DHS slams 'insane' 5-year plea deal for illegal immigrants who admitted fatal stabbing in Virginia

Despite the severity of the crime, DHS said the two suspects have been offered a plea deal that would result in just five years in prison and the eventual release of "two monsters" back on American streets.

Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said this is a "sweetheart plea deal" with murders.

Federal immigration authorities say they have repeatedly asked Fairfax officials not to release Guzman-Videz from custody in the past, but those requests were ignored.

According to DHS, Guzman-Videz, a Honduran national, was issued a final order of removal in 2019 but remained in the United States. He later accumulated multiple arrests, including for assault, malicious wounding, larceny, obstruction of justice, and failure to appear.

"We are calling on Fairfax County sanctuary politicians and Gov. Spanberger to commit to not releasing these murderers from jail back into our communities," Bis said. "How many more times must they release criminals into our neighborhoods to create more innocent victims?"

The agency said illegal immigrants have been responsible for 75% of murders in the county so far in 2026, though that figure has not been independently verified.

Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.