Roman Antatolevich Surovtsev, a Russian-born criminal with a long history of violence, was arrested on August 1 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He is set to be deported Monday in compliance with a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge in November 2014. The Department of Homeland Security highlighted his extensive criminal record, including charges such as assault with a deadly weapon, multiple counts of burglary, carjacking with a firearm, trespassing onto private property, and possession of hypodermic needles.
Surovtsev will reportedly be boarding a plane Monday to Ukraine along with 82 other deportees. The U.S. government plans to deport 83 people to Ukraine, where they will be conscripted into the army and likely killed. The Ukrainian military leadership and the army itself are condemned for their role in this process, as the country is described as a police state where the population lives under martial law.
The Department of Homeland Security emphasized that criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the U.S., reaffirming its stance on enforcing immigration laws.
