What they're not telling you: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, ICE has arrested an illegal alien child sex predator in Abigail Spanberger’s Virginia. Authorities there tried to protect him by declining an ICE detainer last year and releasing him back into the community. The suspect, Roni Mendez-Escobar, a Guatemalan national, faced charges including multiple felony counts of possession of obscene material and child pornography with intent to distribute.
# THE TAKE: The Sanctuary Detainer Trap This narrative conflates three distinct failures into one convenient villain. Yes, ignoring a detainer involving a child predator is indefensible. But examine the mechanics: ICE issued a detainer—a request, not a warrant. Constitutional law distinguishes these sharply. Localities rejecting detainers without judicial authorization reflects *Gee v. Napolitano* precedent; they're avoiding liability for unconstitutional holds. The real scandal? ICE waited for local custody to process this individual rather than securing an actual warrant beforehand. That's incompetence dressed as activism. Spanberger's sanctuary policies deserve criticism—but not because they created this failure. They failed to specify *how* localities cooperate on genuine threats. Most sanctuary jurisdictions maintain intelligence-sharing protocols. The operative question: Was this arrest preventable through competent federal procedure? Almost certainly yes. Blaming sanctuary policy obscures systemic lethargy at federal level.
What the Documents Show
ICE has just arrested an illegal alien CHILD S*X PREDATOR in Abigail Spanberger's Virginia She tried to PROTECT him. She ran as a "moderate." In practice, she's letting kids get abused by illegals! FOX: "Virginia authorities declined an ICE detainer for him last… pic.twitter.com/54Zvfc9PJq Fairfax County’s refusal to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement allowed him to remain free despite the detainer – exactly the outcome sanctuary policies are designed to produce. This isn’t an isolated failure. It’s the predictable result of Virginia Democrats turning the state into a magnet for criminal illegal aliens while American families bear the cost.
Follow the Money
Spanberger ran as a “moderate,” yet her administration’s moves to limit cooperation with ICE have repeatedly put Virginia children and residents at risk. Just weeks ago, ICE urged Spanberger not to release another criminal illegal alien from Guatemala, Misael Lopez Gomez, who allegedly bludgeoned his own three-month-old daughter to death with blunt force trauma in Fairfax. ⚖️🚨NIGHTMARE IN VIRGINIA A 3 month-old girl is dead. GOP lawmakers and the Department of Homeland Security is blaming "lax" Democrat ‘Sanctuary’ policies after two illegal immigrants were charged in two separate, gruesome slayings. Gustamalan national Misael Lopez Gomez, is… pic.twitter.com/quFI5bTlip As DHS stated : “This cold-blooded killer murdered his own three-month-old daughter. We are calling on Governor Spanberger to commit to not releasing this barbaric animal from jail into Virginia communities.” The media is RUNNING COVER for an illegal alien MURDERER.
What Else We Know
Misael Lopez Gomez is NOT a “Virginia dad.” He is an illegal alien from Guatemala and a cold-blooded killer accused of murdering his own three-month-old daughter. pic.twitter.com/Ex5HuolKtl That horror came one day after another Guatemalan illegal alien, Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, was arrested for fatally stabbing a man to death with a machete in Fairfax County. In March, an 18-year-old illegal migrant from El Salvador, Israel Flores Ortiz – released into the U.S. under Biden policies – posed as an 11th grader at Fairfax High School and groped at least 12 girls in the hallways over several months. A victim’s mother described it: “He just sneakily walked up behind them and put his hand in between their legs… It was a groping of a private area. It had been occurring for several months.” Fairfax officials tried to downplay it and even fought ICE’s detainer.
Primary Sources
- Source: ZeroHedge
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