© Charles Reed / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Reuters
A father who had previously been removed from the U.S. was arrested Tuesday in his home after immigration officers pried open the back door with a crowbar and entered with guns drawn and carrying a riot shield.
Alberto Alonso Hernandez, 31, was targeted by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement because of his immigration and criminal history, according to Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for the agency.
"ICE records reveal he was convicted for battery of a spouse in 2007, and has
illegally re-entered the United States 16 times since 2003," Mack said.
Alonso's wife Brianna,
who is a U.S. citizen, disputed the agency's claims about her husband's past. She remembered Alonso being deported twice, not 16 times. A statement from ICE requesting a warrant for Alonso cited two removals, one in 2008 and one in 2015.
Brianna Alonso, 32, also did not think her husband was convicted of any domestic violence charges. The
San Diego Union-Tribune searched several databases and
could not locate court records for the reported 2007 conviction. ICE confirmed that the conviction happened in San Diego but had not responded to a request for more details in time for publication.
Comment: That's called not-winning. CNN is a failing pile of garbage and Americans know it. The only ones who don't are CNN themselves. Just goes to show: you can't cure stupid.