Biden admin released illegal immigrant accused of fatally stabbing Fairfax County mother

The man allegedly behind the stabbing death of a Virginia mother in Fairfax County is an immigrant in the country illegally who was admitted by the Biden administration, a federal source tells Fox News.

Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a 19-year-old Salvadoran national, was caught and released at the southern border during the Biden administration .

The source said Cedillos-Campos was allowed into the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, in April 2024.

"[Former President Joe] Biden and [former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas hand-delivered alleged killer Cedillos-Campos to the streets of Fairfax County.

They recklessly unleashed millions of unvetted illegal aliens into American communities and abused the law to do so," DHS said in a statement to Fox News.

"President [Donald] Trump and [DHS] Secretary Markwayne Mullin are now enforcing the law, arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country — and have reversed Biden's deadly catch and release policy." Fairfax County Police arrested Cedillos-Campos Wednesday on charges in connection with Monday's stabbing death of 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch.

He is being held in the Prince George's County jail pending extradition to Fairfax County, where he faces a second-degree murder charge, according to police.

FIRST ON FOX: MAN FOUND DEAD ON STREET TRIGGERS ICE ACTION AFTER SHOCKING HIT-AND-RUN A jogger spotted Puch unconscious just off a popular trail in the affluent Northern Virginia suburb .

She had trauma to her upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene, Fairfax County Police Capt.

Jason Chandler said during a news conference.

Fairfax County, one of the most affluent counties in America, has seen a series of violent and sexual crimes involving immigrants in the country illegally, including several who were admitted under the Biden administration.

Puch was from Reston, a suburb of Washington, D.C.

She was the mother of a young daughter and worked at a nearby restaurant, according to NBC Washington .

The outlet reported that "people who knew her … said she was soft-spoken and worked hard to support her young daughter." After a jogger called police at about 6:45 a.m.