CHICAGO — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Chicago arrested a criminal illegal alien who was released by Illinois sanctuary politicians despite charges for child sex abuse.
Erik Giovanni-Quiroa, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, has a criminal history that includes a conviction in 2011 for aggravated battery with a firearm, for which he was sentenced to 16 years in prison, and a conviction in 2025 for aggravated sexual abuse of a 5-year-old child, for which he was sentenced to three years in prison. ICE lodged a detainer with the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), but Governor J.B. Pritzker and his fellow Illinois sanctuary politicians refused to cooperate with ICE and released this pedophile from jail into the community.
On April 22, 2026, ICE conducted a targeted vehicle stop and arrested him at large in the community. Giovanni-Quiroa again endangered the public by refusing to stop when given lawful commands and attempting to flee in his vehicle. Officers eventually safely arrested him, and he remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings and will receive full due process.
“It is shameful that Governor Pritzker and his Illinois sanctuary politicians chose to RELEASE a pedophile from jail back into our communities,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “ICE law enforcement arrested this pedophile who sexually abused a 5-year-old child. Governor Pritzker must end this insanity and stop releasing pedophiles into our communities. Sanctuary politicians protect criminal illegal aliens and allow them to perpetrate more crimes and create more victims.”
Giovanni-Quiroa illegally entered the country in 2002.
In December 2025, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons sent a letter to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul calling on him to put the safety of Americans first and honor ICE arrest detainers of the more than 4,000 criminal illegal aliens in the state’s custody, including murderers, sexual predators, and those convicted of or charged with weapons offenses.
“When sanctuary politicians ignore ICE detainers, they are protecting criminal illegal aliens at the expense of American citizens,” according to Homeland Security. “These are criminals with prior convictions for rape, murder, drug trafficking and other dangerous crimes, and instead of holding them for ICE, sanctuary politicians release them back into our communities.”
Any child abuser should be put to death. This would detour scum from committing these horrible crimes.
Agreed, this puke needs severe consequences.
I would hope so too. Especially those rich pedophiles who can afford to hire enough lawyers and pay off prosecutors and who are protected because of who they are.
Seems that all pedophiles are not getting the justice the current administration is handing out to other sexual predators.
Disgusting and unforgivable! Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton just let a convicted child predator off with a pathetic slap on the wrist — reducing a life-without-parole sentence for years of sexually abusing a little boy down to just 60 days in jail.
This is the rotten, two-tiered “justice” the Texas GOP machine delivers when one of their own gets caught.
Waco lawyer Adam Hoffman preyed on a third-grade boy for more than three years. He should have rotted in prison for the rest of his miserable life. But because he’s connected to the right people, Paxton’s office swooped in and cut a sweetheart deal, downgrading horrific felonies to misdemeanors and sending this monster back to the streets after barely two months.
The victim’s mother spoke with raw courage and heartbreak:
“This has been a long and painful journey… My baby was in the third grade when this monster started abusing him. Six and a half of his 14 years have been spent in counseling. I watched my little boy be so brave — he’s more of a man than you will ever be. He is my hero.”
This is what the self-proclaimed “party of family values” actually does in practice: protect sexual predators and their powerful friends while leaving innocent children and their families to suffer.
We Republicans Against Trump are done pretending this is normal. This is moral rot. This is corruption wearing a red tie. This is the same disgusting pattern we see from the top down — whether it’s shielding abusers in Congress, defending a twice-nominated serial sexual assault defendant, or now cutting sweetheart deals for pedophiles with the right political connections.
Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott aren’t protecting Texas families.
They’re protecting the predators in their own circle.
Enough. Real conservatives believe in law and order and protecting the innocent — not running a protection racket for monsters.
It’s time to throw these hypocrites out. Vote Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott, Donald Trump, and every single Republican who enables this filth out of office. Texas — and America — deserves better than this sickening betrayal. See less
And Biden did what for 4 years?
He didn’t pardon pedophiles. That is trump.
Look up who he did pardon.
Like this guy trump pardoned?
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted by a Florida jury of sexually abusing children, including an 11-year-old.
Per police, Andrew Paul Johnson tried to bribe one of his victims by promising to share expected Jan. 6 restitution money from the Trump admin.
I didn’t find any pedophiles. I did find one guy who he pardoned who had sexually inappropriate materials which included underaged nudity. But this guy was a Chinese national who China asked us to pardon. What else is there Brandy?
So, Joey bowed to China. wonder why. Oh and Brandy is a fine drink compared to the crap you and Jones cult drink. You need to make it a little stronger.
You are not a fine drink. You are swill dressed up as MD 20/20