Biden-Harris DHS Twice Freed Illegal Alien Caught with Machete Outside U.S. Capitol

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) twice released an illegal alien into the United States who was later caught with a machete outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC.

An interim staff report from Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) House Judiciary Committee and Rep. Tom McClintock’s (R-CA) immigration subcommittee details the case of 23-year-old illegal alien Jose Leonardo Marquez-Marquez of Venezuela.

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{snip} Marquez-Marquez was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police the day after Christmas last year when he was caught outside the capitol “with a knife, a brick, and a machete,” according to a police report.

Marquez-Marquez was first arrested near the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, in late August 2022. The day after his apprehension by Border Patrol agents, Marquez-Marquez was released into the U.S. interior {snip}

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During an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) check-in, a warrant for Marquez-Marquez’s arrest was issued as he was considered a “priority” for deportation by ICE agents. Marquez-Marquez, though, was released from ICE custody on his own recognizance.

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