Mullin rips Spanberger for ‘criminalizing’ DHS while ICE arrests illegal alien felon in her ‘sanctuary’ state
Following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that led to the arrest of a three-time felon in Virginia, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin took aim at Democratic Gov....
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Following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that led to the arrest of a three-time felon in Virginia, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin took aim at Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger. Mullin spoke exclusively with Fox News Digital after a 4 a.m. trek to Manassas, Virginia, and a moonlit raid resulted in the arrest of Marvin Len Morales, a multiple-time felon who had been deported twice before. Morales had felony drug charges and a misdemeanor DWI charge on his record. The DHS secretary said the arrest underscored what he views as the consequences of Spanberger and Virginia Democrats limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, arguing the policies make it harder for ICE agents to remove repeat offenders from communities. " Well, unfortunately, we're not working with [Spanberger] at all. She's criminalized us to some degree. She went out there, she's warned all law enforcement not to work with us," Mullin told Fox News Digital standing just feet away from the handcuffed migrant. "This individual right here that we just arrested, this is his third time to be deported. He self-deported once, he was deported again. He's snuck back across, he's been living back here in this country again with a history of criminal activity. This shouldn't be happening in our streets, in our neighborhood," Mullin told Fox News Digital. ICE NABS IRANIAN NATIONAL WITH RAPE, SODOMY CONVICTIONS AFTER VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS MOVE TO CURB COOPERATION Mullin lamented the lack of local cooperation with federal law enforcement and Virginia's sanctuary state status , arguing the policies lead to an influx of criminal activity. "They wanted to cancel all the 287G programs ," he said of Spanberger's government. "This is where we have local law enforcement that partner with federal to get these criminals off the streets like this." "Just use Fairfax, Virginia, for example. Roughly 50% of the murders in Fairfax, Virginia... the…