ICE arrests charged sex offender in Norfolk amid Spanberger policy shift

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement workplace in Washington DC introduced the arrest of an unlawful immigrant and Iranian citizen with a felony historical past that features a number of prices associated to sodomy.

The arrest comes weeks after Governor Abigail Spanberger, by government order, reversed her predecessor Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) settlement with DHS, which allowed Commonwealth legislation enforcement companies and federal immigration authorities to share assets and data to assist apprehend unlawful immigrants and criminals.

Sen. Saddam Salim, D-Dunn Loring, of Virginia, has additionally drafted a invoice to ban legislation enforcement companies in Virginia from cooperating with ICE normally. The Democratic-controlled chamber handed the measure 21-19.

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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger speaks in Richmond (Marvin Joseph/Getty Photos)

Shayan Kahhal, whose intercourse offender registration info supplied a house handle close to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, was picked up by ICE this week, in keeping with an alert from the company.

Kahhal has a felony historical past that features prices of strong-arm rape, strong-arm sodomy of a girl, strong-arm sodomy of a boy and strong-arm sodomy of a woman.

The Virginia State Police Sex Offender web page mentions a rape and two convictions for forcible sodomy from 2011.

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Salim’s invoice prohibits state and native legislation enforcement companies from “sustaining, renewing, or getting into into any federal immigration legislation enforcement settlement except such settlement comprises sure phrases and situations.

“The invoice additionally prohibits any individual appearing in his capability as a legislation enforcement officer to help or cooperate with or to authorize or authorize any means to help or cooperate with or to in any other case facilitate any operation performed in complete or partly by federal authorities for the aim of implementing federal immigration legislation,” Salim’s textual content stated.

Salim not too long ago scored an embarrassing victory towards longtime incumbent Chap Petersen after the guy Democrat expressed help for maintaining the Washington Redskins identify and Accomplice monuments intact.

Fox Information Digital reached out to Salim, a authorized immigrant from Bangladesh, for remark.

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The arrest and invoice observe Spanberger’s order, which she has defended by saying that “Virginians should have their legislation enforcement assets spent on the protection and safety of their communities, and never on federal civil immigration enforcement.”

The reversal of 287(g) “restores readability and accountability to the function of state and native legislation enforcement and ensures their focus stays on public security, justice and group belief,” stated Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi, who supported Spanberger’s transfer.

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Safety Kristi Noem attends a press convention to supply an replace on border safety and drug seizures alongside the U.S.-Mexico border in Otay Mesa, San Diego, California, February 12, 2026. (Mike Blake/Reuters)

Spanberger has stated that Virginia legislation enforcement companies will proceed to honor legitimate court docket orders, pledging to stick to Virginia legislation in these instances.

Fox Information Digital reached out to the governor’s workplace for remark.