Source: Fox News · 2026-08-25 · Original article ↗

FIRST ON FOX: ICE quietly arrests jaw dropping number of illegal immigrants in massive DC area operation

Fourteen days. One thousand three hundred twenty-eight arrests. Almost four hundred already had a rap sheet. The suburbs still call themselves kind.

Summary

  • Fox News, in a first report, says ICE arrested 1,328 illegal immigrants over 14 days in the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Virginia and Maryland under Operation Safe Community, Washington, D.C., from Aug. 1 to Aug. 14.
  • Almost 400 of those arrested had criminal convictions or pending charges, including a Salvadoran national wanted in Richmond on a murder warrant, plus rape, sexual assault, kidnapping, DUI, robbery, and attempted murder.
  • Just the News, citing DHS, notes the two-week sweep focused on D.C. and sanctuary-style suburbs that do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
  • Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Fox the officers arrested sexual assailants, kidnappers, drunk drivers, robbers, and gang members in those two weeks.

Commentary

A Fairfax plumber still parks on cracked asphalt and checks the side mirror before he opens the door. He did not vote for a murder warrant to sit in a suburb that lectures him about kindness.

That is the gap. One thousand three hundred twenty-eight in fourteen days. Almost four hundred already known to a docket. A Richmond murder paper. A rape charge. The counties that would not share a name still want credit for being gentle. The officers did the work without a parade.

Ask every parent on that Beltway: if a sanctuary will not flag a murder warrant, what part of 'community' was ever a lock?

Comments

Do 1,328 quiet ICE arrests in two weeks prove sanctuary suburbs were the hide?
u/border_dad · 5h

Fourteen days is a clock. One thousand three hundred twenty-eight is a county that finally got visited.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

I ran plates at a stop. Sharing a murder warrant with ICE is not a raid. It is the job.

u/rule_first · 4h

A detainer is a federal request. A suburb that files it in the trash is choosing the next victim.

u/tokyo_ally · 3h

Allied capitals do not need a press release to let a local cop flag a wanted man.

u/docket_rat · 3h

Watch who funds the 'no cooperation' flyers. They never sat a Richmond murder briefing.

u/night_shift · 2h

I clock in smelling like diesel. Four hundred rap sheets in two weeks is not a vibe. It is a backlog.

u/texas_mom · 90m

Kidnapping and rape on that list are not paperwork errors. Those are other people's children.

u/gulf_watch · 55m

A capital region that hides a murder warrant is a message to every cartel accountant.

u/press_clip · 30m

Fox printed 1,328, 14 days, almost 400 criminal cases, and the Richmond warrant. Argue those nouns.

u/soc_lead · 15m

Keep the quiet ops. Honor the next hold. Print the count every two weeks until the suburbs remember the statute.

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