A FOIA request revealed that Fairfax County – a sanctuary jurisdiction – has released more than 200 illegal alien criminals this year, many with violent convictions.
Data from arrest and release documents show the criminals released include ten charges relating to child sexual assault – including one case of procuring minors for prostitution, porn and sodomy, and multiple cases of rape of a child younger than 13.
Burglary, larceny, strangulation, stabbing, assault and more than two dozen DUI charges are included in the mix of charges against released criminal aliens.
One man, Wilmer Ramos Giron, kidnapped a family member and used a knife to threaten her before eventually strangling her. The victim lived and filed charges, but Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano dropped the charges to a misdemeanor, helping keep Giron out of reach from Federal officials.
According to his website, Descano takes immigration status into account to help defendants avoid “collateral consequences” such as deportation.
“It’s appalling that Fairfax’s prosecutor would protect and abet this dangerous, violent offender precisely because he is illegally present,” said Sean Kennedy, President of Virginians for Safe Communities. “How does breaking one set of laws provide you immunity to break more? It shouldn’t but it does in Fairfax two-tier justice system.”
Descano is facing heat for catch-and-release justice that transcends protecting criminal aliens. Gov. Youngkin personally called out the Descano’s office after video surfaced of a repeat offender trying to abduct a child at Fair Oaks Mall.
“There is a shocking and unforgivable pattern in Fairfax County of releasing criminals back onto Virginia’s streets instead of keeping them behind bars,” Governor Youngkin told the Washington Times.
As Governor Glenn Youngkin and Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears try to increase state partnerships with federal law enforcement to remove criminal aliens, the data reveals just how uncooperative Fairfax County has been with federal law enforcement.
In addition to the 200 cases of violent aliens released this year, Fairfax County has a record of more than 1,150 detainer cases in which it has refused to cooperate with ICE Agents. Studies show that almost two-thirds of federal arrests involve noncitizens.
“If you’re a criminal and you’re here illegally, we’re going to deport you,” said Lt. Governor Earle-Sears.
Earle-Sears is an immigrant who came to the US legally at age 6.
Earle-Sears opponent, Abigail Spanberger, has called state and local enforcement of immigration laws “a distraction of resources.”
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