Outrage is mounting as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced the release of an undocumented immigrant convicted of killing two American adolescents, more than six years before his initial sentence was supposed to expire.

Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan says he’ll step in.

“I will work with [Homeland Security] Secretary Noem on this case, and I guarantee you, if they don’t honour the detainer, we’ll have ICE agents outside that facility to take custody of this individual and deport him,” Homan explained on Wednesday’s “America’s Newsroom.”

Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano was driving drunk at high speeds when he collided with a car carrying Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, both 19 years old. Both teenagers were killed in the violent crash. Ortega-Anguiano was later found guilty of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and sentenced to ten years in prison in 2022.

Now, California officials say he will be released early, causing uproar among victims’ families and immigration officials.

“He’s been deported several times, which means he’s a felon,” Homan stated. “Re-entry into the country; deported. Deportation is a felony. “We will prosecute and deport him.”

According to ICE, Ortega-Anguiano has a lengthy criminal record, including convictions for burglary in 2005, vehicle theft in 2007, and violence with kidnapping in 2014. Homan claims that his previous offences, as well as his repeated illegal re-entry into the nation, make the case particularly severe.

ICE has lodged a detainer, requesting Ortega-Anguiano’s custody upon his release. However, California’s sanctuary state regulations create issues about whether local officials will comply.

The families of Varfolomeev and Osokin have opposed Ortega-Anguiano’s release, writing letters to the authorities urging that he remain in prison. They also fear that if he is deported, he would find a way to re-enter the nation illegally.

Homan, a long-time immigration enforcement officer, says these types of instances fuel his enthusiasm.

“Everybody asks why I get so emotional on network TV, why I get emotional when I testify,” Homan remarked in response. “I’ve met hundreds of angel mothers and fathers and heard their stories. I will never forget any of those stories. It’s only a tragedy.”

The border czar remains at the centre of ongoing legal battles over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Since the president’s return to office, his administration has faced escalating legal challenges, particularly over plans to terminate birthright citizenship and expand deportations of undocumented immigrants.

In May, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving three federal courts who granted nationwide injunctions against Trump’s executive order to eliminate birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants’ children.

Homan also criticised previous court orders, including one by U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who temporarily halted the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport accused gang members to El Salvador.

However, Homan insists that these legal barriers will not derail their efforts.

“There is a reason they are district court judges. “They’re not national judges,” he explained.

“District court justices cannot overturn the president’s executive directives. This is what we need to address immediately in the Supreme Court so that we can meet the president’s pledge to the American people that we will remove national security dangers.”