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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is urging law enforcement officials in North Carolina to hand over Rebeca Fratila-Ilies, a Romanian national residing illegally in the United States. Fratila-Ilies, who has been convicted of child sex offenses, is facing deportation after being involved in a fraudulent asylum claim and receiving an early prison release.
The charges against Fratila-Ilies include two counts of carnal knowledge of a child and statutory rape, following her abuse of a middle-school-aged boy. Originally sentenced to a decade behind bars in a Staunton, Virginia facility, she has since been granted early release, prompting ICE’s renewed interest in her deportation.
ICE’s appeal comes after Fratila-Ilies was apprehended in North Carolina on March 12, 2025, due to a probation violation. It was the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office that alerted ICE’s Charlotte division about her detention, setting the stage for potential deportation proceedings.
ICE wants police in North Carolina to turn over Rebeca Fratila. (ICE)
Fratila-Ilies was arrested in North Carolina on March 12, 2025, for a probation violation, according to ICE, and the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office notified ICE Charlotte that it had her in custody.
“ICE lodged an immigration detainer against Fratila-Ilies with Guilford County April 17, asking them not to release this child predator back into the community,” ICE Director Todd M. Lyons said in a statement. “Fratila-Ilies is a lawful permanent resident, but she’s been convicted of sex crimes against a child, which means she’s amenable to removal. She’s currently in removal proceedings and ICE is standing by to deport her upon a Department of Justice immigration judge’s order.”
An ICE investigation uncovered that she was granted a green card in 2006 when she came into the United States as a child.
Rebeca Fratila is a convicted child sex predator (ICE)
ICE said that was granted after Fratila-Ilies’ mother filed a fake asylum benefits case, though.
Convicted child sex predator Rebeca Fratila is currently being held in North Carolina. (iStock; ICE)
An immigration judge ordered her to be deported back in 2017 after she was a no-show at her immigration hearing. She ultimately appealed, and was granted relief five years later.
She remains in jail in North Carolina while her probation violation case is pending, ICE said.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office.
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