Vicki Behringer | Reuters The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and attacking her husband with a hammer could be deported from the United States after he is released from custody, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, placed an “immigration detainer” on 42-year-old Canadian citizen David DePap, DHS told CNBC in a statement. The detainee is asking the San Francisco County Jail to notify ICE before DePape finishes his bond so immigration officers can process him. ICE places immigration detainers on arrested people it believes it can deport under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Records show DePape entered the U.S. through the San Ysidro port of entry at the southern border in 2008 as a temporary visitor, classified as a B-2, officials said. Canadian visitors entering the U.S. for business or pleasure are generally only admitted for six months, officials said. DePape, in his first court appearance Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including attempted murder. He is currently being held without bail, with his next hearing set for Friday, his public defender said. The Justice Department has also charged DePape with two federal crimes: attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assaulting a family member of a United States official with intent to retaliate against the official, according to his criminal complaint. Federal charging documents allege DePape broke into the Pelosis’ San Francisco residence early last Friday, confronting 82-year-old Paul Pelosi in his bedroom and saying he was “looking for Nancy.” The Democratic House Speaker was in Washington, DC, at the time. Paul Pelosi managed to call 9-1-1, and when officers arrived, DePape hit him in the head with the hammer, authorities said. DePape himself later told police that he saw the House speaker as the ‘leader of the pack’ of lies told by the Democratic Party,” a federal affidavit said. He said he wanted to hold her hostage and talk to her, and if she lied he would break her knees, the document said. DePape arrived at the San Francisco home armed with zip ties, tape, rope and at least one hammer, according to the affidavit. In a court filing Tuesday night, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said DePap told police he was on a “suicide mission” and had plans to target other California and federal politicians. Paul Pelosi is recovering in the hospital after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured skull.
