Why 'illegal' migrant arrested for appalling child sex crime won't be deported
An 'undocumented' migrant accused of child sex crimes will avoid President Trump's ongoing raids because he must first face the charges against him in the US.
Galo Macasfreire, 38, repeatedly tried to lure an 11-year-old into his car in Long Island by offering her candy, according to police.
The Ecuador native was arrested on Monday and charged with felony attempted kidnapping. He is in the country illegally, according to the New York Post.
Police said he badgered the girl to get inside his 2007 gray Chevrolet, and touched himself inappropriately, rubbing the candy against himself 'in a suggestive manner.'
Then child had reportedly just gotten off her school bus, as reported by News 12 Long Island.
Instead of getting in the man's car, she ran home and called 911, police said.
Macasfreire was arrested about an hour later, with police finding him on the same street where he allegedly tried to kidnap the girl.
He allegedly told police he only offered the girl a ride 'because she looked like she was cold.'
Galo Macasfreire, 38, repeatedly tried to lure an 11-year-old into his car in Long Island by offering her candy, according to police
The arrest comes as ICE officers have begun storming properties across the country in sanctuary cities like New York as part of Trump's mass deportation scheme
His attorney said the felony charge against him is excessive.
'Even when looking at the best of circumstances, your honor, I believe that when you look at the definition of a felony in the second degree, in which he abducts another person or in this case attempts to abduct, I really think that this is really a stretch by the DA’s office,' Norley Castañeda said.
Castañeda asked a judge to release Macasfreire on $200 bail, citing his clean record and employment.
While prosecutors agreed with the bail amount, Judge Evan Tanenbaum set it at $100,000 instead.
Macasfreire is expected back in court on January 31.
His arrest comes as Trump has dispatched thousands of ICE officers to the border to carry out the 'biggest illegal immigrant grab' in recent history.'
Agents are preparing to take '100,000 immigrants' back to Mexico and Central America, a White House intelligence source told DailyMail.com.
ICE officers have begun storming properties across the country in sanctuary cities like New York as part of Trump's mass deportation scheme.
The Trump administration has reportedly directed ICE to increase the number of daily arrests
Sanctuary cities including the Big Apple have become a haven for migrants who flock to them in the knowledge that officials there limit cooperation with federal immigration agents.
Many have arrived by bus and plane from the southern border, with New York alone welcoming around 210,000 migrants in less than two years.
The president has since said he 'might have to consider' pulling funding to sanctuary cities, which include the likes of Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia.
Trump, who ran on a mass deportation platform, has made immigration his first order of business since assuming office.
The policy is popular among both Republicans and Democrats, with figures suggesting
