Anonymous
08/17/2024 13:05
Subject: "Trust Policy" may be putting Fairfax County residents at risk
When are localities going to recognize that these sanctuary policies do more harm than good?
Recent crimes again raise concerns about county’s sanctuary policy
A Fairfax County policy called “the Trust Policy” may be putting county citizens at risk as it protects those in the country unlawfully.
In January 2021, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted the Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy, known as “the Trust Policy,” to “reaffirm current county policy and improve community health, welfare, safety, security, and trust by ensuring that immigrant residents can access county services without fear that the information they share will be disclosed to federal immigration officials,” according to the county’s official website.
Under the policy, residents who are illegally in the United States and arrested for crimes are being released back into the community rather than being turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which enforces immigration laws. Recently, the Fairfax County Times queried the Washington, D.C., office of the agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) about seven people who were arrested in Fairfax County over a one-week period. An Enforcement and Removal Operations spokesman said that six of the seven people were illegally in the United States.
For example, three suspects were arrested and charged with malicious wounding by a mob in connection to a homicide in Oakton, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. ICE has issued multiple “immigration detainers,” which notify local police the individuals should be detained against one of the suspects. Still, according to an official in the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office didn’t notify ICE about the suspect honoring it.
In the murder, Nicacio Hernandez Gonzalez, 47, of Fairfax, was found dead in the 9500 block of Route 29 in Oakton with body trauma. According to FCPD, police officers arrested Maldin Anibal Guzman, 27, who previously had 23 charges, eight of them felonies, between July 2022 and July 2024, including malicious wounding. FCPD had also arrested Guzman in March and charged him with malicious assault and other crimes. ICE issued several detainers against him. Wis Alonso Sorto-Portillo, 45, was also arrested in connection with Gonzalez’s death.
Of the charges against Guzman in the past two years, 15 were not prosecuted, and four were dismissed.
Recent crimes again raise concerns about county’s sanctuary policy
A Fairfax County policy called “the Trust Policy” may be putting county citizens at risk as it protects those in the country unlawfully.
In January 2021, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted the Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy, known as “the Trust Policy,” to “reaffirm current county policy and improve community health, welfare, safety, security, and trust by ensuring that immigrant residents can access county services without fear that the information they share will be disclosed to federal immigration officials,” according to the county’s official website.
Under the policy, residents who are illegally in the United States and arrested for crimes are being released back into the community rather than being turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which enforces immigration laws. Recently, the Fairfax County Times queried the Washington, D.C., office of the agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) about seven people who were arrested in Fairfax County over a one-week period. An Enforcement and Removal Operations spokesman said that six of the seven people were illegally in the United States.
For example, three suspects were arrested and charged with malicious wounding by a mob in connection to a homicide in Oakton, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. ICE has issued multiple “immigration detainers,” which notify local police the individuals should be detained against one of the suspects. Still, according to an official in the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office didn’t notify ICE about the suspect honoring it.
In the murder, Nicacio Hernandez Gonzalez, 47, of Fairfax, was found dead in the 9500 block of Route 29 in Oakton with body trauma. According to FCPD, police officers arrested Maldin Anibal Guzman, 27, who previously had 23 charges, eight of them felonies, between July 2022 and July 2024, including malicious wounding. FCPD had also arrested Guzman in March and charged him with malicious assault and other crimes. ICE issued several detainers against him. Wis Alonso Sorto-Portillo, 45, was also arrested in connection with Gonzalez’s death.
Of the charges against Guzman in the past two years, 15 were not prosecuted, and four were dismissed.
