NEW ORLEANS, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

Under Governor Abigail Spanberger, Virginia has become a hotbed of illegal alien crime

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County, Virginia to not release from jail an illegal alien who has been charged with rape and abduction.

According to local reporting, Juan Arevalo Mendez, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was arrested on June 30 in Prince William County. He has been charged with rape - strongarm and kidnap adult with intent to sexually assault in conne...