On March 27, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Philadelphia efficiently eliminated Jeovann Anthony Forde, a Jamaican nationwide, to his residence nation after a closing order of elimination.
Forde, who was needed by Jamaican authorities for homicide, had been residing within the U.S. illegally since his arrest by U.S. Border Patrol in 2022.
Forde, a overseas fugitive, had an arrest warrant issued for him in Jamaica on February 22, 2022, for his involvement in a homicide case. He was apprehended close to San Ysidro, California, on July 18, 2022, for coming into the USA with out correct documentation. Following his arrest, Forde was transferred to ICE San Diego, the place he was initially enrolled within the Alternate options to Detention (ATD) program however was faraway from this system in June 2023 after failing to conform.
In July 2023, an immigration decide in Philadelphia ordered Forde’s elimination from the U.S. to Jamaica in absentia. Forde’s prison historical past within the U.S. features a conviction for retail theft in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in December 2024. On the identical day as his conviction, ICE Philadelphia apprehended Forde throughout a focused enforcement motion and subsequently transferred him to the Moshannon Valley Processing Heart in Pennsylvania.
Brian McShane, Appearing Area Workplace Director of ICE Enforcement and Removing Operations, emphasised that Forde’s elimination was a major step in making certain public security, stating, “This operation highlights the experience and persistence of our officers in finding and apprehending people needed for critical crimes, making certain accountability and stopping additional hurt.”
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