Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, right, and Steve Descano, a Democratic prosecutor in Fairfax County, Va., left ( J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
After the incident, the victim filed for an emergency protective order against Ramos Giron, which was granted.
Despite this, Descano’s office dropped the felony charge against Ramos Giron and allowed him to plead guilty to brandishing a blade, a misdemeanor.
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According to a statement from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Ramos Giron is in the country illegally after previously being deported twice. The ICE statement said Ramos Giron has a prior federal conviction for a gun crime and has an ICE detainer filed against him.
Descano’s move has been harshly criticized by other local leaders who say he is contributing to a two-tiered justice system in favor of illegal immigrants.
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Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, slammed Descano, saying, "If someone's here illegally and they have committed a violent crime, or they're a drug dealer and you can pick them up on an illegal weapons charge, you shouldn't treat them more leniently than you would an actual U.S. citizen.
"He is willing to treat those that have broken our laws and come here illegally and give them a lenient sentence or plea deal than somebody that's actually a legal citizen of the United States," said Miyares. "That's unconscionable to me that someone would think that is in some way protecting our community."
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Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory Board member Sean Kennedy also commented on the case, saying, "It’s appalling that Fairfax’s prosecutor would protect and abet this dangerous, violent offender precisely because he is illegally present.
"How does breaking one set of laws provide you immunity to break more? It shouldn’t, but it does in Fairfax's two-tier justice system."
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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