Sanctuary Policies and Crime

In a new interview, Jennifer Bos, whose daughter Megan was found dead and decomposing in a garbage can in Waukegan, Illinois, recounts how the man accused of hiding her body, Mexican national Luis Mendoza‑Gonzalez, was initially released because the felony charges he faced were not detainable under Illinois sanctuary law. DHS says Mendoza‑Gonzalez, in the U.S. illegally, told investigators he believed Megan died of a drug overdose at his home, kept her body in a basement for several days and then left it hidden in a trash bin in his yard for roughly 51 days while she was missing. Local prosecutors charged him with abuse of a corpse, concealing a death and obstructing justice, but he was allowed to walk after a court appearance until ICE arrested him on July 19, 2025, after what Bos describes as months of futile attempts to get him jailed. The segment coincides with ICE marking the one‑year anniversary of the Trump‑era relaunch of its Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office, which Bos credits with tracking the suspect in custody and providing support during the period he was free. Her account and Fox’s framing are intensifying online anger over Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s sanctuary policies, while critics note the piece highlights one extreme case rather than comprehensive crime data on immigrants versus native‑born offenders.