Haitian migrant accused of raping girl in Boston released on $500 bail

A Haitian migrant accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in a Massachusetts shelter has been released on bail despite federal immigration authorities’ requests to keep him in custody.

Cory Alvarez, who had been held without bail since his arrest in March, was released on a paltry $500 bail on Tuesday after Plymouth County Superior Court ignored a request by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to keep the suspect in custody, the Boston Herald reported.

According to the Boston Globe, prosecutors also asked for bail of $25,000 if the court decided not to order further detention.

Alvarez’s release also came after a pretrial request by Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz for him to be detained was denied, the Herald added.

Alvarez, 26, was released with an ankle bracelet, but immigration officials cannot pursue him because Boston is a “sanctuary city” – meaning local authorities are not required to cooperate with federal authorities.

The suspect was also ordered to surrender his passport and report to court twice a month under probation, according to court records obtained by the Globe. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Aug. 13.

Federal immigration authorities said in March that they had filed an immigration arrest warrant against Alvarez with the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office.

However, a spokesperson for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Division told the Globe that Plymouth Superior Court officials “refused to accept the warrant.”

The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.

ICE sources are now angry about the migrant’s release.

One source called it “vile democratic nonsense” that “makes it almost impossible to do our jobs.”

“The stupid judges are the ones who are causing many of these problems by ignoring the root of the problem,” the source lamented.

“California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and other Democratic states are doing this nonsense. When we check the records of people from those states, they have policies that prevent the release of any information.”

Former ICE field office director John Fabbricatore said Alvarez’s release epitomized “a troubling trend of inadequate and failed vetting processes.”

“This rushed process undermines the thorough screening that normally takes place before granting parole or visas. The current administration’s haphazard approach raises significant safety concerns for U.S. citizens,” Fabbricatore told the Post.

“In particular, this recent case involving a rape charge against a Haitian national admitted under the Biden parole program underscores the ongoing problem. Moreover, sanctuary city policies continue to provide protection to foreign-born criminals rather than protecting law-abiding, tax-paying citizens.”

Alvarez had no known criminal history when he entered the United States at JFK Airport in June 2023 under President Biden’s controversial parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV).

Following Alvarez’s arrest in March, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) launched an investigation into the CHNV program.

According to Alvarez’s immigration documents, he would live with a sponsor in Elizabeth, New Jersey, but he ended up at the Comfort Inn in Rockland, Massachusetts, which had been converted into a migrant shelter.

He was arrested at the home on March 13 in connection with the rape of a disabled young girl.

“He raped me,” the victim told investigators at South Shore Hospital, according to the Herald. “I asked him to leave me alone, but he wouldn’t stop.”

Alvarez pleaded not guilty to one count each of aggravated rape of a child with an age difference of 10 years and rape of a child by force.