Filipino with child abuse conviction arrested by ICE in California  

NEW YORK – US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has taken into custody a Filipino national previously convicted of first-degree child sexual abuse in Saipan, authorities have announced.  

George delos Santos, 55, was arrested on Aug. 27 by ICE’s San Francisco field office. Court records from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) show he was sentenced in 2020 to 30 years in prison with five years suspended after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 6-year-old victim.

The CNMI Supreme Court upheld his conviction and noted that he could face removal from the United States upon release.  

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Delos Santos is being held while awaiting removal proceedings, according to ICE. He was previously granted parole eligibility after serving eight years and was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised probation.  

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ICE described Delos Santos on its official social media accounts as a “Filipino child sex predator,” drawing attention to the agency’s ongoing enforcement against criminal non-citizens.

News outlets in the CNMI reported that Delos Santos had served part of his sentence under the custody of the Saipan Department of Corrections before his transfer to ICE.  

USNewsRank has reached out to the Philippine Consulate General in Guam and to migrant rights group Tanggol Migrante for comment but has not received a response as of press time.

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