Abigail Spanberger’s Virginia a ‘hotbed’ for illegal immigrant crime, DHS says after latest rape charge

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fairfax County, Virginia, officials face scrutiny as illegal immigrant crime, including child sexual offenses and murders, dramatically rises. A DHS report reveals an alleged 75% of all murders in Fairfax County are committed by illegal aliens, fueling intense debate over the county's controversial sanctuary city policies and their impact on public safety. After yet another illegal immigrant was charged with violent crimes in Fairfax County, Virginia, the Department of Homeland Security is once again appealing to Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger not to allow the charged individual to be released. In a statement Tuesday, DHS ripped Spanberger on charges of being too soft on illegal immigrant crime, saying, "Under Governor Abigail Spanberger, Virginia has become a hotbed of illegal alien crime." The latest involves Juan Arevalo Mendez, a 46-year-old