Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 11

ICE Nabs Criminal Alien Fugitive Guarding Philly Government

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— An illegal alien with an extensive criminal history who fled to avoid deportation was arrested by ICE agents May 12 while working as the lead security guard at the Philadelphia Municipal Services Building.

Kareem Markland, 29, a citizen of Jamaica, was arrested by officers of ICE's Philadelphia Fugitive Operations Unit. At the time of the arrest, ICE officers observed Markland performing the duty of checking identification and issuing photographic identification cards to building visitors.

The Philadelphia Municipal Services Building houses key city government offices, including the Philadelphia City Planning Commission and the city's Department of Commerce. Markland was an employee of Scotland Yard Security, which is contracted by the city to perform guard services.

When arrested, Markland was wearing an identification badge bearing his own photo and the name "Errol Johnson." He was employed under this name and used a Social Security number that was not his own.

"This is exactly why one of our highest priorities is locating fugitive absconders who have fled," said ICE DRO Philadelphia Field Office Director Tom Decker. "At least 85,000 of these aliens are criminals like Markland. They use fraudulent identification cards, bogus or stolen Social Security numbers and any other means they can think of to hide among society. It's very important to know who's standing before you, guarding your building or working for your business because your life may literally depend on it."

Markland was so confident of his assumed identity that when an ICE officer was sent to conduct surveillance and confirm Markland was in the building, he checked the ICE officer's identification without hesitation and waived the officer through the checkpoint.

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