Francis Tape/Ivory Coast/Child Cruelty

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Francis Tape, a criminal illegal alien from Ivory Coast, in Atlanta, Georgia, on charges of child cruelty.

Child cruelty under Georgia law involves conduct that causes physical or emotional harm to a minor. Depending on the severity and circumstances, the offense can be charged as a misdemeanor or felony, with felony child cruelty carrying significant mandatory prison sentences. Crimes involving harm to children are treated with particular severity under both state and federal law, and criminal illegal aliens convicted of such offenses face both criminal prosecution and mandatory removal proceedings.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers apprehended Tape in Atlanta. He currently remains in federal immigration custody and faces removal proceedings before a Department of Justice immigration judge, with potential deportation back to Ivory Coast.