Stabbing someone as an illegal alien isn’t enough for this Maryland county to lock you up
A liberal Maryland county released a violent illegal immigrant from jail early despite a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency said Friday.
Immigration agents captured Honduran man Rafael Aguilar on Jan. 13 following his release in Prince George’s County on a suspended sentence for stabbing someone in the back in April 2025, according to court records and an ICE statement. Democrat-appointed Judge Todd Steuart sentenced Aguilar to ten years in prison for assault, but freed him after 141 days with a chance to have the full sentence waived if he complied with temporary release conditions.
“When sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to honor ICE immigration detainers for egregious criminal illegal aliens, they are knowingly endangering the public,” ICE Baltimore acting Field Office Director Vernon Liggins said. “By releasing Aguilar instead of cooperating with federal law enforcement, local officials in Prince George’s County chose politics over public safety.”
Aguliar is now being held in ICE’s Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana for potential deportation, according to the agency’s inmate database.
Aguilar was released from a Maryland jail on Jan. 6, months after ICE asked Prince George’s County to hold him in August, the agency said. A county spokesperson told ABC7 that it notified ICE of Aguilar’s impending release and gave agents two hours to retrieve him. County policy would have required a criminal warrant to hold him longer, the spokesperson said.
Immigration agents captured Honduran man Rafael Aguilar on Jan. 13 following his release in Prince George’s County on a suspended sentence for stabbing someone in the back in April 2025, according to court records and an ICE statement. Democrat-appointed Judge Todd Steuart sentenced Aguilar to ten years in prison for assault, but freed him after 141 days with a chance to have the full sentence waived if he complied with temporary release conditions.
“When sanctuary jurisdictions refuse to honor ICE immigration detainers for egregious criminal illegal aliens, they are knowingly endangering the public,” ICE Baltimore acting Field Office Director Vernon Liggins said. “By releasing Aguilar instead of cooperating with federal law enforcement, local officials in Prince George’s County chose politics over public safety.”
Aguliar is now being held in ICE’s Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana for potential deportation, according to the agency’s inmate database.
Aguilar was released from a Maryland jail on Jan. 6, months after ICE asked Prince George’s County to hold him in August, the agency said. A county spokesperson told ABC7 that it notified ICE of Aguilar’s impending release and gave agents two hours to retrieve him. County policy would have required a criminal warrant to hold him longer, the spokesperson said.
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