From Fox News: A federal judge has ordered federal immigration authorities to release an illegal immigrant gang member with multiple unlawful entries into the United States and whose criminal history includes rape and robbery, Fox News Digital has learned.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, an Obama appointee, ordered the release of Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador, from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.
“This activist, Obama-appointed judge RELEASED Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 gang member, from ICE Custody,” said Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “Releasing violent criminals is inexcusably reckless and now this criminal will be able to perpetrate more crimes against innocent Americans.”
Flores-Miguel was released into the United States under the Biden administration in 2022, DHS said.
In a press release, the Department of Homeland Security announced more details:
On January 20, 2026, ICE conducted a targeted operation to arrest Flores-Miguel. During the arrest, he violently resisted by punching and kicking ICE law enforcement officers. He even grabbed the gun holster of an ICE officer. ICE took him into custody in Minnesota.
Earlier this month, a judge ordered his release from ICE custody. His criminal history in the U.S. includes rape, resisting an officer, and illegal re-entry. He was arrested in El Salvador for robbery.
Flores-Miguel entered the U.S. in September 2016 and was removed the same year in October. He entered the U.S. illegally again and was removed in March 2017. In October 2021, Flores-Miguel illegally entered the U.S. a third time and was released in June 2022.
He was granted a final order of removal by a judge who found he could be removed to any country other than El Salvador. This case illustrates the importance of third country removals to get criminal illegal aliens out of the U.S.
ICE had announced on January 20:
You wouldn’t want this MS-13 gang member from El Salvador as your neighbor. Today in Minnesota, ICE arrested Carlos Flores Miguel — a four-time-deported criminal illegal alien, convicted sex offender, and assailant of federal law enforcement. Americans are made safer when criminal illegal aliens like him are taken off our streets.
Now, an Obama-appointed judge has ordered him be released back onto the streets of America.
You wouldn’t want this MS-13 gang member from El Salvador as your neighbor.
Today in Minnesota, ICE arrested Carlos Flores Miguel — a four-time-deported criminal illegal alien, convicted sex offender, and assailant of federal law enforcement.
Americans are made safer when… pic.twitter.com/b5GKkoRXWJ
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) January 20, 2026
🚨RECKLESS🚨
Obama-appointed judge ordered the release of a CONVICTED RAPIST & MS-13 gang member from ICE custody.
Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel is an illegal alien.
On January 20, 2026, ICE conducted a targeted operation to arrest Flores-Miguel.
During the arrest, he… pic.twitter.com/1vrhvfUedX
— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) March 17, 2026
ABOUT THIS JUDGE: Susan Richard Nelson, 73, is a senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She was nominated by former president Barack Obama in November 2009 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate with unanimous consent in December 2010.
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MS-13 FREED: Judge orders release of Carlos Antonio Flores-Miguel, illegal immigrant with rape and robbery convictions who punched ICE officers and grabbed at gun holster during January arrest. https://t.co/HcGEdH8LC0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 17, 2026
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