NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

This is the second time sanctuary California has released this dangerous criminal illegal alien back into its neighborhoods

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement in response to activist federal Judge Jinsook Ohta releasing criminal illegal alien David Antonio Aviles Perez, a MS-13 gang member wanted for murder in El Salvador, from ICE custody in sanctuary California.

"This radical activist judge has put American lives at risk by releasing a wanted murderer,"said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "This is now the SECOND time this dangerous illegal has been released ...