DHS Urges Wisconsin Not to Release Nicaraguan Man Charged with Elderly Sexual Assaults

The Department of Homeland Security urged Wisconsin authorities on Wednesday not to release a Nicaraguan national accused of sexually assaulting an elderly victim.

Julio Cesar Morales-Jarquin, 31, remains in local police custody after authorities charged him with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of an elderly victim, DHS said in a statement.

Police arrested him last month after a residential care facility in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, reported to officers that an employee may have assaulted vulnerable residents, according to local outlet WKOW.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detainer request on April 27 asking that Morales-Jarquin stay in custody.

DHS called on Dane County officials not to release him, accusing the county of acting as a sanctuary jurisdiction that refuses to honor ICE detainers.

The agency said the county has previously given ICE as little as 30 minutes to take custody of individuals in its jail.

DHS stated that Morales-Jarquin entered the United States in 2023 under the Biden administration's humanitarian parole program for Nicaragua. The program ended later, but he remained in the country unlawfully.

"This illegal alien is charged with two counts of sexual assault of an elderly victim at an assisted living facility," Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in the DHS statement. "This dirtbag was released into the country by the Biden Administration. DHS is calling on sanctuary politicians in Dane County, Wisconsin to NOT release this criminal from jail back onto the streets to commit more crimes."

"We need Wisconsin sanctuary politicians to cooperate with us to remove criminals from our country," she added.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Dane County Executive's Office for comment.