DHS Deports Israel Flores Ortiz After Conviction for Groping 9 Fairfax High School Girls
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
DHS Deports Israel Flores Ortiz After Conviction for Groping 9 Fairfax High School Girls
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 10
Summary
ICE said it arrested Israel Flores Ortiz on Aug. 31 after his Fairfax County jail release and deported him to El Salvador on Wednesday.
A DOJ immigration judge had already ordered his removal days before release, after he was convicted of groping nine Fairfax High School girls and served about nine months despite initially facing years in prison.
Fairfax Sheriff Stacey Kincaid's office said it transferred him to ICE under a Virginia law allowing handoff up to five days before release; the county prosecutor's office said custody decisions were the sheriff's responsibility.
The deportation lands in a broader fight over Fairfax's limited cooperation with ICE: critics say Kincaid refused 615 detainer requests over 16 months and turned over only 11 people, while county leaders were grilled by Congress earlier this year.