ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Released by Fairfax County Despite Charges of Sexually Assaulting Children

Fairfax County officials refused to honor ICE's immigration detainer and released this illegal alien into the community

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested an illegal alien charged with child sex crimes after he had previously been released by Fairfax County, Virginia.

On September 15, ICE Washington, D.C. arrested Oscar Evaristo Nunez, an illegal alien from Honduras, during a targeted enforcement operation. Nunez had previously been arrested and charged on August 27, 2025 with aggravated sexual battery: parent with child 13-17 years, TWO counts of nonconsent: filming/videotaping of an undressed minor, and TWO counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13 years old. ICE lodged a detainer for Nunez with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center two days later, on August 29. However, Fairfax County refused to honor the detainer and released Nunez back into the community without notifying ICE.

Oscar Evaristo Nunez

Nunez following his arrest by ICE

Nunez will remain in ICE custody pending the outcome of immigration proceedings.

"Another criminal illegal alien has been taken off the streets by the brave men and women of ICE, with no help from sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "This illegal alien from Honduras had been arrested for child sex crimes in August last year, but Fairfax County refused to honor ICE's detainer and let this creep back out onto the streets. Once again, ICE did the job that these heartless sanctuary politicians won't do: enforce the law and protect American lives. DHS is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to stop putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people."

"Oscar Evaristo Nunez is charged with some disgusting and horrifying crimes and represents a significant threat to the members of our Northern Virginia communities," said ICE Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian. "When local officials refuse to work with ICE and honor our detainers, they are prioritizing politics over the safety of their neighborhoods. In this case, they refused to honor our detainer and allowed an alleged child sex predator to potentially re-offend until ICE officers could take him off the streets."

Nunez illegally entered the United States near Arizona in or around September 2003.

During her first days in office, Governor Abigail Spanberger signed executive orders banning state cooperation with ICE as well as terminating 287(g) state and local agreements.

Under Governor Spanberger, Virginia has become a hotbed of illegal alien crime. Some of the recent illegal alien crimes in the sanctuary state include:

• In August, ICE lodged a detainer for Freddi Chigo Mil, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was charged with second-degree murder and malicious wounding after stabbing two women, killing one, in Staunton, Virginia.
• In August, ICE lodged a detainer for Jorge Gilberto Zamorano-Burciaga, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was charged with more than 20 counts related to child pornography in Franklin County, Virginia.
• In August, ICE lodged detainers for three illegal aliens charged with sex offenses against children, who were all being held at the same jail in Staunton, Virginia.
• In August, ICE lodged a detainer for Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, an illegal alien from El Salvador, charged with second-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman to death in Fairfax County, Virginia.
• In July, ICE lodged a detainer for Nehemia Noel Fuentes-Banegas, an illegal alien from Honduras, after he was charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer in Annandale, Virginia.
• In July, ICE arrested Raul Genesis Ortiz Moran, an illegal alien from Mexico, after he was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated sexual battery in the death of a 2-year-old girl in Louisa County, Virginia.
• In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Juan Arevalo Mendez, an illegal alien from El Salvador, after he was arrested for charges of rape and abduction in Fairfax County, Virginia.
• In June, an ICE investigation led to the sentencing of Samuel Flores de Dios, an illegal alien from Mexico, to 30 years in prison on charges of production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
• In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Moises Domingo Rico Rosales, an illegal alien from Nicaragua, after he had been arrested for abduction of person with intent to defile and indecent exposure in Annandale, Virginia.
• In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Jose Nahun Aleman Hernandez, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was charged with molesting a 5-year-old girl in Woodbridge, Virginia.
• In June, ICE lodged a detainer for Cristian Wilfredo Alvarenga Aguilar, an illegal alien charged with carjacking, abduction, assault, and robbery in Herndon, Virginia.
• In May, Aroldo Santos-Velasques, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was sentenced in Loudoun County to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl.
• In May, ICE lodged a detainer for Cristian Romero Saenz-Argueta, an illegal alien from El Salvador, who was arrested in Prince William County, Virginia and charged with raping a girl under the age of 15.
• In May, ICE lodged a detainer for Jorge Enrique Garcia-Rodriguez, an illegal alien from Mexico, who was arrested in Franklin County, Virginia and charged with forcible intercourse with a victim under the age of 13 and SIX counts of possession of child pornography.
• In May, ICE arrested Eduardo Perez-Legra, an illegal alien from Cuba with prior felony convictions for drug trafficking and cocaine possession, in Newport News, Virginia.
• In May, ICE arrested Walvin Victor Hugo Garcia, an illegal alien from Guatemala, after he was released by sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County despite facing charges of raping a child under the age of 13.
• In May, ICE arrested Josue Saul Garcia-Lopez, an illegal alien from El Salvador and MS-13 gang member, in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
• In April, Roni Mendez-Escobar, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE after previously being released by Fairfax County, despite being charged with possession of child porn with intent to distribute. Mendez-Escobar was sentenced in September 2026 to six years in prison.
• In April, ICE lodged a detainer asking sanctuary politicians in Arlington County to not release Luzvin Orvando Garcia Moran, an illegal alien from Guatemala, after he was arrested for attempted rape.
• In April, Israel Christopher Flores-Ortiz, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador, was convicted for NINE counts of assault and battery after he groped multiple underage girls at a high school in Fairfax County.
• In April, the Fairfax County District Attorney's Office offered an insane plea deal of just 5 years to two illegal aliens who murdered a man at a park and walking trail in Oakton, Virginia in July of 2024.
• In April, Misael Lopez Gomez, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested and charged with murder and felony child abuse after bludgeoning his own 3-month-old daughter to death in Fairfax County.
• In March, Anibal Armando Chavarria Muy, an illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after fatally stabbing a man inside his home in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia.
• In February, Abdul Jalloh, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone with more than 30 prior arrests, was charged with murder after fatally stabbing 41-year-old Stephanie Minter at a bus stop in Hybla Valley, Virginia.

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