Jhojan Delgado Acevedo/Colombia/Burglary

Jhojan Delgado Acevedo, a Colombia national living in the country illegally, was taken into custody by ICE agents in Kearney, Nebraska, on charges of burglary.

The charges carry serious criminal penalties under state law and, for illegal aliens, simultaneously trigger federal immigration enforcement. Acevedo’s arrest has initiated both a state criminal prosecution and a federal removal proceeding that will move forward on an independent timeline, with outcomes determined separately.

Following the arrest, Acevedo was transferred to federal immigration detention. Removal proceedings before a Department of Justice immigration judge are pending, with Colombia as the country of removal.