Jose Francisco Pascual/Guatemala/Child Molestation

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jose Francisco Pascual, a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, in Garden City, Georgia, on charges of child molestation.

Child molestation is a grave felony under Georgia law involving inappropriate sexual contact with a minor. The offense carries lengthy mandatory prison sentences and lifetime sex offender registration requirements upon conviction. Crimes involving the sexual abuse of children are among the most severely prosecuted under both state and federal law, and criminal illegal aliens convicted of such offenses face both criminal punishment and mandatory removal proceedings.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers apprehended Francisco Pascual in Garden City. He currently remains in federal immigration custody and faces removal proceedings before a Department of Justice immigration judge, with potential deportation back to Guatemala.