Virginia Dem Gov Lets Baby-Strangling Illegal Walk Free Instead of Turning Him Over to ICE [WATCH]

Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin warned that sanctuary city and state policies are allowing violent criminal illegal aliens to be released back into American communities, citing multiple recent cases involving serious crimes.

The exchange focused on the lack of cooperation between state and local governments and federal immigration authorities, which McLaughlin said is preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement from taking custody of criminal illegal aliens after they complete their sentences.

“These immigrants out of the prisons, it is safer for everyone, not on the street operations. So it seems like Spanberger, but she didn’t get the memo?” McEnany said.

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McLaughlin responded by pointing to previous cooperation with Virginia officials and contrasting it with what she described as the consequences of new sanctuary policies.

“I guess she didn’t get the memo because we had a great partnership with Glenn Youngkin and his team on the ground there to make sure that when these criminal legal aliens who are in the jails, in their custody, once they serve their time, that we are notified and they can be turned over to ICE, to be released back into their own country,” McLaughlin said.

She then described a specific case involving a violent crime committed by an illegal alien from El Salvador, which she said illustrates the public safety risks created by sanctuary policies.

“But Kaylee, I want to give you one example, and your viewers, one example of a direct response to this. There is an illegal alien that we arrested from El Salvador in September of last year. He was arrested for strangling with an electric cord. His eight-month-old sister was killed because of the policies, because of these new sanctuary city policies out of Virginia. Once this individual serves his time, he will go back onto the Virginia streets, because we’re not allowed to be notified. That is absolutely heinous, and Virginians are going to be a lot less safe because of this policy,” McLaughlin said.

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McEnany reacted strongly to the account and expanded the discussion to similar developments in New York.

“Tricia, that is insane. What you just told me, and I saw on your Twitter feed that in New York, this is just likewise insane. 6,947 illegal aliens with criminal records were just let out on the streets of New York right behind me,” McEnany said.

McLaughlin said New York is not alone and cited Minneapolis as another example where sanctuary policies have restricted ICE access to local jails.

“That’s exactly right. And we saw the same out of Minneapolis, which, of course, we’re trying to solve for. I’m so glad that Tom Homan is on the ground there trying to make, really, what is common sense deals, because all we’re asking for is for state and local cooperation,” McLaughlin said.

She went on to list several individuals arrested in Minneapolis after being free in the community despite serious criminal convictions.

“I mean, just a couple more of these individuals that we’ve picked up off of the street in the last few days, Kaylee out of Minneapolis, an individual from Laos convicted for rape and sexual assault, an individual from Vietnam, convicted for sexual assault, homicide, negligent manslaughter, another from Laos, convicted for homicide,” McLaughlin said.

“These are the people who have been walking around Minneapolis with impunity for the last few years, and who ICE, because we’re not allowed into those jails. That’s we have to flood the zone and get these individuals out of the country. That’s what we’re doing in Minneapolis. That’s what we’re going to be doing in New York with those sanctuary city policies,” she added.

McEnany closed the segment by praising McLaughlin’s efforts and reacting again to the Virginia case.

“Tricia McLaughlin, you guys are doing great work. Thank you. And that is just horrible. Someone who strangled their sister then out on the streets, wow,” McEnany said.

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