{"id":66675,"date":"2026-02-18T16:58:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/ice-nabs-iranian-national-with-rape-sodomy-convictions-after-virginia-democrats-move-to-curb-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:58:58","slug":"ice-nabs-iranian-national-with-rape-sodomy-convictions-after-virginia-democrats-move-to-curb-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/ice-nabs-iranian-national-with-rape-sodomy-convictions-after-virginia-democrats-move-to-curb-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE nabs Iranian national with rape, sodomy convictions after Virginia Democrats move to curb cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington, D.C., office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> announced the arrest of an illegal immigrant and Iranian national who had a criminal history that included multiple charges relating to sodomy.<\/p>\n

The arrest comes weeks after Gov. Abigail Spanberger<\/a> reversed by executive order her predecessor Glenn Youngkin\u2019s 287(g) agreement with DHS that allowed the commonwealth\u2019s law enforcement agencies and federal immigration authorities to share resources and information to help apprehend illegal immigrants and criminals.<\/p>\n

Virginia State Sen. Saddam Salim, D-Dunn Loring, also crafted a bill to bar Virginia law enforcement agencies from cooperating with ICE in most instances. The Democratic-controlled chamber passed the measure 21-19.<\/p>\n

SANCTUARY POLICIES LET ALLEGED CHILD PREDATOR ROAM FREE UNTIL DHS MADE PORTLAND, OREGON, AIRPORT ARREST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Shayan Kahhal, whose sex offender registry<\/a> information provided a residential address near the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, was captured by ICE this week, according to an alert from the agency.<\/p>\n

Kahhal has a criminal history that includes charges of strong-armed rape, strong-armed sodomy of a woman, strong-arm sodomy of a boy and strong-arm sodomy of a girl.<\/p>\n

The Virginia State Police\u2019s sex offender<\/a> page lists a rape and two forcible sodomy convictions from 2011.<\/p>\n

DHS SAYS ANTI-ICE AGITATORS HELPED CHILD RAPISTS, GANG MEMBERS EVADE DEPORTATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Salim\u2019s bill<\/a> prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from “maintaining, renewing, or entering into any federal immigration law-enforcement agreement unless such agreement contains certain conditions.<\/p>\n

“The bill<\/a> also prohibits any person acting in his capacity as a law-enforcement officer to assist or cooperate with or to allow or authorize any resources to assist or cooperate with or to otherwise facilitate any operation executed in whole or in part by federal authorities for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration law,” according to the text from Salim.<\/p>\n

Salim recently won an upset victory against longtime incumbent Chap Petersen after the fellow Democrat voiced support for keeping the Washington Redskins\u2019 name and Confederate monuments intact.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to Salim, who is a legal immigrant from Bangladesh, for comment.<\/p>\n

ICE ARRESTS ALLEGED CHILD SEX OFFENDER RELEASED UNDER CONNECTICUT SANCTUARY LAWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The arrest and the bill come on the heels of Spanberger\u2019s order, which she has defended by saying that “Virginians deserve to have their law enforcement resources devoted to the safety and security of their communities, not federal civil immigration enforcement.”<\/p>\n

The 287(g) reversal<\/a> “restores clarity and accountability to the role of state and local law enforcement and ensures their focus remains on public safety, justice, and community trust,” according to Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi, who backed Spanberger\u2019s move.<\/p>\n

Spanberger has said that Virginia law enforcement will continue honoring valid judicial warrants, promising to abide by Virginia law in those matters.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the governor\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Washington, D.C., office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the arrest of an illegal immigrant and Iranian national who had a criminal history that included multiple charges relating to sodomy. The arrest comes weeks after Gov. Abigail Spanberger reversed by executive order her predecessor Glenn Youngkin\u2019s 287(g) agreement with DHS that allowed the commonwealth\u2019s … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}