Three months old.
The order was signed
two months before.
In March 2026, Misael Lopez-Gomez — a Guatemalan national who entered the country illegally in July 2023 — beat his 3-month-old infant son to death in Fairfax County, Virginia. ICE had issued a detainer on Lopez-Gomez. Two months earlier, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) had signed an executive order restricting state cooperation with ICE. On April 1, 2026, DHS named Spanberger by name in a public press release.
He was three months old. He was an American citizen.
The victim was three months old. He had no name released to the press — he was an infant. He was American-born. His father, Misael Lopez-Gomez, was a Guatemalan national who had crossed into the United States illegally in July 2023. ICE had issued a detainer on Lopez-Gomez. That detainer was in the system when, in March 2026, he beat his infant son to death in Fairfax County, Virginia.
This is not a case where a predator found a stranger. This is a man whose presence in the country was unlawful, who was flagged by federal immigration authorities, and who was in a jurisdiction where a newly signed executive order had just restricted the state’s cooperation with those same federal authorities. The victim could not protect himself. He was three months old.
She signed it in January. The baby died in March.
Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) took office in January 2026. One of her early executive actions was an order restricting Virginia state agencies from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement — including limitations on honoring ICE detainers. The order was framed as a civil liberties and immigrant protection measure. DHS saw it differently.
The timeline matters. Spanberger signed the order approximately two months before Lopez-Gomez killed his infant son. Lopez-Gomez had been in the country illegally since July 2023 — more than two and a half years. An ICE detainer had been issued. Under the enforcement environment created by Spanberger’s order, state agency cooperation with that detainer was restricted. He was not removed. He remained in Fairfax County. In March 2026, his 3-month-old son died.
- →Restricted Virginia state agency cooperation with ICE
- →Limited enforcement of ICE detainers by state officials
- →Framed as immigrant protection — signed January 2026
- →Applied to the enforcement environment for Lopez-Gomez
- →Took effect approximately 2 months before the infant's death
- →Lopez-Gomez had an active ICE detainer
- →He had been in the U.S. illegally since July 2023
- →He was living in Fairfax County — an active ICE target
- →DHS had flagged him for immigration enforcement action
- →The detainer was not enforced before his infant son died
DHS did not wait long to respond. On April 1, 2026 — less than a month after the infant’s death — the Department of Homeland Security issued a public press release. It named Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) by name. It cited her executive order. It linked the order to the enforcement environment that preceded Lopez-Gomez’s crime. The April 1 date is not a coincidence of the calendar — it is the official federal record date.
2.5 years illegal. A detainer. An order. A dead infant.
The order had a signature. DHS named her directly.
Spanberger (D) took office January 2026 and signed an executive order restricting Virginia state cooperation with ICE detainer enforcement — approximately two months before Lopez-Gomez beat his infant son to death. DHS named Spanberger by name in its April 1, 2026 press release, directly citing her order in connection with the enforcement environment surrounding the case.
Descano (D) is the Soros-backed prosecutor overseeing Fairfax County. His office prosecutes the Lopez-Gomez case. Descano has a documented history of progressive prosecution policies — he has declined to seek the death penalty and has focused on what he terms 'restorative justice' over incarceration for various offense categories.
Fairfax County is governed by a Democratic-majority Board of Supervisors under Chair Jeff McKay (D). The county's posture on ICE cooperation has been consistent with the broader Northern Virginia Democratic political environment — limited cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
“Governor Spanberger's sanctuary order made Virginia complicit in shielding dangerous illegal aliens from federal deportation. A 3-month-old American infant paid the price.”
Department of Homeland Security — Press Release, April 1, 2026
The DA is Soros-backed. He has a record.
The Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney is Steve Descano (D) — a progressive prosecutor backed by George Soros’s political network. Descano came to office as part of a wave of Soros-funded prosecutor races across major American jurisdictions, running on a platform of reduced incarceration, bail reform, and what he terms “restorative justice.”
Descano will prosecute the Lopez-Gomez infant murder case. The severity of the crime — beating a 3-month-old infant to death — leaves little room for prosecutorial discretion. But Descano’s broader track record on violent crime and his office’s posture on immigration-connected cases will be watched carefully in light of the DHS statement naming Spanberger and the overall political environment surrounding the case.
- →Elected 2019, re-elected 2023 — Soros-affiliated political funding
- →Declined to seek death penalty in multiple capital-eligible cases
- →Progressive prosecution platform: reduced bail, restorative justice focus
- →His office operates in a county under the Spanberger ICE cooperation restriction
- →Prosecuting the Misael Lopez-Gomez infant murder case