Biden admin marked illegal immigrant, alleged murderer as 'non-enforcement priority,' DHS reveals
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Trump's Department of Homeland Security slams Biden administration and local 'sanctuary' policies for illegal immigrant's release one day before he allegedly committed murder.
Morales-Ortez illegally entered the United States in September 2016, along with his mother, near Hidalgo, Texas, according to DHS. Morales-Ortez was then "released into the country by the Obama administration," the agency added. Meanwhile, in 2022, the Biden administration dismissed Morales-Ortez's immigration proceedings and eventually marked him as "a non-enforcement priority," according to DHS.
"There is blood on the hands of Fairfax County politicians for pushing policies that released this illegal alien from Salvadoran from jail and onto the streets of Virginia," said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. "Fairfax county refused to honor ICE’s detainer and release him into their custody. Just hours after being released from jail, he committed murder in cold blood. Sanctuary policies have deadly consequences. We pray for the victim and his family."
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