Residents in major DC suburb demand action over illegal aliens committing violent crimes: 'Has to change'

By Fox News · Fox News

Residents in Fairfax County, Virginia expressed frustrations with a slew of violent crimes committed by illegal aliens in recent months while at the same time voicing skepticism over President Donald Trump ’s immigration crackdown. "I’m not team ICE, but I do agree that if you’re out here committing crimes, then you don’t want to be here," one respondent said, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency at the heart of Trump’s detention and deportation efforts. "So, I think they should leave the people that are just chilling alone, but if you’re out here committing crimes, yeah, you might have to go." In particular, residents raised alarm about cases like the murder of Stephanie Minter — a woman stabbed to death at a bus stop in February at the hands of an illegal alien from Sierra Leone — a repeat offender with a lengthy criminal history. DHS SLAMS ‘INSANE’ 5-YEAR PLEA DEAL FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO ADMITTED FATAL STABBING IN VIRGINIA Abdul Jalloh, 32, had been arrested more than 30 times, according to the Department of Homeland Security, but was still released by Virginia authorities. To some, Minter’s death is a clear indicator of a need for reform. "I’ll tell you this. Someone that’s been arrested 30 times and has been let back out and can commit a crime like this? Something has to change. Something is not working," one Fairfax resident told Fox News Digital. ICE PRESSURES SPANBERGER AS FAIRFAX MURDER SUSPECTS TRIGGER NEW DETAINERS IN ‘SANCTUARY’ CLASH "If it’s the 30th time, I don’t know what justification they have for why they’re not sent back or given some sort of harsher punishment," another said. Fairfax County has made headlines for a string of murders similar to Minter’s case. Earlier this month, authorities charged 28-year-old Guatemala native Misael Lopez Gomez with the murder of his 3-month-old daughter. His arrest comes on the heels of a separate attack by Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, 38, another Guatemalan man charged with…