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An Immigration Judge issued a final order of removal for Tomas Espin Tapia on February 28, 2025 after he failed to appear for his immigration hearing.

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Court/immigration records confirm an Immigration Judge issued a final order of removal for Tapia on February 28, 2025 and that it followed his failure to appear.

Source summary
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem joined ICE officers in a Minneapolis enforcement operation that led to the arrest of Tomas Espin Tapia, whom DHS describes as a criminal illegal alien from Ecuador with active warrants for murder in Ecuador and sexual assault in Connecticut. DHS says Tapia illegally entered the U.S. on October 23, 2022, was released into the country by the Biden administration, and was issued a final order of removal on February 28, 2025 after failing to appear for his immigration hearing. The release also lists dozens of other recent arrests in Minnesota of noncitizens alleged to have serious criminal convictions.
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No publicly accessible, independent primary sources could be located that confirm the detailed procedural history of Tomas Espin Tapia’s immigration case, including whether an Immigration Judge issued a final order of removal on February 28, 2025 for failure to appear at a hearing. The Executive Office for Immigration Review’s public case-information tools require an A-number and do not allow name-based verification of such specific case details, and no court filings or EOIR decisions naming Espin Tapia are available in open databases. The only specific description of this timeline appears in the DHS press release itself and in secondary reports that rely on DHS as their sole source.

The verdict is Unverifiable because there is insufficient independent, primary evidence available to confirm or refute the exact date and circumstances of any final order of removal for Tomas Espin Tapia.

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10 months, 19 days
Next scheduled update: Dec 31, 2026
10 months, 19 days

Timeline

  1. Scheduled follow-up · Dec 31, 2026
  2. Completion due · Dec 31, 2026
  3. Update · Jan 07, 2026, 02:20 AMUnverifiable
    No publicly accessible, independent primary sources could be located that confirm the detailed procedural history of Tomas Espin Tapia’s immigration case, including whether an Immigration Judge issued a final order of removal on February 28, 2025 for failure to appear at a hearing. The Executive Office for Immigration Review’s public case-information tools require an A-number and do not allow name-based verification of such specific case details, and no court filings or EOIR decisions naming Espin Tapia are available in open databases. The only specific description of this timeline appears in the DHS press release itself and in secondary reports that rely on DHS as their sole source. The verdict is Unverifiable because there is insufficient independent, primary evidence available to confirm or refute the exact date and circumstances of any final order of removal for Tomas Espin Tapia.
  4. Original article · Jan 06, 2026
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