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   EXCLUSIVE: An illegal immigrant from Colombia killed a motorist in   
   Southern California last month during a police chase, authorities said.   
      
   Darwin Felipe Bahamon Martinez, 21, was caught entering the United   
   States near San Diego in 2023 and released by the Biden administration,   
   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.   
      
   "Bahamon Martinez illegally entered the U.S. near Chula Vista,   
   California, in August 2023," a statement from ICE Los Angeles field   
   office leadership said.   
      
   "He was released into the U.S. under the Biden administration’s   
   so-called ‘catch-and-release’ policies, but if that hadn’t happened, the   
   innocent 59-year-old driver he allegedly killed may still be alive   
   today."   
      
   Martinez was driving a Jeep Gladiator in Anaheim Jan. 21 when police   
   officers initiated a traffic stop for reckless driving. When the   
   officers approached the Jeep on foot, Martinez sped away, authorities   
   said.   
      
   A brief chase ensued before the Jeep collided with a Honda driven by a   
   59-year-old man in the neighboring city of Placentia.   
      
   The driver was pronounced dead at the crash site.   
      
   Another driver, an 83-year-old woman, was taken to a hospital and   
   treated for minor injuries.   
      
   Bahamon Martinez is being held in the Orange County Jail while awaiting   
   criminal proceedings on his homicide charge. ICE lodged an immigration   
   detainer against him Jan. 22.   
      
   However, because of California's sanctuary state laws, local authorities   
   are not compelled to cooperate with ICE to transfer illegal immigrants   
   charged or convicted of crimes into federal custody.   
      
   "If local officials in Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary California choose to   
   release Bahamon Martinez into the community, they will put ALL   
   Californians at risk," ICE said in a news release. "California must   
   honor our immigration detainer. Otherwise, ICE will be forced to   
   re-arrest this criminal illegal alien at-large."   
      
   In jurisdictions with sanctuary laws, ICE officers typically have to go   
   into communities to look for illegal immigrants targeted for   
   deportation. The agency has called for greater cooperation with local   
   authorities amid confrontations between federal officers and agitators   
   in Minnesota, where local officials have accused ICE of terrorizing   
   neighborhoods.   
      
   Critics of sanctuary laws say such laws are responsible for releasing   
   dangerous criminals back onto the street.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/exclusive-illegal-immigrant-released-biden-cat   
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