CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — ICE officers arrested Ahmed Mohamed Yasser Salama, 35, an Egyptian national, in Corpus Christi on August 19 in coordination with the FBI's Corpus Christi Resident Agency.

Salama was previously arrested and charged with first-degree felony sexual abuse in September 2019. Despite the serious charges, he was later granted an immigration bond and released under what ICE officials described as policies from the previous administration.

"Salama was clearly a threat to public safety, but the policies at the time allowed him to be released and possibly reoffend," ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Harlingen Field Office Director Juan Agudelo said.

"Being allowed to enter the U.S. is a privilege. Anyone who violates their terms of admission by committing egregious fel

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