The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) asked officials in Miami-Dade County to not release a criminal illegal alien charged with hit-and-run after injuring a 74-year-old woman.
According to local reporting, the incident occurred on the morning of August 2. The victim, 74-year-old Geraldine Byrd, had stopped her vehicle to get out and open the gate to her driveway when another vehicle struck her car from behind, causing it to spin and hit her. The truck that hit Byrd then continued forward and hit her again, trapping her underneath. The driver then got out and fled the scene. Byrd was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition and remains on life support.
Shortly after the crash, police arrested Tomas Reymundo Brito, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala. Arresting officers said that Brito admitted to drinking alcohol before the crash. He now faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury and driving without a license. ICE lodged a detainer with the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center the same day Brito was arrested.
Tomas Reymundo Brito
“This criminal illegal alien from Guatemala is charged with hit-and-run after a drunk-driving accident that sent a 74-year-old woman to the hospital in critical condition in Miami-Dade County,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “He should have never been allowed in our communities or on our streets. ICE is asking officials in Miami-Dade County to cooperate with us and not release this criminal from jail, and to turn him over to ICE custody so we can remove him from our country. Thanks to the strong leadership of President Donald Trump, ICE is unleashed to go after criminal illegal aliens like this one so that we can make America safe again.”
Brito illegally entered the United States at an unknown date and location.
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