2026-09-09 14:39 EDT / 福克斯新闻频道
弗吉尼亚州某郡将通过当地慈善机构向每户家庭发放最高2000美元，用于支付基本生活开支和水电费用
作者：查尔斯·克莱茨 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年9月9日下午2:39 EDT
【福克斯新闻独家报道】弗吉尼亚州某郡因一项新政策陷入争议，该政策以拨款形式向那些家中经济支柱被美国移民海关执法局（ICE）拘留或驱逐的非法移民家庭提供纳税人资金支持。
位于波托马克河对岸、紧邻华盛顿特区的阿灵顿郡，此前就因曾引发公愤的政策遭批评人士指责干扰国土安全部执法：今年1月，阿灵顿郡郡务委员会主席公开建议居民拨打警方电话举报移民海关执法局人员行踪，当时就激起众怒。
“如果你审视窝藏外国人相关法规——任何鼓励、引诱他人非法入境，或是帮助非法滞留者留在美国的行为，都可能被认定违反窝藏外国人法规。”前代理移民海关执法局局长乔纳森·费伊周三在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。
司法部威胁削减数十亿美元福利资金 因各州未上报非法移民情况
阿灵顿郡郡务监督委员会成员从左至右依次为：朱利叶斯·D·“JD”·斯潘 Sr.、苏珊·坎宁安、塔基斯·卡兰托尼斯、郡务委员会主席马特·德费兰蒂和副主席莫林·科菲。（阿灵顿郡 供图）
“通过向这些人提供资金，合理的推论是这些人本身就是非法滞留者，这笔资助能帮助他们继续留在美国，因为他们失去了经济支柱。”费伊说道。
他指出，阿灵顿郡郡政经理马克·施瓦茨对ARLNow表示，许多受影响家庭“没有银行账户”——即无法获得开设银行账户所需的身份认证金融服务，这一说法本身就说明了问题。
共和党瞄准纳税人资助非法移民住房：“必须叫停”
非法移民在华盛顿特区周边被移民海关执法局人员逮捕。（国土安全部 供图）
“这表明该郡清楚这笔资金将流向非法滞留者，且会帮助他们继续留在美国。这正是我认为窝藏外国人法规适用的情形。”他补充道，该郡“肆意无视”其政策为非法滞留者提供便利的事实。
据报道，阿灵顿郡最初将拨出5万美元，通过“社会安全网”慈善机构ArlingtonThrive向每户受影响家庭发放最高2000美元，用于支付基本生活开支和水电费用。
这项以4票赞成、1票缺席的投票结果通过的计划，出台背景是马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州近期开展的一次大规模移民海关执法行动，共逮捕1328名非法移民，其中包括一名在美国空军纪念园附近与执法人员对峙时逃跑的男子。
五名地区联邦民主党人士随后发声，支持随后针对移民海关执法局与何塞·梅希亚·埃尔南德斯对峙事件的阿灵顿郡警方调查。据报道，埃尔南德斯遭泰瑟枪电击后脑部出血。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系阿灵顿郡官员，包括来自罗克斯普林的民主党郡务委员会主席马特·德费兰蒂。
“我们重视那些流离失所和被驱逐者的家庭。”他对当地媒体表示。
今年1月，德费兰蒂曾警告阿灵顿居民，郡法律禁止“公共安全专业人员”“干扰联邦移民执法”，但他提议拨打911举报移民海关执法局人员行踪，有助于警方掌握执法人员动向，转而“专注于阿灵顿郡的执法使命：防范社区内的暴力行为”。
司法部起诉马里兰州 称其“主动蓄意阻挠”驱逐非法移民
联邦移民执法人员在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿郡实施逮捕。（移民海关执法局 供图）
费伊提及的8 U.S.C. 1324条法规包含“肆意无视”和“引诱”两项罪名。
国土安全部领导层也同样批评阿灵顿郡的这一举措。
“这种离谱行径简直匪夷所思。”该部门一名发言人对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
“ Sanctuary城市的政客们拿美国人辛勤赚来的纳税人钱，奖励那些违法的非法移民。这种荒唐事再次证明了他们把谁放在首位。”
费伊表示，各郡无权自行制定移民法律，就阿灵顿郡而言，他们所谓的“引诱”行为影响不止局限于本郡，为非法移民提供避风港可能会波及周边地区，包括华盛顿特区、福尔斯彻奇市、亚历山德里亚市和费尔法克斯郡。
“有人可能会跑到阿灵顿郡以外的地方再次犯罪……地方和各州无权自行制定移民法律，或是宣称此处无法执行移民法律。”
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弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿郡罗斯林区基桥附近张贴的欢迎标识。（环球图片集团/盖蒂图片社 供图）
费伊表示，以家庭分离为由反对大规模驱逐的论点同样站不住脚，他指出，当美国公民被逮捕或监禁时，他们同样会与家人“分离”。
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‘Alien harboring’ accusations fly as DC-area county spends taxpayer funds to blunt ICE
2026-09-09 14:39 EDT / Fox News
Virginia county will distribute up to $2,000 per family through a local ministry to cover basic needs and utilities
By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published September 9, 2026 2:39pm EDT
FIRST ON FOX: A Virginia county is under fire for a new policy providing taxpayer funds in the form of grants to families of illegal immigrants whose breadwinner was detained or deported by ICE.
Arlington County, which sits just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., is not new to policies critics say interfere with DHS operations, as it previously caused outrage when the chair of the Arlington County board publicly suggested residents call police to report ICE sightings in January.
“If you look at the alien harboring statute – do you do anything to encourage or induce people to either come illegally or that are illegally here to stay, that could be arguably a violation of the alien harboring statute?” former acting ICE Director Jonathan Fahey told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday interview.
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Arlington County Board of Supervisors, from left, Julius D. “JD” Spain Sr., Susan Cunningham, Takis Karantonis, Board Chair Matt de Ferranti and Vice Chair Maureen Coffey.(Arlington County)
“By giving money to people… the reasonable inference is that these people are also illegal, the money enables them to stay in the country illegally, because they lost their breadwinner,” Fahey said.
He said Arlington County Manager Mark Schwartz’s comments to ARLNow that many of the affected families are “unbanked” – or lack access to financial institutions which statutorily require identification to open deposit accounts – is itself a tell.
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Illegal immigrants are arrested by ICE officers in the D.C. area.(Courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security)
“That shows the county knows the money is going to be going to people that are illegally here and it will help them stay. So that’s where I think the alien harboring statute comes into play,” he said, adding the county shows “reckless disregard” for the fact their policies accommodate people in the country illegally.
Arlington will start by setting aside $50,000 to be distributed through “social safety-net” ministry ArlingtonThrive in increments of up to $2,000 per affected family to cover basic needs and utilities, according to reports.
The plan – which passed 4-0 with one board member absent – reportedly formed after a major ICE operation in Maryland and Virginia netted 1,328 illegal immigrant arrests, including the case of a man who ran from agents when confronted near the U.S. Air Force Memorial.
Five regional federal Democrats sounded off afterward, endorsing an ensuing Arlington County Police investigation into the encounter between ICE and Jose Mejia Hernandez, who was reportedly tased and suffered a brain bleed.
Fox News Digital reached out to Arlington County officials, including Chairman Matt de Ferranti, a Democrat from Rock Spring.
“We are valuing the families of those that have been displaced and removed,” he told local press.
In January, de Ferranti warned Arlingtonians that county law prohibits its “public safety professionals” from “interfering with enforcement of federal immigration law,” but that his suggestion to call 911 to report ICE sightings helps officials know agents are present and pivot to “pursu[ing] Arlington County’s law enforcement mission: preventing violence in our community.”
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Federal immigration authorities make an arrest in Arlington, Va., in February.(ICE)
Reckless disregard and inducement are both subsections of the law Fahey referenced – 8 U.S.C. 1324.
Leadership at the Department of Homeland Security was similarly critical of Arlington’s move.
“You can’t make this up,” an agency spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
“Sanctuary politicians are taking Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars to reward illegal aliens who break the law. This insanity shows once again who they put first.”
Fahey said counties cannot make their own immigration laws, and with Arlington in particular, their alleged “inducement” doesn’t just affect their county, as creating safe harbor for illegal immigrants can have ripple effects in adjacent areas like the District of Columbia, cities of Falls Church and Alexandria and Fairfax County.
“A person could go on and commit another crime somewhere outside of Arlington… you can’t have localities and states carving out their own immigration laws or saying immigration laws can’t be enforced [here].”
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A welcome sign is posted near the Key Bridge in Rosslyn, Arlington County, Virginia.(Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Arguments against mass deportation on the grounds of family separation are similarly flawed, the former director said, pointing to the fact that when an American citizen is arrested or jailed, they are also physically “separated” from their family.
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“Latest dispatch from the People’s Republic of Arlington,” read a critical posting on X.