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ICE Files Detainers After Illegal Immigrants Charged In Memphis Shooting, Manhattan Subway Rape Case

Charlie Kirk Staff

05/02/2025

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ICE Files Detainers After Illegal Immigrants Charged In Memphis Shooting, Manhattan Subway Rape Case

U.S. immigration authorities are taking action against two illegal immigrants recently charged in violent crimes, including a Memphis shooting spree and a disturbing case involving a corpse on a New York City subway.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed an immigration detainer this week for 24-year-old Enoc Martinez, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally and now faces five counts of attempted murder. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed the detainer in a press release.

Martinez is accused of opening fire in multiple locations across Memphis last Saturday. According to FOX 13 Memphis, the first report came shortly after noon, when police responded to a shooting that left a man critically injured. Martinez allegedly fled the scene.

Officers were called to a second shooting nearly 15 minutes later, followed by a third incident just three minutes after that. In the final attack, another man was critically wounded, and a woman was nearly struck by bullets, police said.

Authorities say Martinez illegally entered the United States in June 2024 as an unaccompanied minor. He was initially detained by Border Patrol and later transferred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which placed him with a sponsor in Memphis. DHS noted that ICE had already issued a final order for his removal in 2022, before the recent charges.

In a separate case, ICE lodged another immigration detainer on April 30 against Felix Rojas, who has repeatedly entered the U.S. illegally since 1998. Rojas was recently arrested in New York City and charged with rape and grand larceny after allegedly raping a dead man on the R train in Manhattan.

Police say the victim died of natural causes while slumped over in a subway seat. Rojas allegedly went through the man’s pockets, then looked around before sexually assaulting the corpse. Investigators are probing whether Rojas may be linked to other crimes across the city.

“With impunity, open-border policies have allowed violent criminal aliens to terrorize America’s towns and cities,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Under President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem’s leadership, ICE is working around the clock to remove the worst of the worst from our communities. If you are here illegally and break the law, we will hunt you down, arrest you and lock you up.”

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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