Gabriella Perez, 27, and her daughter, Amelia Perez, 3, were walking at Espada Park April 18 when they were allegedly attacked by 24-year-old Atharva Vyas, an Indian national, according to San Antonio police.<\/p>\n
Police said Vyas assaulted the mother by pulling her hair and punching her, causing her to drop her daughter, and then attacked the child and bit her face.<\/p>\n
The case has drawn scrutiny because Vyas had previously been arrested for an alleged felony assault months after entering the U.S. in 2023, but he was not removed from the country, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n
ICE DEMANDS REMOVAL OF CUBAN NATIONAL WHO ALLEGEDLY BEHEADED MERCHANT AFTER BIDEN ADMIN RELEASE<\/a><\/p>\n Atharva Vyas (pictured) first entered the U.S. in August 2023 under a student visa and was arrested months later on an assault charge. (BCSO)<\/p>\n Witnesses restrained Vyas until officers arrived, according to police.<\/p>\n The child\u2019s mother later described the attack as something “out of a zombie movie.”<\/p>\n Since the attack, Perez created a GoFundMe page<\/a>, saying her daughter lost two teeth and “has needed constant care, comfort, and reassurance.”<\/p>\n FAMILY OF MARINE VETERAN ALLEGEDLY SHOT BY ILLEGAL MIGRANT SLAMS DEM DA FOR ‘SOFT’-ON-CRIME APPROACH<\/a><\/p>\n “She is unable to return to daycare or be left with anyone else, so I have had to take time away from work to be by her side,” the page’s description states.<\/p>\n Vyas was charged with injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury and illegal entry, according to authorities. He was booked into the Bexar County Detention Center.<\/p>\n ICE has lodged a detainer<\/a> requesting that local authorities transfer Vyas to federal custody after his criminal proceedings, according to DHS.<\/p>\n MAN ALLEGEDLY IN COUNTRY ILLEGALLY ACCUSED OF MURDERING ELDERLY PARTNER: POLICE<\/a><\/p>\n DHS said Vyas first entered the United States in August 2023 on a student visa. Three months later, he was arrested on the University of Texas campus on charges of felony assault, and university police contacted ICE.<\/p>\n An ICE agent patrols in Tinicum Township, Delaware County. (Matthew Hatcher\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n According to DHS, “the Biden Admin determined the crime was not egregious enough to warrant visa revocation and decided to take no enforcement action against Vyas.”<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis condemned the earlier decision not to revoke Vyas\u2019 visa.<\/p>\n![\"Mugshot](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Illegal-migrant-bites-toddler.jpeg\")
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