ICE Lodges Detainer for Illegal Alien Arrested After Hit-and-Run that Injured Child in Pennsylvania

This illegal alien was RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration, and was issued a driver's license by J.B. Pritzker's Illinois

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking officials in Pennsylvania to not release an illegal alien who has been charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and other crimes after a hit-and-run that injured a pre-teen boy in Washington County.

According to local reporting, the incident occurred on August 23 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. A young boy was crossing the street when a speeding vehicle struck him and then fled the scene. Some time later, the suspect, Yorgelis Alexandra Matos-Bravo, an illegal alien from Venezuela, returned to the scene after she had reportedly been convinced to do so by her brothers, and she admitted to hitting the child. Authorities said that the boy is expected to survive his injuries.

Yorgelis Alexandra Matos-Bravo

Charleroi Regional Police arrested Matos-Bravo and charged her with aggravated assault - victim less than 13, recklessly endangering another person, accident involving damage to a vehicle or property, disorderly conduct, reckless driving, careless driving, and speeding. ICE lodged a detainer with the Washington County Jail on August 26. Investigators found that she had been issued a driver's license by the state of Illinois.

"This criminal illegal alien now faces SEVEN charges after a hit-and-run that injured a young child in Pennsylvania. She would not have been in our country in the first place if it weren't for the Biden Administration's open borders, and she wouldn't have been on our roads if it weren't for J.B. Pritzker's sanctuary Illinois issuing her a driver's license," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "This was a completely avoidable crime that was enabled by the reckless, America Last policies of sanctuary politicians. ICE has lodged a detainer asking officials in Washington County to cooperate with us and make sure this criminal is never released onto our streets again. I'm praying for the boy's speedy recovery."

Matos-Bravo illegally entered the United States through Texas in July 2022. She was then RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration.

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