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County supervisor in Virginia urging county leaders, sheriff to honor ICE detainers
A supervisor in Fairfax County, Virginia, is demanding that county leaders remove sanctuary county policies for illegal immigrants, as the sheriff says she will protect the rights of all people, regardless of immigration status.
Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid said she will not honor ICE detainers, saying in a letter obtained by WJLA that ICE must obtain a judicial warrant, including for violent offenders who are in the U.S. illegally.
Kincaid references former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s opinion from 2015 that says ICE detainers are only requests. She also cites the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizures and the Fourteenth Amendment right of equal protection under the law with due process.
“The status of a person as an inmate or an undocumented immigrant does not diminish their right to be free from unlawful seizure, nor does it eliminate their access to due process and equal protection,” the sheriff wrote.
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Fairfax County Sheriff Stacey Kincaid said she will not honor ICE detainers. (Getty Images)
Fairfax County Supervisor Pat Herrity told WJLA that Kincaid’s “reliance on the Attorney General’s letter is a cop-out.”
“You clearly got [Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman] doing it and keeping his community safe,” he said, referring to honoring ICE detainers. “I think our residents expect the same from our sheriff. I think they’re failing their duty. Because when you’ve got repeat violent offenders being released into our community, whether that’s by the magistrates, whether that’s by the Commonwealth’s Attorney or whether that’s by the sheriff, that’s just unacceptable. We need to keep violent offenders in jail or get them out of our country.”
Chapman said his office immediately notifies ICE when his deputies arrest people who are in the U.S. illegally and that he honors ICE detainers, according to WJLA.
Kincaid also said the courts and the commonwealth’s attorney have, in some cases, released suspects on bond after charges for violent crimes.
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The sheriff said the courts and the commonwealth’s attorney have, in some cases, released suspects on bond after charges for violent crimes. (Getty Images)
“In other cases, the Commonwealth’s Attorney elected to nolle prosequi, or dismiss, the charges altogether,” she wrote.
Herrity, addressing Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s record, said U.S. citizens who are violent offenders are treated worse than illegal immigrants who are violent offenders.
Descano has said his office will not work with ICE on civil immigration enforcement, citing his commitment to “improve community safety, promote confidentiality, restore trust, preserve limited resources, and ensure all have equal protection of the law.”
“Prosecutors evaluate cases on an individual basis and take into account a wide range of factors when determining the best path forward to build community safety,” Descano’s office told WJLA in response to Kincaid’s letter. “Part of that work is determining when it is improper to go forward with a case, which can be due to the strength of the evidence, availability of witnesses, or in coordination with other charges the defendant may be facing. The office’s bond policy directs prosecutors to make hold/release recommendations based only on dangerousness and flight risk, and not to consider other factors.”
Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said his office will not work with ICE on civil immigration enforcement. (Getty Images)
Additionally, the Trust Policy, which the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors passed in 2021, bars Fairfax County police from alerting ICE when a person who is in the country illegally is arrested.
Herrity, who voted against the Trust Policy, said he wants the Board of Supervisors to eliminate the policy.
“I think it hurts our police department’s ability to actually do their job and get violent offenders off the street. We’re no longer a part of the Northern Virginia Regional Gang Task Force because of the Trust Policy. It hurts their ability to do their job,” he said. “Any reason that we are releasing violent criminals back into our community needs to be revisited, everything from the 2020 legislation to the Commonwealth Attorney, to the Sheriff’s policies.”
The Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office has had 725 undocumented immigrants in jail over the past year, but only three were transferred to ICE, according to WJLA.
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Former President Trump’s speech in Nashville, Tennessee, over the weekend was briefly delayed by the Secret Service over another security concern, just two weeks after he survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Trump was prepared to take the stage on Saturday afternoon inside the Music City Center for the 2024 Bitcoin conference when Secret Service agents had him wait as two credentialed and screened attendees were removed from the venue for not following proper entry protocols, a Secret Service spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.
The former president was told by his Secret Service detail to wait until the two individuals were located before he could take the stage to give his keynote address.
The spokesperson said there was never a threat to Trump.
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Donald Trump during his speech at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Images)
“It was determined that there was no protective interest with these individuals and there was never a threat to the former president,” the spokesperson said.
Both individuals were questioned by law enforcement after they were found and removed from the event, the New York Post reported. Neither person was charged in connection with the incident.
The two people were stopped at an initial checkpoint before bypassing the second screening, according to the outlet.
It remains unclear how the individuals made it past the screening.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Getty Images)
This comes after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, when gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks, 20, opened fire. One spectator was killed while other attendees were wounded. Trump suffered injuries to his ear in the incident.
The shooting in Pennsylvania led to bipartisan criticism of the Secret Service over the security lapse, as congressional lawmakers look to investigate how Crooks managed to make it onto the roof of a building outside the perimeter at the rally and have a line of sight of the former president to take a shot with his firearm.
Now-former Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has since resigned over the security lapses.
Fox News’ Seth Andrews contributed to this report.
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Alabama window washer dangling outside skyscraper rescued after equipment jams 450 feet above ground
A window washer in Alabama was rescued after his equipment jammed and left him dangling more than 450 feet outside the state’s tallest building on Monday, authorities said.
The man was washing the windows outside the 35-story RSA Battle House Tower in downtown Mobile when his descender got stuck, Mobile Fire-Rescue said.
Unable to move upward or downward, the man and a co-worker called 911 for help, saying that he was merely stuck and was not hurt or in danger of falling.
Multiple fire units were dispatched to the skyscraper, including rescue technicians trained in high-angle rescues.
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A rescuer is lowered to a window washer who became stuck outside the RSA Tower in downtown Mobile, Alabama, below the 33rd floor on Monday. (Mobile Fire-Rescue )
Fire personnel set up a rope system on a small roof on the building’s 35th floor and lowered a rescuer down to the stranded window washer more than one-story below.
Fire officials said the window washer was stuck more than 450 feet above the ground. The window washer was not injured or in danger of falling. (Mobile Fire-Rescue )
The rescuer attached the window washer’s harness to the fire department’s pulley system and hoisted him to safety on the roof of the 33rd floor. The man was then able to walk on his own through an open window into the building.
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The window washer was unharmed, and no fire personnel were injured during the rescue.
“It worked like clockwork, it was beautiful,” District 1 Chief Brandon Jackson said of the rescue. “Everybody walked away and went home safely.”
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The RSA tower stands 745 feet tall and holds 433,165 square feet of office space.
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Patrick Hayes of Cumming, Georgia, has been growing his mullet since he was 7 years old.
The 11-year-old has become a top 100 finalist in the USA Mullet Championship.
It’s his first time competing in the event, he told Fox News Digital via email.
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“[I] saw it last year and thought it looked cool. Everyone says that I need to be on TV with hair like this. We thought it would be a fun event,” Hayes said.
Patrick Hayes of Cumming, Georgia, has been growing his mullet since he was 7 years old. (Michael Hayes)
The USA Mullet Championship has grown from a local Michigan competition in 2020 to a national event among all states.
Mullet wearers of all ages can participate in the competition in the kid, teen and adult categories.
Hayes said his hairdo is a conversation starter.
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“My friends think it’s cool, it’s how all of my friends know me, and I get compliments all the time about it,” he said.
“My friends think it’s cool, it’s how all of my friends know me, and I get compliments all the time about it,” Patrick Hayes of Georgia told Fox News Digital in an email. (Michael Hayes)
The “business in the front, party in the back” hairstyle has been notably rocked by musicians David Bowie and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Part of the championship funds go to the Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors, a nonprofit that provides mortgage-free homes to critically-wounded combat veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the USA Mullet Championship website.
“I just love how this is for a great cause, it’s not just about mullets,” dad Michael Hayes told Fox News Digital via email. “Such a fun way to start the school year off for him!”
Patrick Hayes has advanced to the top 100 contestants in the USA Mullet Championship. He’s been growing his hairstyle since he was 7 years old. will be selecting the top three “most majestic mullets” on Aug. 28. (Michael Hayes)
The first round of voting ends Tuesday night for the top 25 contestants.
This year, the competition will be selecting the top three “most majestic mullets” on Aug. 28.
Fox News Digital reached out to the USA Mullet Championship for additional comment.
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