A foreign national in the U.S. illegally and wanted on a murder charge in Jamaica was arrested in Connecticut April 14 by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston’s Fugitive Operations Team.

“I want to commend the excellent work of our team in Hartford for this arrest,” Toddy Lyons, DHS Boston Field Office director said, according to a press release issued on April 21. “Officers with our Fugitive Operations team arrested this individual, who is wanted for murder in his home country, safely and without incident. This arrest is a testimony to the professionalism our officers maintain while carrying out ERO’s important public safety mission.”

The individual has been wanted by Westmoreland, Jamaican law enforcement since May 2022 on charges of murder, illegal possession of a firearm, and wounding with the purpose to cause great bodily injury, according to the release.

The Jamaican national was detained by U.S. Border Patrol in June 2022 in San Ysidro, Calif., given notice to appear before an immigration judge, and paroled from ICE custody, the release reports. On April 14, the individual was taken into custody "without incident" in Bridgeport, Conn., by ERO Boston officers working with an ERO Hartford Fugitive Operations Team.

Federal immigration judges in the immigration courts, which are run by the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), ensure that noncitizens who have been placed in removal proceedings receive their legal due process, according to the release.

Separate from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, EOIR is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the release reported. These courts’ immigration judges base their judgements on the merits of each particular case. The removal decisions made by the federal immigration judges are carried out by ERO personnel.

ERO serves as the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement, according to the release.