An illegal migrant who’s been convicted of a host of crimes including battery and felony gun possession slammed into an ICE agent with his vehicle during a traffic stop in Sacramento.
Authorities tried to arrest Xa Lee, a criminal illegal migrant from Laos with a lengthy rap sheet, during a targeted traffic stop on March 25, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Lee then fled the scene in his vehicle and struck an ICE agent, who wasn’t injured in the collision.
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He has past convictions for vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, conspiracy, petty theft, two DUIs, resisting an officer, battery and felony firearm possession, according to DHS.
An immigration judge had issued a final order for Lee’s removal from the US in 2010.
The Sacramento incident follows another dangerous confrontation between ICE agents and a violent suspect only weeks earlier.
In mid‑March, federal officials released a graphic photograph showing gruesome bite marks on the arm of an ICE agent after an alleged member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua attacked him during an attempted arrest in San Diego.
And last week, ICE took custody of a suspected illegal migrant in the San Fernando Valley who had been confronted by members of the public while carrying what was described as a homemade flamethrower.
Bystanders reportedly tackled the man and secured him with zip ties before handing him over to federal officers amid active wildfires burning in the region.
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