An illegal immigrant from El Salvador was returned to his home country this week after the Department of Homeland Security took him into custody in sanctuary Fairfax County, Virginia, where he had just served an abbreviated jail sentence, and deported him.

The case is the latest in a string of controversies involving illegal immigrants plaguing the Democrat-led county adjacent to Washington, D.C., where sanctuary policies run up against the Trump administration’s heavy-handed approach to removing people who do not belong in the U.S.

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Despite facing several years in prison, Flores-Ortiz was released after only about nine months. Several days before his ultimate release, a DOJ immigration judge reportedly ordered him removed from the U.S.

Enforcement and Removal Operations agents walk outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building Sept. 24, 2025, in Broadview, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

It was then that DHS agents arrested Flores-Ortiz.

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“Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Mullin, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome, especially those who harm our American communities,” the spokesperson said.

In a letter to parents earlier this year, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid wrote that such behavior is “unacceptable” and that the district hired outside counsel to “conduct a comprehensive review of the matter.”

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