DHS asks New Jersey officials to hold Ocean County man accused of child sexual assault for ICE.

Federal officials say the Mexican national previously deported should be transferred to immigration custody.

Newark, NJ – Federal immigration officials are urging New Jersey authorities to transfer an Ocean County man accused of sexually assaulting a minor to federal custody instead of releasing him back into the community.

The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has lodged an immigration detainer for Gerardo Garcia Gonzalez, a Mexican national who authorities say previously entere...