A Dominican man recently paroled after beating his pregnant wife to death in front of her son was one of numerous illegal immigrants bagged by Massachusetts ICE agents in the first days of President Trump’s national crackdown.
Cesar Polanco, 59, was arrested by immigration officials after being paroled Dec. 4 for the second-degree murder of Judith Guevara, the Boston Herald reported.
The 25-year-old — who was a month pregnant at the time — was left “massive facial injuries” after Polanco viciously clobbered her to death during a 2006 fight at their Lawrence home, which they shared with her 5-year-old son and 16-month-old daughter.
“The son witnessed Mr. Polanco beating his mother,” the parole board noted in a report, before proceeding to approve his release from prison after her had served just 17 years of his life sentence.
“Mr. Polanco expressed remorse for his actions and reminded the Board that he called the police himself following the offence and confessed,” the board added.
Polanco was granted release on a “home plan,” but never ended up seeing the streets — instead, he was held in custody while ICE took actions to detain him.
Exactly what will become of Polanco now that he is in the hands of immigration officials remains unclear.
The shocking parole was aided by the the help of Harvard Law School’s Prison Legal Assistance Project (PLAP), which helps people serving life sentences for second-degree murders.
This was Polanco’s second attempt at a parole after being denied the first time.
An attorney who supervises the PLAP program told the outlet Herald Polanco was “responsibly discharged” by the parole board, saying it did its duty to “fairly consider parole petitions with fair regard to the petitioning prisoners, all consistent with public safety.”
PLAP added that the group “expected ICE would do its job,” too, and deport Polanco back to the Dominican Republic.
ICE did not respond to request for comment at the time of publication.
Polanco’s arrest comes as the Trump administration follows through on its campaign promise to execute sweeping arrests and deportations of illegal immigrants, with the crackdown targeting sanctuary cities across the country.
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