New ‘Maryland Man’ Joins ‘Virginia Dad’ in the Headlines – Twitchy

Move over, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, another Maryland man is making the headlines. This one says he was detained for a month after D.C. police lured him into custody. The cops called him to pick up his stolen car, but then wham! ICE was there.

A Maryland man says he was called by D.C. police to pick up his recovered stolen car but was met at the station by federal agents and taken into ICE custody. https://t.co/gsz7XNGk7Y

— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) March 31, 2026

NBC 4 Washington reports:

A Maryland man detained by immigration officials for a month says D.C. police coordinated with immigration agents to lure him to a police station and take him into custody.

Late last year, after 37-year-old Jose Argueta reported the theft of his car to Montgomery County police, he received a call from D.C. police saying they’d recovered his car and he could pick it up at the Fifth District station, his attorney said.

But when Argueta walked into the police station, he was placed in custody by ICE agents, the Washington Post first reported.

“It appears even more clear than before that there was impermissible sharing of information that we think is in violation of the Sanctuary Values Act, in addition to the fact that the arrest by ICE occurred at an MPD police station, literally inside of it, which is a separate violation of the Sanctuary Values Act,” attorney Austin Rose of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights said.

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Sanctuary Values Act? Never heard of it. This reminds us of The New York Times crying not so long ago that TSA had alerted ICE about that illegal alien who was detained in a public display at the San Francisco International Airport.

“Maryland man”

— JT Badenov (@cbinflux) April 1, 2026

That’s because he isn’t in fact a “Maryland man.”

— Leftism (@LeftismForU) March 31, 2026

We read NBC 4’s whole piece, and never once do they mention the immigration status of the Maryland man. Three paragraphs from the end, the report states, “Argueta was held for about a month before being released. He still faces removal proceedings.” So we’re guessing he’s an illegal alien. The story doesn’t even say where from.

Sounds like he wasn’t a “Maryland man”.

— AdamInHTownTX (@AdamInHTownTX) April 1, 2026

So he had an active deportation order & fell for one of the oldest law enforcement tricks in the books.

Good to know.

— Snarknado ⚓️ 🇺🇸 (@ZannSuz) March 31, 2026

I feel really dumb buying the Ovaltine-NBC decoder ring now…

It seems it really isn’t needed to know that this guy wasn’t from Maryland, wasn’t a legal immigrant, and has been dodging deportation.

— 🔫 Entropy’s Beard ⚓️ (@TheBeardFiles) April 1, 2026

Another “Maryland man.” Might he also be an illegal alien, NBC? Facts are important, but only if you like them, right?

— G-Dawg (@G_Dawg09) March 31, 2026

“A Maryland man”

Suuuure.

— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) March 31, 2026

Maryland man finds himself joined in the headlines by “Virginia dad,” who’s accused of killing his own three-month-old.

Misael Lopez Gomez is NOT a “Virginia dad.” He is an illegal alien from Guatemala and a cold-blooded killer accused of murdering his own three-month-old daughter. He admitted to illegally crossing the United States’ southern border in July 2023 near Albuquerque, New Mexico, under… pic.twitter.com/soaO89Qtcn

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) April 1, 2026

The post continues:

… the Biden administration.

The lengths that @wusa9 and the mainstream media will go to run cover for criminal illegal aliens is astonishing.

BREAKING: I’m told by two ICE sources that the “Virginia father” charged w/ murdering his 3-month-old infant daughter in Fairfax County, VA is a Guatemalan illegal alien who entered the U.S. as a gotaway. He is now charged w/ murder & ICE filed detainer. https://t.co/xwCEc8dqYh pic.twitter.com/21FejR60Ph

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 1, 2026

NEW: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that he is a Guatemalan illegal alien & adds that he admitted in an interview to crossing the New Mexico border illegally in July 2023 during the Biden administration.

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) April 1, 2026

“Virginia dad” will pull in the readers/viewers though….

— Miss Anne (@AndThenWeSang) April 1, 2026

Don’t listen to this media! They’re full of sh!t! “Virginia dad”? Seriously? STOP protecting the criminal illegals in this country! It’s crazy!🤬

— thumper17 (@thumper172) April 2, 2026

A sanctuary state will never correctly identify him.

— Lord Stevie (@StevieC22534754) April 2, 2026

Will they honor the ICE detainer and hand him over?

At this point when MSM describes anyone who commits a crime as a state resident I assume they are an illegal alien.

— B. Light 🇺🇸 (@Bfor1A) April 1, 2026

That’s not a bad strategy.

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