Angel Avendano/El Salvador/Sexual Assault

ICE agents apprehended Angel Avendano in Lincoln, Nebraska. The El Salvador illegal alien faces charges of sexual assault.

Sexual assault charges are among the most serious in the criminal justice system, carrying the potential for lengthy prison sentences and lifetime sex offender registration requirements. For illegal aliens arrested on such charges, the case triggers two simultaneous legal proceedings — the criminal prosecution and a federal immigration removal case moving on a separate, independent timeline. Avendano now faces both.

Avendano has been placed in federal immigration detention and is scheduled to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. If ordered removed, Avendano would be deported to El Salvador.