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NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers took custody of Fernando Olea-Prado, 25, a self-described leader of the Sureños (Sur 13) street gang, in Corona, New York, Oct. 1.
ICE previously removed Olea-Prado, who illegally entered the U.S. at an undetermined time and location, on two separate occasions in August 2013.
On Sept. 11, 2020, New York Police Department arrested and charged Olea-Prado, an unlawfully present Mexican national, with three counts of robbery, assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of stolen property.
After his most recent arrest, Olea-Prado had been released from local law enforcement custody despite being the subject of an active ICE detainer. Local law enforcement agencies routinely fail to honor ICE detainers as a matter of policy, which was adopted by the local city government.
“Where is the concern for the safety of the citizens that these local politicians were elected to protect?” asks Thomas R. Decker, ERO New York field office director. “It’s reprehensible that local politicians passed a law that allows a twice-removed, violent street gang member to be released from custody to commit more violence in this city.”
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3…………> An Agent Of Chinese Intelligence Arrested: FBI
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Jun Wei Yeo, also known as Dickson Yeo, was sentenced today in federal court to 14 months in prison. Yeo pled guilty on July 24, 2020 to acting within the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign power without first notifying the Attorney General, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 951:
“At the direction of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, Yeo recruited Americans to provide information that he would pass back to his PRC handlers,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.
“Yeo concealed his PRC affiliation from his recruits and, contrary to law, from the United States Government. This criminal conduct is part of the PRC’s efforts to exploit the openness of American society by using agents who may appear innocuous, but who act upon taskings from a foreign government to obtain access and information.”
“This case serves as a reminder that China is using professional networking social media sites to target U.S. citizens with government security clearances, and to try to gain non-public and classified information. The threat is real, and we will prosecute foreign agents who exploit those platforms,” said Michael R. Sherwin, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
“Today we are reminded yet again of the Chinese government’s aggressive attempts to gain knowledge and information about U.S. policy and government,” said James A. Dawson, Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
“The FBI’s warning is not new, but the message warrants repeating: the Chinese communist government is working to gain information and access by all means, including recruiting US-based individuals to provide classified and/or sensitive information. There is no doubt that if you are a former clearance holder, you are an ideal and vulnerable target because of your knowledge and access. If you believe you have been the target of a recruitment scheme, the FBI is here to help. We remain committed to rebuffing the Chinese government’s attempts, and to protecting the American people, our ideas, and our national and economic security interests.”
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4…………> Second Presidential Debate Between Trump & Biden Cancelled: Stand By
The second presidential debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee “Uncle” Joe, “Sleeping in a wrong century” Biden has been cancelled, the Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement, with Mr. Trump announcing he would not participate in a virtual debate as moderators would cut off his microphone, adding that he is now “either at the bottom of the scale or free” of coronavirus, and planning to return to campaigning this weekend.
The commission said both campaigns had announced “alternate plans for that date”:
“It is now apparent there will be no debate on October 15, and the CPD will turn its attention to preparations for the final presidential debate scheduled for October 22,” the commission said in an emailed statement.
Senator John F Kennedy and vice-president Richard Nixon held a long-distance debate in 1960, live from opposite coasts.
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5…………> Mr.Xi’s China Invading Taiwan: Join The Discussion
.“Dreaming young Mom to be”, the 24-year-old Taiwanese woman Chen is worried about having children, fearing China will one day move to take back her island home by force, turning it into “the next Hong Kong”, viewing it as a breakaway province, and had never relinquished the right to use its military to seize control.
Earlier this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that Taiwan “must and will be” reunited with China, and urged the island’s people to accept that fate.
Beijing has stepped up its military activities near the island recently — nearly 40 Chinese fighter jets have crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait in the past month, entering Taiwan’s south-western air defence identification zone. Assuming that the United States does not drastically change its military posture or strategy, experts expect China to invade Taiwan “successfully with high confidence by 2028”, if not sooner.
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