Lucas Rosales Peralta/Honduras/Fraud, Impersonation, Forgery

Federal immigration agents arrested Lucas Rosales Peralta, a Honduras national illegally present in the United States, in Houston, Texas, on charges of fraud, impersonation, forgery.

Financial crimes — including fraud, forgery, and identity theft — are treated seriously under both state and federal law and carry additional weight in immigration removal proceedings. For illegal aliens, a fraud arrest frequently initiates two simultaneous legal processes: a criminal case and an immigration removal proceeding that moves forward independently of the criminal outcome.

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