Fairfax County Freed Illegal Despite ICE Request — Now A Man Is Dead
An illegal immigrant with several prior charges was freed from jail in Fairfax County, Virginia, despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requesting his detention — and went on to allegedly kill a man…
An illegal immigrant with several prior charges was freed from jail in Fairfax County, Virginia, despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requesting his detention — and went on to allegedly kill a man Wednesday, the agency told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Marvin Morales-Ortez of El Salvador was in the country illegally before police say he gunned down a Reston resident, according to an ICE spokesperson. In addition to ignoring ICE’s detainer request, the county dropped his charges of assault causing injury, brandishing or pointing a firearm, assaulting law enforcement and disorderly conduct that he received between August 2023 and September 2025, court records show.
“Fairfax County failed the victim by refusing to work with ICE and releasing this criminal alien onto Virginia streets instead of safely into ICE custody,” the ICE spokesperson said. “If Fairfax County would have simply worked to uphold our nation’s laws, then this tragedy may have never happened.”
A county spokesperson did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment. Court records do not list a defense attorney in Morales-Ortez’s current case. He is being held in custody on a second-degree murder charge, according to