Day After Minter Vigil, Spanberger Blames ICE As

The day after Stephanie Minter’s household held a vigil in Richmond, Virginia, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) was requested what she had to say to the Fairfax County mom’s household. She smiled, blamed ICE, and walked away on digicam.

WJLA’s Nick Minock caught up with Spanberger after a Richmond vigil where Minter’s household and state officers pointed to prior arrests, written warnings, and repeated releases before the killing.

🚨New: I requested Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger what her message is to Stephanie Minter’s household and kids who have been harmed by unlawful immigrants.

Minter is a Virginia mom who was murdered in Fairfax County. Her accused killer is illegitimate immigrant Abdul Jalloh.

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— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) March 25, 2026

“What is your message to Stephanie Minter’s family and children who have been harmed by illegal immigrants, governor?”

“My question would be why when there was a detention deportation order, ICE did not deport him?”

Spanberger delivered that reply, turned, and bought into her vehicle without taking follow-up questions while Minock was still standing there with his microphone raised.

At the Richmond vigil, Minter’s household and state officers argued that Stephanie Minter’s killing adopted a chain of warnings, arrests, and releases.

“These vicious criminals are repeatedly put back on the streets again and again,” Cheryl Minter said.

“I had her for 41 years and I don’t know what I’m going to do without her.”

Authorities have charged 32-year-old Abdul Jalloh with second-degree homicide after Minter was stabbed at a Fairfax County bus stop. His report, which incorporates years of prior expenses and repeated contact with law enforcement, is now central to questions about why he was still on the road. Jalloh had been in the United States illegally since 2012 and racked up a long listing of expenses, including violent offenses that repeatedly introduced him back into the system.

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Fairfax County police warned prosecutors about Jalloh before the killing, placing issues in writing months earlier that he posed an ongoing risk if launched.

“It is not a question of if, but rather when he will maliciously wound (or worse) again,” a police major wrote in a warning despatched to prosecutors roughly 100 days before the killing.

Former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said those selections mirrored insurance policies that put violent offenders forward of public security.

“Her first goal in office was not to protect Virginia citizens,” Miyares said.

“It was to protect convicted felons sitting in Virginia prisons, and not to notify federal immigration authorities of where they were.” 

Miyares warned that laws on Spanberger’s desk would prolong that method statewide.

“She wants to take away that discretion so the Sheriff of Bedford or the Sheriff of Galax or Grayson or Washington County have to adopt the same criminal-first, victim-last mindset.”

ICE had beforehand taken Jalloh into custody in 2018 and held him for practically two years before a decide ruled he couldn’t be deported to Sierra Leone or a third nation, a choice that pressured his release under federal law.

“ICE arrested Abdul Jalloh on November 27, 2018… He was in custody for 702 days, until ICE was forced to release him,” a DHS spokesperson said.

“ICE can only detain illegals for the purpose of removal… there was no possibility for this criminal to be removed or further detained.” 

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano stays at the middle of the fallout because his workplace dropped expenses against Jalloh a number of occasions before the killing, with prior reporting noting he had been launched at least 30 occasions while biking through the system.

In his ground speech, Republican Del. Tom Garrett pointed to the warning letter, the repeat releases, and current votes by northern Virginia Democrats to additional restrict cooperation with ICE, tying those selections to Minter’s death.

“You had the warnings. You had the charges. And you still let him back out,” Garrett said. 

State Republicans condemned Spanberger’s “flippant” response.

Such a flippant and offended response from the Governor. And then working off in a huff instead of answering questions. It appears like she literately couldn’t care less about a useless Virginian or how her sanctuary coverage makes all of us less protected. https://t.co/JcaVCquIWU

— Glen Sturtevant (@GlenSturtevant) March 25, 2026

By the time Minock caught up with Spanberger, the warning letter was already public, the 702-day ICE timeline was already public, and Minter’s mom had already stood in Richmond and said these criminals are put back on the road again and again. When the query reached the governor on digicam, she turned and left the remainder unanswered. Which speaks volumes. 

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