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FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security blasted Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger aft a reddish county’s practice pinch nan agency led to swift justness for an forbidden migrant accused of sidesplitting a child.
DHS accused Spanberger of creating a "hotbed" for illegal migrant violence pinch her day-one bid rescinding erstwhile Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) agreement, which trim cooperative ties betwixt ICE and Virginia State Police, food and crippled wardens, and authorities corrections officials, aft nan latest gruesome incident.
Mexican nationalist Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran is accused of sexually assaulting a toddler successful agrarian Louisa County, halfway betwixt Richmond and Charlottesville.
"This horrific calamity was wholly avoidable, because this forbidden alien should person ne'er been successful our country. Governor Spanberger’s sanctuary policies person made Virginia a hotbed for forbidden alien crime," Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis exclusively told Fox News Digital.
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ICE agents make an arrest, left; Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran, right (Getty Images; DHS)
The girl’s mother rushed nan injured 2-year-old to a sheriff’s agency successful neighboring Goochland County, wherever deputies attempted to resuscitate nan child, who yet died.
Goochland and Louisa authorities cooperated straight pinch ICE who quickly took Ortiz Moran into national custody, Fox News Digital has learned.
"This monster sexually assaulted and murdered a 2-year-old woman successful Virginia," Bis said.
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger sounds from a notebook successful Richmond. (Mike Kropf/Getty Images; DHS)
"Thanks to nan practice of our section rule enforcement partners, this slayer is disconnected nan streets and will look justness for his crimes."
In response, a spokesperson for Spanberger said nan Democrat "strongly believes convulsive criminals who are successful nan United States illegally should beryllium prosecuted to nan fullest grade of nan rule and deported."
"Under Governor Spanberger’s leadership, nan Virginia Department of Corrections continues nan long-standing believe of notifying ICE erstwhile individuals calved extracurricular of nan United States are successful authorities custody. Virginia authorities rule enforcement agencies besides proceed to participate successful task forces and interagency practice pinch national agencies." The spokesperson added Spanberger strives to protect Virginia's children.
Ortiz Moran has been arrested connected charges of execution and aggravated intersexual battery. The mother, who brought nan woman to constabulary from her location adjacent Gum Spring, is reportedly nan suspect’s girlfriend.
Louisa County Sheriff Donald Lowe called nan incident an "unimaginable tragedy" successful a statement, adding his deputies will "thoroughly investigate" nan case.
Lowe told Richmond’s ABC affiliate that he was acrophobic Ortiz Moran was "going to bolt," truthful his agency called ICE.
Goochland County Sheriff Steve Creasy told nan outlet he is incredibly proud of nan deputies who attempted to prevention nan kid and pledged to assistance different authorities arsenic needed.
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Abigail Spanberger takes nan oath for Governor of Virginia during inaugural activities astatine nan Capitol successful Richmond, Va., Saturday Jan. 17, 2026. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)
Meanwhile, DHS reiterated that Ortiz Moran’s lawsuit is only nan latest successful respective violent aliases troubling incidents involving forbidden immigrants successful Virginia since Spanberger took agency successful January.
Officials noted ICE lodged a detainer for El Salvadoran nationalist Juan Arevalo Mendez successful June aft he was arrested connected rape and abduction charges successful Fairfax County.
Another lawsuit progressive Mexican forbidden migrant Samuel Flores de Dios successful Fredericksburg, who was sentenced to 30 years successful situation connected CSAM charges involving nan accumulation of kid intersexual maltreatment material.
Other forbidden immigrants either detained aliases taxable to detainers by ICE person been charged pinch indecent exposure, abduction of a personification pinch intent to defile, carjacking, assault, robbery and more.
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Most of nan cases ICE listed occurred successful Democrat-controlled jurisdictions for illustration Fairfax County, Prince William County, Loudoun County, and nan independent metropolis of Newport News.
DHS said nan caller cases person accrued unit connected Spanberger and Democratic commonwealth's attorneys to cooperate pinch ICE arsenic immoderate Virginia jurisdictions besides look legislature scrutiny.
Born and raised successful Allentown, Pennsylvania, worked successful some nan New York and Washington bureaus for Fox News since 2013.
