The man accused of shooting a transgender woman in Dallas last month was deported in 2010 and is committing a felony by being in the U.S., according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Domingo Ramirez-Cayente, a 29-year-old Mexican citizen, was arrested Sept. 24 and charged with aggravated assault. According to an affidavit, he admitted to police that he attacked Daniela Calderon, 35, who was shot six times in the abdomen, hip and chest. Days later, Ramirez-Cayente posted bond and was released from the Dallas County jail.

The judge who set his bond did not order Ramirez-Cayente to wear an ankle monitor.

On Thursday, ICE confirmed to The Dallas Morning News that Ramirez-Cayente is undocumented and was deported nine years ago. Immigrants who reenter the country after having been removed can be charged with a felony, punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison. ICE is encouraging anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact local immigration enforcement officials.

“On March 18, 2010, immigration officials apprehended Domingo Ramirez-Cayente, 29, Mexico, near Brackettville, Texas, after he illegally entered the U.S.," ICE spokesman Timothy Oberle told The News in a statement. “Ramirez-Cayente was processed as an expedited removal and removed to Mexico on March 27, 2010. ICE has not encountered Ramirez-Cayente since his 2010 removal. ICE urges anyone with information regarding Ramirez-Cayente’s location in the United States to contact their local ICE office.”

The Dallas Police Department can flag ICE regarding undocumented immigrants who have been charged with crimes. It’s unclear if they did so in this case.

Daniela Calderon holds up her hospital gown to show scars on her abdomen from surgery in her North Texas hospital room on Thursday, October 3, 2019. Calderon, a transgender woman, was shot several times at a bus stop on September 20, 2019. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News) (Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)

Daniela Calderon shows scars on her right arm from surgery in her North Texas hospital room on Thursday, October 3, 2019. Calderon, a transgender woman, was shot several times at a bus stop on September 20, 2019. (Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)

When asked whether ICE can proactively arrest an undocumented immigrant accused of a violent crime, Oberle said: “If we encounter them after they have been arrested for a criminal offense we lodge a detainer with that state or local law enforcement agency asking them to hold the alien for up to 48 hours so that we can take custody. In this case we didn’t encounter this individual.”

It is unclear whether Ramirez-Cayente is still in the immediate area or the country. The News tried to reach him via the number he provided to the court but it was not in service.

The News also was unable to reach Judge Hal Turley, the felony court magistrate who set the conditions and amount of Ramirez-Cayente’s bond. Turley set the bond at $25,000 and told Ramirez-Cayente he could not drink alcohol, possess a weapon or have contact with Calderon. But the judge did not order electronic monitoring.

The district attorney’s office disagreed with that decision but was unable to stop it in time, a spokeswoman said.

“The magistrate set the bond at $25,000 with no [electronic leg monitor]. As soon as the DA’s office was made of aware of the low bond, we moved to amend the conditions of bond to include a monitoring device; unfortunately, the defendant had already fled,” public information officer Kimberlee Leach told The News.

Judge Turley is known for asking few questions during his hearings, according to recent media coverage, which sometimes do not even last one minute.

“Turley whips through hearings in roughly 15 seconds, asking defendants if they are U.S. citizens and then setting nominal bail. There is no discussion about their finances, mental health or employment status. It’s simply off to jail, as quickly as possible,” The San Antonio Express-News wrote last year.

The News also contacted AA Best Bail Bonds, which provided Ramirez-Cayente’s bail. A woman who answered the phone said the company does not intentionally bail out undocumented immigrants.

“Whenever we posted the bond for this person, we were not aware he was an illegal person in the United States,” said the woman, who refused to give her name before abruptly hanging up. "It’s really hard to tell they’re not legal.”

Calderon was unavailable for comment on Thursday. However, Stacey Monroe, a friend and transgender community advocate, said Calderon was angry and distraught that Ramirez-Cayente had been released.

“The magistrate essentially set this monster free,” Monroe said. “The community is in danger. This was a bias-motivated crime, clearly motivated by hate, and the judge needs to be held accountable.”

An undocumented immigrant from Honduras, Calderon hopes to secure a U visa, which allows victims of certain crimes to stay in the U.S. and eventually apply for a green card if they provide information about what happened to them to law enforcement.

In an interview with The News on Oct. 4, Calderon said she was thrown into depression when she heard that Ramirez-Cayente had bonded out.

“Who does justice serve, if by paying a bond a man can leave and this crime can go unpunished? Or, what if he had killed me? It’s unjust. In these moments, I feel courage, lots of frustration,” Calderon said. “He shot me because he hates gay people. I never had contact with him. I never touched him, nothing. Then, why would he shoot me without knowing me? This is a person who is bad in the head and those people should not be on the outside.”

She said her attacker yelled homophobic and transphobic slurs at her. The FBI will conduct its own investigation, according to the Dallas Police Department, but it’s unclear whether any state or federal authorities will charge Ramirez-Cayente with a hate crime.

“I ask again for justice for me and for all transsexual women, because we have a right to live,” Calderon told The News. “I demand, with all my heart, that they capture and incarcerate this man. Please, do it. I implore you.”