Maryland is home to Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who is notorious for being Abrego Garcia's margarita drinkin' buddy, and is also one of the many Democrats who has placed illegal aliens as a top priority over American citizens and public safety in general.
In Virginia, "moderate" Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano also prioritize criminal illegals.
Both of those states were the locations of an ICE operation over the last two weeks, and the Democrats will probably need to be handed some boxes of tissues after they learn about this:
Illegal aliens in Virginia and Maryland have NO sanctuary.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 24, 2026
In just two weeks, we arrested over 1,300 of these criminals — including sexual assailants, kidnappers, and gang members.
While sanctuary politicians put illegal aliens above the American people, the Trump… https://t.co/S518KTShsI
More from Fox News' Bill Melugin:
BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: DHS tells @FoxNews that ICE has quietly carried out one of its most successful operations in agency history, resulting in the arrests of 1,328 illegal aliens in just a 14-day span in the states of Virginia & Maryland. Nearly 400 of the aliens had criminal… pic.twitter.com/ZCcWuAxxZS
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 24, 2026
Here's the full post from Bill Melugin:
ICE has quietly carried out one of its most successful operations in agency history, resulting in the arrests of 1,328 illegal aliens in just a 14-day span in the states of Virginia & Maryland. Nearly 400 of the aliens had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, including a Salvadoran illegal alien wanted by police in Richmond, VA on a murder warrant. (Eygner Wilfredo Huezo-Moran’s mugshot below).
Other targets included aliens with rap sheets for attempted murder and rape, as well as convictions for sexual battery, kidnapping, robbery and DWI.
The operation primarily targeted the sanctuary jurisdiction suburbs in VA & MD around Washington DC, and ICE arrested anyone in the U.S. illegally, regardless of any criminal history.
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One more:
I’m told many of the illegal aliens tried to flee from ICE or resisted arrest. Some videos of these arrests are below, courtesy of an ICE source who took part in this massive operation in VA & MD. pic.twitter.com/kYALncQxeS
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 24, 2026
Cue Democrat outrage and pass the popcorn.
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