DHS Pressures Virginia Over ICE Detainer for 19-Year-Old Fairfax High Student Charged With Groping Classmates
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The Department of Homeland Security has pressured Virginia officials over an ICE detainer seeking custody of Israel Flores Ortiz, a 19‑year‑old junior at Fairfax High charged with groping classmates. Parents say Fairfax County Public Schools waited about two weeks to notify families and “sanitized” descriptions of the alleged incidents, and the case comes amid several other recent allegations of sexual misconduct in the district, including arrests of three staff members in 2024–2025.
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