A FOIA request by Restoration News reveals that Fairfax County released 205 illegal alien criminals onto the streets since February 2025, with only 7 turned over to ICE. Among those released were violent criminals including an accused child rapist, child sexual predators, fugitives from justice, and over a dozen charged with malicious wounding or strangulation. Fairfax Sheriff Stacey Kincaid's office redacted the names of released individuals in FOIA documents, even though other Virginia sheriffs provide this information upon request.

A 37-year-old Norfolk man died after being struck head-on by a wrong-way driver on London Bridge Road in Virginia Beach in the early morning hours. The driver, Erwin Marroquin-Herrera, 26, was charged with manslaughter, DUI, and two counts of possession of fictitious identification after admitting to drinking before the crash. During a bond hearing it was revealed Marroquin-Herrera was an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who had previously been deported from the United States.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted weekend enforcement operations targeting dangerous individuals, including a man who allegedly threatened to bomb a U.S. Representative's office. The DHS announcement highlights the arrests as part of an ongoing effort to apprehend high-priority criminal illegal aliens.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out weekend enforcement actions targeting criminal illegal aliens with serious convictions, including sexual assault, robbery, manslaughter, and human trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security announced the arrests as part of its continued focus on removing the most dangerous individuals from U.S. communities.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Jose Madrid Reyes, a Salvadoran national with multiple prior convictions, after he allegedly stalked a federal government official and her child. Despite having been ordered removed from the country in 2022, Reyes remained in the U.S. illegally and was apprehended on July 12. He is now pending deportation proceedings.

Two Honduran nationals pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to charges related to purchasing and attempting to ship firearms and ammunition to Honduras. Investigators recovered over a thousand rounds of ammunition, firearm parts, multiple rifle and handgun magazines, and two rifles from the defendants. Both face up to 15 years in prison and were scheduled for sentencing on September 24.

U.S. Attorney Erik S. Siebert announced updates on 11 immigration enforcement cases in the Eastern District of Virginia, involving individuals who reentered the United States illegally after prior removals and committed additional crimes including drug offenses, DUI, felony child neglect, and sexual assault. The cases reflect the DOJ's prioritization of criminal immigration prosecutions following executive orders signed on January 20. Several defendants were identified by immigration authorities after arrests for new criminal offenses committed following their unlawful reentry.

Six inmates at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia stabbed three correctional officers in a violent attack. Five of the six attackers were confirmed MS-13 gang members from El Salvador who are in the country illegally, with prior convictions for serious crimes including murder and rape.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in partnership with the DEA, ATF, and State Department Diplomatic Security Service, arrested three individuals during operations in Northern Virginia on April 21, 2025. The arrests included a Salvadoran national with prior drug convictions, a Liberian national wanted for documents fraud, and a second Salvadoran alien already in removal proceedings.

A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, a 24-year-old from El Salvador described by the DOJ as an MS-13 leader on the East Coast. The dismissal clears the path for his deportation rather than criminal prosecution, though his attorney has filed legal challenges arguing the government violated his due process rights.