ATLANTA -- CBS Atlanta News has learned the man accused of killing two women last month is on an immigration hold.
Police said Gerardo Hernandez, 31, who is currently in the DeKalb County jail, had been arrested before prior to last month's crimes.

CBS Atlanta has learned federal immigration authorities have placed a hold on Hernandez, but those authorities have not confirmed that Hernandez is in the United States illegally.
But that raises the question. If the counties that arrested Hernandez prior to the charges Hernandez is now accused of, could he have been deported?
Here is a time-line of last month's crime spree. Chamblee police arrested Hernandez on Oct. 26 during an attempted burglary at a Payless Shoe Source.
Investigators said they had already identified Hernandez as a suspect in several other crimes and working to arrest him.
Police said on Oct.12 Hernandez was responsible for a home invasion into Maria De Riviera's Forest Park home and that he killed her.
On Oct. 16, investigators said he kidnapped Monica Ambriz as she took her lunch break from El Progresso in Jonesboro. According to Clayton County police, Ambriz was raped and killed and her body was found on Oct. 26 in a vacant building off of Arrowhead Boulevard.
Investigators said Hernandez is also charged with an armed robbery at El Bank in Jonesboro on Oct. 17, armed robbery and sexual assault at Quick Set in Henry County on the Oct. 23, armed robbery at the Dominican Hair Salon in Henry County on the Oct. 24 and at Paleteria La De Michoacan in Forest Park on the Oct. 25.
Police said Hernandez confessed to all the crimes and told them the motive was money. The other crimes were secondary, according to police.
It took police from three different counties to track down Hernandez. Investigators credit that cooperation and information sharing with being able to peg Hernandez with all of the crimes.
CBS Atlanta News also wanted to know what types of crimes other immigrants were committing.
According to statistics from the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department, there were 2956 illegal immigrants arrested in Gwinnett County since 2008.
Of those 20 were arrested for child molestation, 28 for rape, 453 for other felonies, 263 for felony drug charges to name a few.
Source - http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/25651035/detail.html
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