A “criminal alien” and “suspected terrorist” who served 19 years in prison for detaining his housekeeper against her will and repeatedly abusing her was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials after being released from the Arapahoe County Jail in Centennial, Colorado, on Tuesday. He will be deported back to Saudi Arabia.

After a jury trial in 2006, Homaidan Al-Turki Al-Turki was found guilty of misdemeanor false imprisonment, misdemeanor conspiracy to commit false imprisonment, 11 counts of felony unlawful sexual contact, felony extortion, and felony theft of $15,000 or more.

Al-Turki served a six-years-to-life sentence at the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC).

Homaidan Al-Turki was arrested by ICE in Colorado, and will not be welcome in the United States again. (ICE)

Brackley acknowledged it was a challenging decision, but he emphasized it “strikes the right balance between ensuring that Al-Turki remains a convicted sex felon and is removed from our community, while at the same time considering the resources that have been expended in holding this defendant accountable.”

ICE officials said Al-Turki first entered the U.S. at an unknown location in 1992, before leaving in 1993. In 1994, he lawfully reentered again at an unknown location. 

In 2001, Al-Turki was questioned about the 9/11 attacks, and left the U.S. again at an unknown time and place. He lawfully reentered the U.S. again in 2002.

He was convicted of the crimes in 2006, and has had an administrative order of removal since 2013.

“He won’t be welcome back to the United States again,” ICE officials wrote in a post on X.