The man who allegedly stabbed a woman to death at a Fairfax bus stop was revealed by the Department of Homeland Security to be an illegal immigrant who had been arrested and released over 30 times.
Abdul Jalloh, 32, is alleged to have stabbed Stephanie Minter, 41, earlier this week. He was caught shortly after her body was discovered at a bus stop. After his arrest, Department of Homeland Security officials told several news outlets that Jalloh was an illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone with an extensive rap sheet. He had been arrested over 30 times for crimes including rape, malicious wounding, assault, identity theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, assault, and pick-pocketing.
Outrage was quickly directed at Democratic officials, mainly Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and Steve Descano, the progressive Democratic district attorney for Fairfax County, both of whom have implemented progressive policies towards crime.
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“We are calling on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Virginia’s sanctuary politicians to commit to not releasing this murderer and violent career criminal from their jail without notifying ICE,” DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said, according to Fox News.
“This illegal alien’s murder of an innocent, beautiful American woman came less than 24 hours before Governor Spanberger’s demonization of ICE law enforcement. This heinous criminal is a perfect example of why we need cooperation from sanctuary jurisdictions and the importance of third-country removals for the safety of the American people,” she added.
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The Washington Examiner reached out to Spanberger for comment. Upon taking office earlier this year, Spanberger moved to ban cooperation between law enforcement and immigration authorities.
Jalloh had committed his litany of crimes in a relatively short period of time, after arriving in the U.S. illegally in 2012, according to the DHS. Immigration officials lodged an immigration detainer against him in 2020, and he was granted a final order of removal by a judge allowing his deportation to anywhere but his native country, the outlet reported.
