DHS said ICE issued a detainer asking Virginia officials not to release Misael Lopez Gomez after Fairfax County police charged him with murder and felony child abuse in the death of his three-month-old daughter. The statement says the baby died after suffering blunt force trauma while in his care.

Read more: ICE Asks Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger to Not Release Criminal Illegal Alien From Jail Who Bludgeoned His 3-Month-Old Daughter to Death in Fairfax