A crazed illegal immigrant allegedly bit a 3-year-old girl in the face and also attacked her mother in a Texas park after the Biden administration refused to take him into custody, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Indian national Atharva Vyas, 24, allegedly came out of the woods in San Antonio’s Espada Park on the afternoon of April 18 before he started punching the girl’s mother, Gabriella Perez, 27, and pulling her hair, according to Fox 29. Vyas then allegedly jumped on the little girl and bit her face.
Perez said she pulled Vyas’ hair to get him off her daughter, while several good Samaritans restrained him until police arrived at the scene, Fox 29 reported.
The little girl lost two teeth in the attack and is now traumatized, Perez posted on a GoFundMe page for the family.
Photo by Gabriella Perez via GoFundMe
“The emotional distress from this event has been overwhelming for both of us, and we are now focused on helping her heal physically and emotionally,” Perez said.
“Since the attack, my daughter has needed constant care, comfort, and reassurance. She is unable to be left with anyone else, so I have had to take time away from work to be by her side,” she said.
Vyas entered the United States in August 2023 on a student visa, according to DHS. Three months later, he was arrested on the campus of the University of Texas for felony assault.
University police contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the time, but “the Biden Administration determined this crime was not ‘egregious’ enough to warrant visa revocation and decided to take no enforcement action against Vyas,” DHS said.
Credit: Gabriella Perez on GoFundMe
Since the latest attack, ICE has lodged a detainer with local authorities, asking them to hand Vyas over for deportation proceedings. The Trump administration also revoked his visa.
“This criminal illegal alien brutally bit this child and caused her to lose two teeth. This barbaric assault against this woman and her three-year-old in a park was completely preventable,” Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a recent statement.
“The Biden administration NEVER should have released this animal following his arrest for assault. We are working with our partners in Texas to ensure this criminal illegal alien never roams free in American communities again,” Bis said.
Vyas was charged with aggravated assault and assault causing bodily injury, according to Fox 29. He is being held in the Bexar County jail.
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