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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Sunday voiced strong disapproval over a plea agreement involving a transgender undocumented immigrant who confessed to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in New York City. The case has sparked controversy, as the agreement could mean no further jail time.
The DHS criticized the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office after reports emerged that Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old Colombian citizen, might receive a mere six-month sentence, considering time already served, after pleading guilty to the charge.
“A disgraceful plea deal has been offered to a transgender criminal illegal child rapist,” DHS stated on X. “The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has proposed an absurd six-month plea deal to ‘Nicol Alexandra’ Contreras-Suarez, in return for admitting to following a 14-year-old into a bathroom and committing rape in February 2025.”
DHS further noted, “Contreras-Suarez was admitted into our country under the Biden administration and subsequently released from incarceration after arrests for armed robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon, and prostitution. This individual should never have been allowed to remain in our country. Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Mullin, our priority remains the safety of Americans, and we will strive to remove criminal illegal aliens like this from our communities to prevent further harm to innocent children.”
Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a biological male Colombian immigrant, admitted to second-degree rape after allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old boy in East Harlem, New York, last year, as reported by the New York Post.
Last week, Contreras-Suarez pleaded guilty to second-degree rape after initially being charged with first-degree rape of a child under age 17 and stalking.
Contreras-Suarez was promised a six-month sentence by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Tuesday. However, the defendant is expected to receive credit for time served and be released from custody at sentencing on April 27 unless federal immigration officials intervene, the New York Post reported.
“We expect the defendant to remain detained and be deported following sentencing due to the felony conviction,” a spokesperson for the DA’s Office said in a statement to the outlet.
The deal was reportedly reached by prosecutors working with the teenage victim’s family in an effort to keep the boy from having to take the stand in front of a grand jury and at trial in Manhattan Supreme Court. (iStock)
The deal was reportedly reached by prosecutors working with the teenage victim’s family in an effort to keep the boy from having to testify before a grand jury and at trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.
At the time of the arrest, Contreras-Suarez was facing prostitution, robbery, and weapons charges in Massachusetts, DHS said.
But due to sanctuary policies, DHS added, the suspect was subsequently released.
Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez was initially charged with first-degree rape of a child less than age 17 and stalking in Manhattan, New York last year. (iStock)
According to DHS, Contreras-Suarez was apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in March 2023 after illegally crossing the border near San Ysidro, California.
Following the New York City arrest, then-DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin criticized the release, saying the suspect should not have been allowed to remain in the country and blaming federal immigration and local sanctuary policies.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement later lodged a detainer against Contreras-Suarez after the Manhattan arrest.
McLaughlin said at the time that ICE would seek to ensure the defendant could not continue to pose a threat to the public.