Lebanese woman who is now living in Mexico accuses ICE officer of promising a Green Card in exchange for sex in Texas detention centre

An ICE officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old Lebanese woman at a Texas immigration detention facility after allegedly offering to help her obtain a Green Card in exchange for sex. According to a Newsweek report, the woman, identified as Rahaf Ali Almerhij, who also goes by Lucy Wise, alleged that ICE deportation officer Markell Wallace sexually assaulted her while she was detained at the El Valle Detention Facility in Raymondville, Texas. She has also accused him of threatening to have her husband arrested and deported if she refused his advances.The allegations were detailed in a sworn declaration submitted to the DHS Office of Inspector General.Almerhij said Wallace took her into an isolated room at the detention facility, where he allegedly touched her sexually without her consent. She claimed he offered to help her secure permanent legal status in the US in return for sexual favours and gave her his personal phone number."I did not consent to any of this; I refused and told him to stop," she said in her declaration.DHS has denied the allegations. A department spokesperson told Newsweek that the claims of misconduct at the facility were false, while adding that allegations of misconduct were treated seriously and investigated when substantiated.Woman says ICE officer threatened to deport her husbandAlmerhij alleged that Wallace also threatened to…