisonment, communicating threats, and assault inflicting serious injury. He also faced meth possession charges and previous warrants. According to the Rockingham County Sheriff, Monquel-Sandria was an illegal immigrant who had been deported several times. Additionally, on the day of the aforementioned incident, Monquel-Sandria had been scheduled to appear in court on other charges, and the night before, he had allegedly followed a woman for 12 miles.

A joint report from the House Committee on Oversight and the House Committee on Homeland Security, there have been over 8 million migrant encounters nationwide under the Biden-Harris administration. 6.7 million of these encounters occured on the southwest border. Additionally, the report noted that there at 1.7 million known gotaways, or illegal immigrants who evaded border patrol and were not vetted in any way by immigration officials. 

A poll from American Greatness found that only 13% of North Carolina voters believe that immigration over the past few years “makes the quality of life in North Carolina better.”