ICE Apprehends Illegal Alien Previously Arrested 10 TIMES and Charged with 19 CRIMES
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has once again done the job that local officials refused to do—protect the American public.
Federal officers in Washington, D.C. arrested 27-year-old Jorge Armando Melendez-Gonzalez, an illegal alien from El Salvador with an extensive record of violence, after Fairfax County, Virginia, twice ignored ICE detainers and released him back into the community.
Melendez-Gonzalez’s criminal history is staggering.
Since illegally crossing the U.S. border in 2015, he has been arrested ten times and charged with 19 crimes, including malicious shooting, unlawful wounding, assault and battery, assault on a family member, grand larceny, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Despite being ordered deported in 2016, he repeatedly reoffended—and local authorities repeatedly let him go.
Fairfax County’s refusal to cooperate with ICE’s detainers exemplifies the deadly consequences of sanctuary policies.
Twice—in August 2023 and again in July 2025—the county was notified that Melendez-Gonzalez was a removable criminal alien.
Twice, officials ignored the federal request and chose to release him.
The county engaged in a clear and deliberate act of defiance against the law, one that placed innocent people at risk.