An illegal immigrant from Turkey is being charged with first-degree rape after being arrested by police in Albany, New York, last week. Sakir Akkan, 21, allegedly forced a 15-year-old girl into his vehicle on May 14 and threatened to beat her with a metal pole. The Turkish illegal immigrant, authorities say, then proceeded to remove the girl’s clothing and rape her.
According to court documents, Akkan saw the girl walking down an alleyway early in the morning on May 14. After coercing her into his vehicle, he took the victim to an isolated area where the rape then occurred. Police say the 15-year-old was subsequently released by Akkan and sought help at a nearby residence. She was later taken to a local hospital and treated for injuries suffered as she resisted the sexual attack.
Records reveal U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Akkan on November 5 of last year after crossing the border from Mexico into California. Authorities released him just days later with a notice to appear in a Philadelphia court in February 2025. Another illegal immigrant from Ecuador was arraigned in New York City just days prior to Akkan’s arrest for allegedly filming himself raping a 13-year-old girl in Kissena Park.
The Biden government failed to deport the illegal immigrant—Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, 25—who had been ordered to leave the United States in 2022. Left-wing prosecutors and other government officials have repeatedly used sanctuary city laws to make it more difficult for illegal immigrant sex offenders, including those accused of child abuse, to be turned over to federal authorities, often preventing deportations.