EXCLUSIVE: DHS Reacts to Illegal Alien Allegedly Groping Female Students

Multiple parents in Fairfax County, Virginia, say a man groped their daughters in crowded school hallways. Now, the Department of Homeland Security is asking “Virginia sanctuary politicians” to not allow the alleged perpetrator, who is an illegal alien, back into the community.

Israel Christopher Flores-Ortiz is from El Salvador. He illegally entered the United States in 2024 and was released, according to DHS. He is in 11th grade at Fairfax High School just outside Washington, D.C.

“This 19-year-old should NOT have been attending a Virginia high school and allowed to prey on innocent teenage girls,” DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement. “This is yet another example of the Biden administration’s failed open border policies.”

Flores-Ortiz now faces nine counts of assault and battery.

The charges against Ortiz follow accusations from multiple female students that Ortiz walked up behind them and placed his hand between their legs, moving it from front to back, 7News’ Nick Minock reports.

“There’s a group of about 12 individuals that have reported this assault,” a mother of one of the victims exclusively told 7News.

“It was all perpetrated by a single individual who is a stranger to the girls. He just sneakily walked up behind them and put his hand in between their legs. It was not just a butt smack or a butt grab. It was a groping of a private area,” the mother said, adding that the groping had been happening for several months.

Ortiz has requested to be released from jail on bail. Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano’s office agreed to the request, but on Friday, Judge Dipti Pidikiti-Smith denied the move.

The judge, according to 7News, said the bail request did not adequately protect the public.

DHS has logged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer for Ortiz, asking Fairfax County to turn Ortiz over to ICE for deportation upon his release.

“We are calling on Fairfax County sanctuary politicians to NOT release this predator from jail back into our communities to assault more teenage women,” Bis said. “Unfortunately, Governor [Abigail] Spanberger ended cooperation with ICE and is siding with criminal illegal aliens over American citizens.”

Spanberger, a Democrat, was sworn in as Virginia’s 75th governor earlier this year, and in February, she signed an executive directive rolling back cooperation policies between Virginia state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.

“Governor Spanberger’s decision to end cooperation with ICE in Virginia has allowed criminals to be released back into American communities,” according to DHS.

The Daily Signal reached out to Spanberger’s office for comment but did not hear back by publication time.

DHS has deported more than 600,000 illegal aliens since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to the department. About 2 million illegal immigrants have chosen to self-deport, according to DHS.

The Daily Signal reached out to Fairfax County Public Schools for comment, but did not hear back by publication time.