The Trump administration is seeking to capture an illegal immigrant accused of raping a woman he knocked unconscious in the sanctuary city of Chicago, The Daily Wire has learned.
Nicaraguan illegal immigrant Leyter Jeferson Arauz-Medina was waved across the border by the Biden administration in 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told The Daily Wire. He received a deportation order just weeks before he allegedly brutally raped a 54-year-old woman on August 31, 2025. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately lodged an arrest detainer with local authorities in Chicago for Arauz-Medina following the sexual assault.
Arauz-Medina allegedly dragged the screaming woman across a street and into an alley, where he threw her to the ground, strangled her, and stripped her naked, authorities said. The illegal immigrant then repeatedly slammed the woman’s head into the concrete, causing her to lose consciousness.
The woman eventually regained consciousness and began fighting back while Arauz-Medina continued to sexually assault her, according to DHS.
Arauz-Medina was eventually spooked by a passing motorist and fled the scene. The naked victim ran down the street before she came across a worker at a nearby food truck who came to her aid.
“A real-life nightmare: This criminal, who JB Pritzker continues to protect, VICIOUSLY ATTACKED an innocent woman who was walking the streets of Chicago,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.
“This monster was released into our country by the Biden Administration. Governor Pritzker and his sanctuary policies protect criminal illegal alien rapists over American citizens. We will do everything in our power to ensure this wicked criminal NEVER walks our streets again,” she added.
The Trump administration will now face an uphill battle in trying to force local authorities hamstrung by sanctuary laws in Chicago to honor the detainer and hand over Arauz-Medina upon his eventual release. Since September, DHS has flooded Illinois with additional ICE and Border Patrol agents to carry out “Operation Midway Blitz,” which has resulted in the arrests of hundreds of illegal immigrants.
Violent rioters have taken to the streets to block the feds, who are facing bounty threats from the Mexican cartels operating in Chicago and increased assaults. President Donald Trump has sought to send in the National Guard to restore peace, but the deployment has been held up by a judge amid an ongoing lawsuit from the state of Illinois.
Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has labeled the troop deployment as “Trump’s invasion.”
Arauz-Medina faces charges for rape, sexual assault, assault, and drug possession.
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