The County learned in August 2010, that Carlos Martinelly Montano � who is currently charged with felony murder, involuntary manslaughter and drunken driving in the death of Sister Denise Mosier � was released into the community by ICE officials knowing he was in the country illegally. This prompted the Prince William BOCS to submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request into the actions by the Department of Homeland Security and ICE that led to Montano�s release. It also sparked questions and a separate FOIA request regarding what ICE has done with the more than 3,000 criminal illegal aliens that Prince William County turned over to ICE through the 287(g) program.
�The Department of Homeland Security has an obligation to the citizens of Prince William County to explain what they are doing to uphold their obligation to help make our communities safe from criminals like Montano and the other 3,000 criminals we have turned over to ICE,� said BOCS Chairman Corey Stewart. �Clearly they made major mistakes in the Montano case and don�t want to be held accountable to the public for those, but we need to know how deep these problems run. Was the Montano case an anomaly, or is this business as usual for ICE? When we turn these criminals over to ICE, it is with the expectation that they are going to do something about these criminals in our community. �
Because the Department of Homeland Security has not responded to the FOIA requests, the Board unanimously agreed to a motion submitted by Supervisor Wally Covington at the February 15th Board meeting to:
�Seek all available redress against the Department of Homeland Security for violations of federal FOIA, and communicate to Congress the Board�s request for a full investigation of the Department of Homeland Security in its handling of the more than 3,000 illegal aliens, which this county has turned over to ICE.�
