{"id":66228,"date":"2026-02-12T22:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/sanctuary-policies-let-alleged-child-predator-roam-free-until-dhs-made-portland-oregon-airport-arrest\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T22:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T03:54:57","slug":"sanctuary-policies-let-alleged-child-predator-roam-free-until-dhs-made-portland-oregon-airport-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/sanctuary-policies-let-alleged-child-predator-roam-free-until-dhs-made-portland-oregon-airport-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctuary policies let alleged child predator roam free until DHS made Portland, Oregon, airport arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FIRST ON FOX:<\/strong> The Department of Homeland Security (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/homeland-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DHS<\/a>) arrested an illegal migrant who was charged with rape, purchasing sex with a minor, and sexual abuse in Oregon, after the migrant was released on bail by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/sanctuary-cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sanctuary policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Cruz-Ramirez, who still faces the slew of charges, was not referred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration officers<\/a> upon his arrest and release due to Marion County\u2019s sanctuary status.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The illegal immigrant from Mexico was apprehended only because he was using a fraudulent Mexican passport at the Portland International Airport. TSA and CBP agents were flagged when his falsified name did not return full data, according to DHS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Manuel Cruz-Ramirez was arrested for rape, purchasing sex with a minor, and sexual abuse in Oregon,&#8221; DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. &#8220;The state\u2019s sanctuary politicians allowed this pedophile to be released from jail back into American communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-urges-dhs-ice-publicize-arrests-says-crackdown-saving-many-innocent-lives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP URGES DHS, ICE TO PUBLICIZE ARRESTS, SAYS CRACKDOWN IS &#8216;SAVING MANY INNOCENT LIVES&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In non-sanctuary cities, Cruz-Ramirez would have referred to immigration officers, who would have apprehended him before he was released from detention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Americans can be proud of the swift actions of TSA and CBP for protecting them and our judicial system by preventing this monster from fleeing the country,&#8221; McLaughlin explained. &#8220;Criminal illegal aliens should not be released from jails back onto our streets to terrorize more innocent Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oregon\u2019s sanctuary politicians must stop this reckless insanity of releasing child predators from jail back into our neighborhoods to prey on more innocent children,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-demands-mn-leaders-honor-ice-detainers-alleges-hundreds-criminal-aliens-have-been-released-under-walz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DHS DEMANDS MN LEADERS HONOR ICE DETAINERS, ALLEGES HUNDREDS OF CRIMINAL ALIENS HAVE BEEN RELEASED UNDER WALZ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DHS also told Fox News Digital that Cruz-Ramirez had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/deportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deported from the U.S.<\/a> in 2018, though he re-entered the country at an unknown location and time. He is now in ICE custody and his removal order has been re-instated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/oregon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland has been<\/a> one of several cities where agitators have mobilized to confront and protest federal law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Fox News Digital reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-unloads-anti-ice-dems-after-man-arrested-manifesto-disturbing-alleged-plot-kill-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DHS launched an investigation<\/a> into an Oregon resident who was arrested during a traffic stop with knives and materials to make Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dhs-urges-newsom-honor-ice-detainers-after-federal-agent-assaulted-while-arresting-illegal-alien-jail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DHS URGES NEWSOM TO HONOR ICE DETAINERS AFTER FEDERAL AGENT ASSAULTED WHILE ARRESTING ILLEGAL ALIEN AT JAIL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old Oregon resident allegedly authored a manifesto with the intention of killing ICE at a Portland ICE office. The individual reportedly told authorities that he was planning on picking up an AR-15 rifle to carry out the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, including those in Congress, have referred to ICE agents as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-lawmaker-compares-ice-agents-nazis-gestapo-during-fiery-house-hearing-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazis and gestapo<\/a>, and the Trump administration has said that such rhetoric is endangering the lives of law enforcement officers across the country.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with Fox News Digital earlier this month, DHS Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a> noted the difference between some cities and those which are controlled by far-left leaders, saying that in cities where authorities cooperate with federal law enforcement there is far less conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Twin Cities, have an opportunity to do the same thing that Memphis did. There we had a Democrat mayor who worked with us,&#8221; Noem told Fox News Digital. &#8220;It was about the same size as a city, about the same amount of federal law enforcement officers were there, and we dramatically cut crime and murder rates and partnered well together.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) arrested an illegal migrant who was charged with rape, purchasing sex with a minor, and sexual abuse in Oregon, after the migrant was released on bail by sanctuary policies. Manuel Cruz-Ramirez, who still faces the slew of charges, was not referred to immigration officers upon his &#8230; <a title=\"Sanctuary policies let alleged child predator roam free until DHS made Portland, Oregon, airport arrest\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/sanctuary-policies-let-alleged-child-predator-roam-free-until-dhs-made-portland-oregon-airport-arrest\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sanctuary policies let alleged child predator roam free until DHS made Portland, Oregon, airport arrest\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}